Pause deadlift
- Muscle group
- Back
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Primary muscles
- Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower back
- Secondary muscles
- Forearms, Lats, Quadriceps, Upper back
- Set up over the bar, pull the slack out of the barbell, and brace your core tightly with a flat back.
- Drive through the floor to lift the bar, pausing completely for 1–2 seconds once it reaches mid-shin.
- Finish the pull by driving your hips forward until you are fully locked out at the top.
- Hinge at your hips and lower the barbell back to the floor under control.
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