# Deadlift

URL: https://heatsy.app/ex/deadlift

Also known as: Conventional Deadlift, Barbell Deadlift, BB Deadlift, Standard Deadlift

Body region: Back, Glutes, Legs

## Muscles

- Main: Gluteus Maximus
- Helps: Adductor Magnus, Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus
- Holds: Levator Scapulae, Deltoid, Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, Serratus Anterior, Trapezius, Rhomboids, Erector Spinae, Multifidus, Internal Oblique, Transversus Abdominis, Rectus Femoris, Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medialis, Vastus Intermedius, Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Biceps, Brachialis, Brachioradialis, Flexor Digitorum Superficialis, Flexor Digitorum Profundus

## Equipment

- Barbell

## Technique

1. Stand with the bar over mid-foot, feet hip-width apart.
2. Hinge down and grip the bar just outside your legs, chest up, back flat.
3. Push the floor away and drag the bar up your legs until you stand tall.
4. Hinge at the hips and lower the bar back along the same path.

### Cues

- Pull the slack out of the bar before it leaves the floor.
- Keep the bar in contact with the legs.

### Common mistakes

- Rounding the lower back.
- Jerking the bar off the floor.
- Hyperextending the back at the top.

## Variations

- [Sumo Deadlift](https://heatsy.app/ex/sumo-deadlift)