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When you laugh more than you look at your computer, you know you’re doing something right. Wait until the end! 🤣

Deadlifts are more than just picking a barbell up off the floor. They’re one of the most fundamental movement patterns we develop as humans. Watch any toddler explore their environment and you’ll see the foundation of a deadlift every time they squat down to pick up a toy.

Somewhere along the way, many of us convinced ourselves, “I’ve never known how to deadlift.” But that’s not true. You did know how. You just forgot.

Years of sitting in desks from K-12 and then through college and our careers, sitting, is the new smoking. It has slowly taken away many of the natural movement patterns you once had. We ask our kids to spend more time sitting still than moving, exploring, and interacting with the world around them. Then we’re surprised when adults struggle to bend over, lift safely, or move without low back pain.

Personally, that’s why I love teaching the deadlift. It’s not just about lifting a barbell. But it’s about restoring a movement your body was designed to do. It teaches you how to move efficiently, build strength, create spinal stability, and carry those skills into everyday life. Therefore, whether you’re picking up groceries, a laundry basket, your kid, or your grandkids you will be prepared and ready.

Sometimes the goal isn’t to learn something new but it’s about the rediscovering of a movement your body had already known.

And that’s exactly what happened this weekend. 💪

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Thanks to everyone who came out for Foundations of Functional Movement 2: The Deadlift. We appreciate everyone who showed up, asked questions, and put in the work.

If you missed this one, do NOT worry as we do have 1 more workshop left in this 3 part series.

💪 Foundations of Functional Movement 3: “Perfect Your Push-ups & Pull-ups”
📍 Iron Family Fitness
📅 Saturday, August 29 at 10:00 AM

Let’s talk about the importance of repetition when learning a new lift or refining your deadlift technique. 💪🍑

Michael Jordan needed tens of thousands of reps to become one of the greatest. 🏀 So, let’s not expect a complex compound lift to be perfect after just 3 sets of 10 reps. 😑

Reset before every rep. Brace your core, engage your lats by trying to “bend” or “break” the bar, and activate your glutes by squeezing them together. At the same time, create external rotation and abduction at the hips by driving your knees out toward your forearms (assuming you’re using a conventional or Romanian deadlift with your hands outside your knees).

Remember, there is no one-size-fits-all cue. This tip won’t apply to everyone and may not be appropriate for a sumo deadlift.

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