Dumbbell Deadlift

Instructions

1. 1.Stand with your feet shoulder width apart with two dumbbells on the floor on either side of your feet.
2. 2.Keeping your back straight, bend at the hips and knees, griping the dumbbells. This is your starting position.
3. 3.Lower your hips and begin to pull the bar up by pushing the floor through your heels.
4. 4.Pull the dumbbells up until your body is vertical. Push your hips forward and shoulder blades back at the top of the motion.
5. 5.After a brief pause, slowly and carefully return to the starting position.
6. 6.Repeat for as many repetitions as required.

Tips

• Perform the reps slowly and in a controlled manner. Technique first, weight second!.

Breathing Instructions

Breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) portion of the exercise and breathe out during the cocentric (elevation) portion.

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