Energy Gone: Deadlifts

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Continuing my Deadlift related series of posts, today’s article will be about losing energy while doing sets of multiple-rep deadlifts.

I will elaborate on my professional tricks on how you can do deadlifts better. I will help you put all your energy into your lifts, rather than wasting them on unnecessary body movements.

Something I always like to tell my trainees at various levels…

The Dead Deadlift

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Want to trade nice at Deadlift while also inputting as low energy and effort as possible?

Then the lockout (final stage of doing a deadlift) is the thing we need to focus on. Long story short, the bar needs to be kept as down to the ground as only viable, to lower pressure and energy waste. Let me explain what I mean by that.

Starting from the top down:

1. Strengthen and flex the mid-body, as if you are about to be punched in the stomach.