Deficit Deadlift
Deficit Deadlift is a barbell pull exercise for the back, and it also works the glutes, hamstrings and forearms. If you cannot do it, Dumbbell Deadlift or Deadlift are good swaps.
Muscles worked
Back · main
Glutes
Hamstrings
Forearms
How to do it
- Stand on a low platform or plate with the bar over your mid-foot and grip it just outside your legs.
- Drop your hips, chest up and back flat, and take the slack out of the bar.
- Push the floor away and drag the bar up your legs until you stand tall.
- Lower it the same way, back flat, to the start.
Watch out: Letting your hips shoot up first so the extra range turns into a stiff-leg pull.
Alternatives
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