Articles for tag: Deadlift, Grip Strength

Increase Grip Strength for Deadlifts

A weak grip can hold you back from doing your best deadlifts. Your legs may be strong, lower back strong, shoulders strong, but doggone it, a weak grip will interfere and force you to set the barbell down even though you have a few more good reps in you. I’m a certified personal trainer. To ...

Karla News

Top 3 Exercises for Caregivers: Squat, Deadlift, Bench Press

I’m a certified personal trainer who had a few “extreme caregiving” stints with my senior mother, and if I had to recommend only three exercises to yield unbelievable energy and strength, it would be the Big Three: Deadlift, Squat, Bench Press. However, the deadlift, squat and bench press are the very exercises that few women, ...

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Top 5 Weight Loss Exercises for Postmenopausal Women

Losing weight postmenopause isn’t as easy as when a woman is younger, but there are five exercises that have no fear of menopause. I’m a certified personal trainer, and one of the biggest mistakes that postmenopausal women make is assuming that duration and continuous movement are the magic elixirs for weight loss. Big mistake, HUGE! ...

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The Real Benefits of Deadlifts

The benefits of deadlifts is to help you strengthen your back, especially your lower back so that you can safely and correctly carry weights. Your core strength supports your entire body, and whenever you move, your core strength is involved one way or another. The core strength refers to the main muscles of the body, ...

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5 Beginner Deadlift Mistakes You’re Making

The deadlift is arguably one of the easiest-looking weightlifting moves anyone can learn–but unfortunately, it’s also incredibly hard to perfect. Screwing it up is also more damaging than screwing up, say, the bicep curl, which won’t do more than make it harder to get that coveted bicep peak. Screw up the deadlift and you’re not ...