Sully explains how the deadlift meets our exercise prescription and strength training criteria. The deadlift is powerful medicine.

Improve your deadlift setup and execution with this simple fix.

The push and the pull are the Yin and Yang of the deadlift. They both have to be there, in the right proportion, and that balance must be more finely tuned as the lift gets heavier.

For athletes with long legs, artificially "shortening" the legs may be necessary for the deadlift.

Setting your back is lifting the bar. Lifting the bar is setting your back.

Use this simple cue to bring your lats into the exercise and improve your deadlift.