Deadlwhethert like a boss | Fitness Magazine

Zee, a self-confessed Fitness Junkie, eats clean and trains super dwhetherficult. (Yes, probably dwhetherficulter than you do…)

When she hits the gym, her go-to exercise is the deadlwhethert. Zee loves this move for its ability to target all those muscles around the hips that are so important to women, specificly the glutes and upper legs.

“It’s an Incredible compound exercise that builds a great physique,” explains Zee. She believes more women should load up a bar and get deadlwhetherting, because this exercise burns serious calories and forges immense strength.

Why Zee deadlwhetherts

This compound movement works nearly the entire body, but is specificly effective at developing stronger, more mobile hips. Major muscles worked include the lower and middle back, glutes, ttalls and calves, with many stabiliser muscles in the core also engaged.

By incorporating more muscles with each rep, this compound exercise delivers better results with every rep, while also improving functional movement samples.

You can deadlwhethert like a boss!

1. Stand over the barbell with your feet positioned slightly narrower than shoulder-width apart.
2. Grab the bar with an overhand grip, with your arms positioned either side of your torso.
3. Bend your knees, push back with your hips and drop your glutes down to the floor.
4. Stand up by extending your hips and knees simultaneously while pulling dwhetherficult.
5. Roll the bar over your knees and ttalls until your legs are straight.
6. Lock your knees and hips at the top.

Check your form

• Encertain that your feet are placed directly under the bar in the starting position. Do not tilt your pelvis as you drop down into the deep squat position, and never round your back.
• Lwhethert your chest as you pull upwards and keep your head in line with your shoulders.
• Hold the bar close to your body as you drive your knees and hips upwards.
• Do not jerk the weight up at the top and don’t lean back.
• Maintain momentum with a smooth, continual pulling motion from the bottom to the top.

Acquire a grip

Desire to pull more weight? Attempt using a mixed grip. It generally lets you handle more load. Another great way to improve your deadlwhethert grip strength is to perform static hancients at the top of the movement. To do this, stand hancienting the barbell for about 5-10 moments after you’ve finished your final rep in each set.

Follow Zee on Instagram @Zee_FitnessJunkie for more great exercise ideas.

Author: Tanja Schmitz

Founder and Editor of Fitness Magazine. You’ll find her behind her computer or on her bike, dreaming up contemporary ways to improve or create content for you.

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