Comments on: How-to: Deadlift

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Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:19:55 +0000

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Weekend Reading 8/27 « SB Training and Nutrition — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:52:42 +0000

[...] my opinion, the Deadlift is the king of all strength exercises as it takes every muscle in your body to move that weight off [...]

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Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:16:52 +0000

[...] in the deadlift, take a deep breath and hold it throughout the lift or at least until you are on the way back up. [...]

By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:19:47 +0000

Yay! Well done!!

By: lelak

lelak — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:45:59 +0000

Finally pulled a 2xBW deadlift. So stoked.

By: How-to: Sumo deadlift | Hard Sweat

How-to: Sumo deadlift | Hard Sweat — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:24:08 +0000

[...] is recommended that you read the how-to on the conventional deadlift as well, for general deadlifting [...]

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Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:31 +0000

[...] is recommended that you read the how-to on the conventional deadlift as well, for general deadlifting [...]

By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:17:43 +0000

Hi bombmom, without knowing the rest of your programme and your goals I can only make a very general suggestion. Try deadlifting once a week and sticking to around 3 sets of 8-10 reps to learn the lift and practice technique.

After warming up and perhaps practising with an empty olympic bar (20kg) you could start at 40kg and see how you go from there.

Bear in mind that the starting height of the bar on the floor is where it would be if you had 45lb/20kg plates on it, so if you have smaller plates or no plates at all, try to bring the bar up to the right height by resting it on a box or a small pile of weight plates.

If you have access to bumper plates which are all the same diameter then you won’t have this problem!

By: bombmom

bombmom — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:36:43 +0000

i’m new to the deadlift but want to incorporate it into my workout. will you please provide me with more basic guidelines…such as what starting weight should I use? i’m 5’4 and 140#. how many times per week should i perform the exercise and best number of reps to start? thanks!

By: gubernatrix

gubernatrix — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:55:43 +0000

@ An Ho: Oh dear, not a very swift response from me. Apologies, I must have missed this comment.

When I deadlift, I take a big breath just before I lift, and hold it throughout the lift. Sometimes I start breathing out once I have lowered the bar past my knees.

Check out step 2 and step 5 in the article above, where I talk about breathing.