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Leverage Deadlift

AdvancedStrengthTier T3

You stand between the handles of a deadlift machine and grip the bottom handles. You lower your hips with your chest up. Then you drive through your heels to stand tall.

Targets: Hip
Muscles: Hamstrings, Gluteus Maximus

Stop if

Choose an easier exercise if pain reaches 6 out of 10 or becomes sharp. Stop and rest if pain reaches 8 out of 10.

This is the general ClapMove rule. This exercise has no extra stop rule of its own.

  • Pain 6 out of 10 or more: choose an easier exercise.
  • Pain 8 out of 10 or more: stop and rest.

Equipment needed

  • Works at the gym

machines

Gym

  • gym machine (No safe home substitute has been reviewed yet.)

Dosage

3

Sets

8

Reps / Time

60 sec

Rest

controlled

Tempo

Step-by-Step Guide

Set up

  • Stand between the handles with the hips lowered, then stand tall with the hips and knees extended.
  1. A man standing between a deadlift machine's fixed handles, hips lowered, gripping the bottom handles, head forward and chest up.

    Step 1 of 3

    Stand directly between the machine's handles, grip the bottom handles with a comfortable grip, lower your hips as you take a breath, and keep your head forward and your chest up.

  2. The same man, now standing tall with his hips and knees extended and the machine's handles driven upward.

    Step 2 of 3

    Drive through your heels to extend your hips and knees, standing up tall until the handles are lifted, keeping your head up and your chest up.

  3. A man standing between a deadlift machine's fixed handles, hips lowered, gripping the bottom handles, head forward and chest up.

    Step 3 of 3

    Stand directly between the machine's handles, grip the bottom handles with a comfortable grip, lower your hips as you take a breath, and keep your head forward and your chest up.

Breathing

  • Take a breath as you lower your hips into the starting position.

Safety Information

Load the machine's weight pins to an amount you can control through the full range and position yourself directly between the handles before starting. Keep your head up and your chest up as you hinge at the hips into the lowered starting position, rather than letting your lower back round forward. Stop lifting if you feel a sharp pain in your lower back, hips, or knees at any point in the lift. Stop if the exercise causes pain or you become unwell. Seek appropriate professional advice about symptoms or suitability.

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