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FIX YOUR DEADLIFT
it means the outside of their Your feet will roll slightly out-
R E A S O N # 4 :
legs.” The actual hip joint, ward, toward your pinkie toes.
Shallow says, is several inches Many lifters also don’t know
YOUR TECHNIQUE closer to your midline. So if how to hinge properly, he
adds, which causes their lower
you struggle with losing prop-
STINKS er form in the move, experi- backs to round whenever
ment with a narrower stance, they bend at the hips. “You can
which creates a straighter address that problem using a
on’t let the simplicity line of pull off the floor. While dowel,” he says: Hold the stick
of the deadlift fool you’re at it, Shallow adds, vertically against your spine—
you—the technique is activate your arches: “Grip the one hand holding it against
tough to get. floor with your feet,” he says. your lower back, the other
D The deadlift is a subtle holding the stick near your
move, requiring careful atten- neck. Unlock your knees and
tion to a handful of details. fold forward: Your tailbone, up-
That’s one reason many life- per back, and the back of your
time powerlifters set personal MANAGING head should remain in contact
records decades into their FATIGUE IS with the dowel the whole time.
training: It takes them that THE KEY TO If it does, you’re good to
long to perfect their form. deadlift—lightly at first, mak-
Some of the highest-payoff PERFORMING ing sure you maintain the E D G A R A RT I G A . O P P O S I T E : P E R B E R N A L
technique tips, Shallow says, BETTER IN same form with weight in your
are proper stance and correct THE GYM. hands. If you lose the points of
hip action. “Most people don’t contact with the dowel, then
understand what hip width lay off deadlifting until you
means,” he says. “They think can complete this drill.
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