Dead-Lifts
Todays exercise is the ever faithful dead lift, this exercise is great in so many ways, it works more than just the legs, can be adapted to fit in with pretty much any workout program, and is the basis of a lot of our daily life, such as getting in and out of chairs, picking up shopping/kids etc.
Muscles used:
As this exercise uses lots of muscles I'll just refer to areas rather than naming them all, Quads, Hamstrings, Glutes, Rectus Abdominis, Traps and upper back, Lats, muscles of the wrist.
Instructions:
Select weight for exercise, load bar accordingly. Stand facing bar, legs slightly apart, engage the abdominal muscles and grasp the bar hands a little wider the shoulder width apart. From the squatted position stand, keeping your back straight with your head looking forward, run the bar up inline with the shins until you reach the knees then straighten the torso and legs, exhale with exertion, do the opposite to return the bar to the floor.
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