Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “deadlift”
Nothing will kill a deadlift more than weak lats or a less-than-comfortable-it’s-nearly-slipping grip on the barbell. No thank you! The antidote to both situations is using accessory work to plug all the weak leaks in your deadlift. Or, maybe you just don’t know how to deadlift correctly, which is a topic I cover at length here. Most people start deadlifting with …
B-stance exercises seem to be having a moment. It’s all over my Instagram feed, and as one coach jokinly said online “It’s so hot right now.” Funny that it is, because the B-stance isn’t really anything new but I’ve found it incredibly valuable for my clients for a number of reasons. In fact, you can find the B-stance deadlift in …
Lifting is a lot like a relationship. There’s the courtship period, the honeymoon stage and then the phase where you’re farting in front of each other and discussing feelings. Needless to say, smashing weights is not all rainbows and butterflies. A novice will experience PR after PR initially, but once they get to the intermediate or advanced levels, those PRs …
Hip hinge domination will take you from average to awesome in every area of your life. For years I obsessed over this movement. I watched students in class hinge so poorly my eyes bled. So I read books, blogs, attended workshops and asked other coaches “how the heck do you teach the hip hinge?” No answer satisfied me. How could it? …
The first time I attempted a snatch, I fell on my ass and dropped the barbell on my shin. That was the end of my snatch escapade. My first deadlift was through an absurd CrossFit WOD featuring high reps at a weight I had never pulled before. I couldn’t walk or sit for days as a result, and I avoided …
