- Muscle group: lower back
- Type of exercises: Basic
- Additional muscles: Thighs, Calves, Quads, Forearms, Middle back, the trapezius, latissimus dorsi, Glutes
- Type of exercise: Power
- Equipment: Rod
- Level of difficulty: Medium
Deadlifts with barbell — technique exercises:
- Become before desired weight loaded barbell.
- Squat down, bending your knees, lean forward, bending at the waist. Trying to keep your back straight, head neck medium grip (palms shoulder width apart, palms facing down). This will be your initial position. Tip: if you find it difficult to hold the barbell using a grip, take it back (spinaround) grip or use straps for wrists.
- On the exhale, begin to rise, straightening feet, at the same time straightening your torso. Straight feed chest high and keep blades. The position should resemble a soldier standing at attention.
- Return to starting position, bending your knees, simultaneously tilting your torso forward, bending at the waist. Don’t forget to keep your back arched in the lower back. When the disks on the barbell touches the floor, it means that you have reached the starting position and ready to repeat.
- Complete the required number of repetitions.
Caution: avoid this exercise if you have back problems or lower back. Watch carefully that the back was arched lower back throughout the whole exercise, otherwise you can injure your back. If you have doubts about the chosen weight, it is better to take less than more weight.
Variations: you can also perform this exercise using dumbbells.
Video exercise:
deadlifts exercises for lower back exercises for back exercises with barbell
- Muscle group: lower back
- Type of exercises: Basic
- Additional muscles: Thighs, Calves, Quads, Forearms, Middle back, the trapezius, latissimus dorsi, Glutes
- Type of exercise: Power
- Equipment: Rod
- Level of difficulty: Medium