This is similar to a rubber band stretching and snapping back into place. That is the ‘rebound’ out of the hole you typically experience as you lower into the squat and reverse the movement at the bottom. This means your first repetition develops reactive strength. While the deadlift and squat target the same muscle groups, they are quite different on how the muscles are engaged – at least on the first repetition.īecause the squat starts in a more advantageous standing position and the first movement is lowering the weight (eccentric) – the joint angles decrease and your muscles accumulate (elastic) energy as they stretch. If you can master and continuously drill these fundamentals, every deadlift competition will be yours to conquer. That extra time spent will help you pull more weight, become ridiculously strong, and build a bulletproof body that won’t get injured easily.Īs in my previous articles – Bench Press 101 and Squat 101 – I am going to dive into the essentials for how to deadlift correctly. Just the opposite it means you should focus even more time of perfecting your technique. That doesn’t mean you should stop deadlifting. What you might not realize is you’re setting the foundation for an inevitable future injury that will significantly stall your progress. Even if the bar gets away from them or their back rounds, they still can typically manage to finish the lift. Many lifters actually prefer deadlifts to squats because they can get away with a lot more bad technique flaws and still lift a lot of weight. That is why most deadlift days typically turn into a competition. When you lock out a big weight – especially if it is heavier than what your buddy did – it gives you bragging rights and a sense of pride. Not to mention, most guys like to deadlift because it makes a statement. After all, few exercises combine the full body strength required to pick a heavy object up off the floor. Even though the squat is considered ‘the king of all exercises’, you could easily argue that the deadlift could share top billing.
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