Deadlift Burner

Clinic and Training Opportunities:
CFLA Pose running clinic on April 17, 2010 at 11:30 email David at cmailto:crossfit.lethbridge@yahoo.com for more details.

CFLA Endurance Team that has links to CrossFit Endurance email David at crossfit.lethbridge@yahoo.com for more details.


CFLA Olympic Lifting Club that meets every Wednesday night from 7-8 email Cory at cory.gillespie@lethsd.ab.ca for more details.





Deadlifting is skill that makes imbalances and inflexibility show up like a white flag. One of the biggest issues that exists with deadlifting mistakes is the initiation of the lift in the legs. The movement needs to be inititiated by the upper back. This is achieved by sitting back on your heals and pulling back and up on the bar. This will allow you to create tension in the bar and tension through your body so you do not try and jerk the bar off the ground. Jerking the bar off the ground has been the culprit of many torn biceps in deadlifting. Achieve tight levers and a tight body and then begin to push through the heals. Always continue trying to pull the chest up with the lift having everything else follow on the way. up.


To spot this technique mistake watch the athlete and see if their butt is rising up at the beginning of the lift or if they have bent arms at the bottom of the lift before the weight breaks daylight. As the weight gets heavier these issues will manifest themselves and become more and more obvious. Fix them earlier and you will move more weight than you thought possible. Correct technique is correct technique because it promotes efficiency.

WOD
5 Rounds for Time
5 Deadlifts Guys @ 185 Gals @ 135
10 Burpees

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