Dead Lift

This is an excellent exercise for the legs – buttocks and lower back.

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Place your feet under a suitably weighted bar, shoulder width apart, bend down grasping the bar with your hands, having your arms straight, just outside your knees.

Commence the exercise with your legs bent, feet firmly on the floor with your buttocks pushed back, back straight with head up.

Smoothly straighten your legs, keeping your back and arms straight, aiming to keep the bar close to your legs throughout.

Avoid leaning to far other the bar, or jerking in the initial lift.