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Activating your Lower Back

July 16, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Lots of people don’t know how to contract the lower back muscles. In his article “Proper Back Position for Power” Mark Rippetoe shares the cues on how to teach athletes to activate their lower backs. “A lifter who can’t control his lumbar spine isn’t as good a lifter as he can be.” For some subtle […]

Filed Under: deadlift, exercises, instruction, lifting, Mark Rippetoe, strength, technique, weightlifting

Dave Tate teaching the Deadlift

July 9, 2011 By Gregor Winter

I am always eager to learn and re-learn different techniques and approaches to exercises. After teaching us how to bench press and box squat earlier this week, today Dave Tate shows us how to deadlift. His key points are: Sumo Deadlift stance: shins close to the bar, spread the floor, flare the knees out drop […]

Filed Under: coaching, dave tate, deadlift, exercises, how to, instruction, lifting, powerlifting, strength, technique, tutorial, videos

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