Leverage Deadlift

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Technique

How to perform Leverage Deadlift

1. Load the leverage deadlift machine and stand between its lower handles with your feet about hip-width apart.
2. Bend at your hips and knees to grasp both handles, keeping your arms straight and your whole feet planted.
3. Brace your torso and keep your head aligned with your neutral spine.
4. Push the floor away as you extend your hips and knees together, raising the handles along the machine's path.
5. Finish standing tall without leaning backward or shrugging the weight.
6. Bend your hips and knees under control to lower the handles to the starting position, then repeat.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Gluteus Maximus, Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medialis.