Deadlift Training This Deadlift training workout will show you how to increase your Deadlift. Proper Deadlift form is explained, and a motivational workout laid out for you! For several years now, I have conducted my Deadlift training with heavy weights for low reps. As a matter of fact, most of my heavy sets are for single repetitions. That style was even further ingrained in me after I read an article in Powerlifting USA about Garry Frank which briefly discussed his workout. He also used multiple sets of one repetition. Proper Deadlift technique is essential to pulling your maximum weight. Remember, Powerlifting is about leverage as well as strength. You will have to determine whether you are better suited for Sumo or Conventional …show more content…
The start is the most difficult part of the lift for most Sumo lifters. A Conventional Deadlift begins with the lifter pressing their legs into the floor, while pulling their head and shoulders up and back at the same time. The start of the lift is usually the easiest part of the lift in the conventional style. A Sumo Deadlifter will continue to squat with the weight while maintaining position until the bar clears the knees. As soon as it passes the knees, pull your head and shoulders back, while thrusting your hips forward until the bar is locked out in the finished position. The finished position is when a lifter is standing upright with the knees, waist and body completely straight, and the shoulders in line or thrust back. A Conventional Deadlifter can either squat the weight until it passes the knees, like the Sumo Deadlifter, or pull back and up using mostly back strength until reaching the finished position. While some people are able to squat out of the bottom in their deadlift training, I have noticed that most pull hard with their backs and their knees lock out before the bar passes them in many cases. This goes even for World Record