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Instructions
- Hold your trunk tight and keep your back straight
- Hold the dumbbells with your arms straight
- Keep your legs straight
- Lower the weights so they almost touch the floor
- Lift the dumbbells by almost fully extending your hips and straightening your body so you are fully upright
- Pull shoulders back at the peak of the lift
Muscles involved
- Gluteus maximus
- Erector spinae
- Adductor magnus
- Biceps femoris
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
[…] Dead Lift - Now we switch over to lower back. Again, this is a very simple exercise that can be done at home with a simple dumbbell set. The video linked here shows a stiff leg dead lift. I prefer a bent knees one. So make sure to keep your knees bent a bit. Don’t lock them up. […]
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[…] Deadlift - I don’t use the stiff leg pose you can see in the video and instead keep my knees slightly bent. On Mondays I do 10 reps with 150lbs, On Wednesdays I do 5 reps with 170lbs and on Fridays I do 15 reps with 90lbs. […]
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