Essential Exercises

Dead Lift Exercise

How to Perform the Dead Lift:

• Roll a barbell against your shins.
• Squat down with your feet flat on the floor and legs shoulder-width apart, and grab the bar with an overhand grip just outside your legs. Keep your head up and back straight.
• Stand with the bar, and then slowly lower it, keeping it in contact with your body all the way down.

Muscles worked:  Hamstrings, gluteals, lower back

See also: Dead Lift with Bicep Curls