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deadlift

deadlift

4 4.7
A weight exercise where you lift a heavy barbell from the ground to your hips
  • noun
  • /ˈdɛdˌlɪft/
  • Specialized
translation icon : peso muerto
  • A good example: Deadlifts and jumping rope, with 15 to 30 seconds of rest between the two.
  • deadlifts and squats
  • ROMANIAN DEADLIFT
  • legged deadlift

So you can do bench press, deadlift, overhead press, curls.

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Examples

  • What is your Max deadlift, back squat, press?

  • Why would you put the deadlift ahead of the squat in isolation?

  • All in all, I think the deadlift is a fine exercise.

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  • The third video shows a deadlift that is much more "back" than legs.

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  • So my squat and deadlift have always been great.

  • For the deadlifts, I'm using a different program, which I'll outline completely in the new book.

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  • Compound exercises are the core of my practice at the moment: squats, deadlifts, and bench press.

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  • To perform a stiff-legged deadlift, stand with a barbell hanging from your arms before your thighs.

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  • Stiff-legged deadlifts isolate the glutes more than the traditional deadlift, so you'll use much less weight.

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  • He improved his strength significantly after incorporating the deadlift into his workout routine.

How Strengthening

deadlift
  • Specialized
4 4.7
leg exercise
1 2.0
squat
53 2.5
lunge
  • Specialized
8 3.2

Surface Forms

deadlift singular
deadlifts plural

Morphology

deadlift = dead + lift (transparent) = dead + lift

Meaning is directly derived from the compound parts: a 'lift' performed on a 'dead' (stationary) weight, so knowledge of the components allows correct inference.

Etymology

The word deadlift comes from the parts dead (meaning 'not moving', like 'dead weight') and lift ('to raise'). So a deadlift is lifting a 'dead' weight from the ground up to your hips, which explains the modern exercise name.