đ„ DEADLIFTS: PRE-PULL TENSION
đšÂ One of the most important things when it comes to deadlifting is learning how to create full body tension before pulling the barbell up.

â Â When I say âcreating tensionâ there are a few things to keep in mind:
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- (1) arms should be kept straight through the entire movement. They donât bend, theyâre simply âhooksâ that attach you to the bar. â
- (2) pulling the slack out of the barbell: this is most likely the most important part in creating whole body tension.
đšÂ What does it mean?
Itâs basically pulling the bar up towards yourself, kind of âtearing it apartâ, making it adhere to the upper portion of the plates, while getting into position to perform the actual lift. You hear a âclickâ before the barbell starts moving up if you do it correctly. This happens
đ„ BEFORE the actual pull at each and every rep.
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âââInstead, what newbies typically do is just get into âpositionâ and jerk the bar up, which obviously comes more âintuitiveâ: Arms bent, the bar gets pushed down and then it gets lifted up.
This happens very commonly and it is actually one reason why people get injured through deadlifting and also one reason why most people donât deadlift at all.