Deadlift

Reviewer Best-in-class 'never deadlifted before' lesson.

Moderator Explicitly a from-zero deadlift lesson for someone who's never pulled before — stance, bar height, hip hinge explained from scratch.

Reviewer One of the clearest deadlift breakdowns you'll find — real coaching depth.

Moderator Full technical breakdown of the conventional deadlift setup and pull, nothing else discussed.

Reviewer Clean, correct, and it leads with the right priority: form before load.

Moderator Five clean steps covering the entire lift, stance and brace, the approach to the bar, tension and lat engagement, the drive, and the return path. Entirely the skill.

Reviewer Explains the physics behind the cue instead of just repeating the cue, excellent.

Moderator This is coaching commentary on an actual deadlift setup, answering the exact question lifters have, how far to bend the knees, by tying it to bar position over midfoot and base of support. Entirely and precisely on-skill.

Reviewer Precise, correct, and checklist-simple, exactly what you want to self-audit your pull.

Moderator Five steps, every one of them core deadlift setup and execution, stance, grip, tensioning the bar, the pull, the lockout. This is the skill, front to back.

Reviewer Exactly what a first deadlift lesson should sound like.

Moderator Full setup-to-lockout walkthrough of the conventional deadlift for a first-timer - stance, bar position, grip, back position, breath, bar path, and how to set it back down.

Reviewer Best kind of checklist - concrete positions you can actually check yourself against.

Moderator This is literally a step-by-step deadlift setup checklist from Cavaliere - adductor/hip flexor prep, anterior pelvic tilt, hip-hinge grooving, foot width, bar-over-midfoot cue, grip options. Every second of it is about setting up the pull correctly.

Reviewer Deep, specific coaching on the exact moment the bar leaves the floor.

Moderator Pillar 4 of a deadlift technique series, entirely about initiating the pull from the floor — foot pressure, building tension, head position.

Reviewer Excellent, memorable cueing -- makes a technical lift genuinely easy to follow.

Moderator A complete, ground-up walkthrough of the entire setup and pull, structured as five clear steps from first principles.

Reviewer Best individualized safety advice in the batch -- the hip test alone is worth it.

Moderator Entirely about deadlift technique and safety, built around genuine individual variation in hip anatomy and how that should change your stance -- with a concrete self-test you can do at home. On-topic and unusually rigorous.

Reviewer Great diagnostic content -- explains the real cause behind the common mistakes, not just the symptom.

Moderator Entirely about diagnosing and fixing specific deadlift errors -- back rounding, hips shooting up -- assuming the viewer is already pulling and needs to clean it up.

Reviewer Same high quality as the conventional-deadlift version -- research-backed, honest about the learning curve.

Moderator Same series, same structure, entirely about sumo deadlift setup and execution from the ground up.

Reviewer Thorough, correct, and explains the biomechanics behind each cue.

Moderator Comprehensive, ground-up conventional deadlift setup -- stance, grip, footwear, bar position, brace -- nothing else competing for time.

Reviewer Actionable - tells you which muscle is failing and what to do about it.

Moderator Diagnoses deadlift breakdowns (grip, quad drive off the floor, lat/core stability) and ties each to a specific accessory fix. All of it is deadlift-specific troubleshooting.

Reviewer Four cues, four solid reasons, four drills — well built.

Moderator Four cues to improve an existing deadlift, all deadlift-specific: RDL into position, protect the armpits, hover the bar before pulling, lock out early.

Reviewer Technically dense in a good way, these are cues a real coach uses.

Moderator Full setup-to-lockout breakdown, stance, bar path, pelvic tilt for a neutral spine, lat engagement, hip hinge vs. squat, knee-out cue, hip thrust timing, then repeated once more as a run-through. Entirely the deadlift, nothing else.

Reviewer The 'push the floor away' cue is a great fix for people who yank the weight.

Moderator A thorough error-correction video -- turning the pull into a squat, back rounding, bar path drifting away from the body -- all squarely deadlift technique, cites a 2011 strength-and-conditioning study for credibility.

Reviewer Simple drill, easy to feel the difference immediately.

Moderator All about the hip-to-knee sequencing of the pull - where the hip hinge ends and knee drive begins. Core setup mechanics, nothing tangential.

Reviewer Efficient mistakes checklist, all signal.

Moderator Five deadlift mistakes, all specific to deadlift execution: hips too low at setup, stance too wide copying tall lifters, rushing the start, not protecting the armpits, late lockout.

Reviewer Sharp, well-reasoned accessory selection from a legit coach.

Moderator All deadlift, specifically variations (Cohen-style, box deadlift, block pull) chosen to fix weak points in the deadlift. It's one step removed from the competition pull itself but squarely deadlift training.

Reviewer Great troubleshooting cues if RDLs/SLDLs aren't hitting your hamstrings.

Moderator Entirely about stiff-legged deadlift technique aimed at actually feeling the target muscle -- anterior pelvic tilt at setup, keeping the knee stable, chest-up cue. Squarely a deadlift-variation technique breakdown.

Reviewer Research-backed decision framework -- genuinely useful for choosing your variation.

Moderator A direct comparison of conventional, sumo, and trap bar deadlift to help you choose the right one for your body -- squarely about the deadlift and its main variations.

Reviewer Nuanced, honest, technically specific -- just make sure you're experienced enough for the rounding advice.

Moderator Squarely about deadlift variation selection for hypertrophy -- deficit sumo for glutes, controlled-rounding conventional for back, honest takes on rack pulls and hex bar. All deadlift, all the time.

Reviewer Good mental model if you've been muscling it up with your back.

Moderator About presetting the spine and reframing the pull as leg-drive-then-hip-extension - core deadlift technique and injury-prevention logic.

Reviewer Explains the actual cause instead of just telling you to be scared of mixed grip.

Moderator Purely about why mixed-grip deadlifts tear biceps at lockout and the specific arm-position mechanism causing it - deadlift technique/safety, squarely.

Reviewer Dense, accurate technique breakdown -- no filler, addresses the real common mistake.

Moderator RDL is a deadlift-family variation and this is entirely about it -- setup, bar path, range of motion, and an honest technical distinction from the stiff-leg deadlift. Not the floor-pull 'conventional' lift, but squarely within the deadlift skill family.

Reviewer Nails the single most important deadlift safety cue, with a story that makes it stick.

Moderator Setup, stance, and especially keeping the bar tight to the body through the whole pull, that's core deadlift technique, reinforced with a credible personal detail (shins bleeding from bar contact in strongman training).

Reviewer Good use-case breakdown once you get past the jokes.

Moderator All about block pulls — a deadlift variation used specifically to fix lockout. Directly tied to deadlift technique and training, one step removed from the floor pull itself.

Reviewer Good fixes for real mistakes, just delivered a bit loosely.

Moderator Built entirely around diagnosing and fixing common deadlift form breakdowns, squatting it, being too upright, hyperextending at lockout, looking up, which is squarely the skill of learning to deadlift correctly.

Reviewer Honest about what rack pulls actually do and don't carry over -- good BS filter.

Moderator Entirely about rack pulls/block pulls as a deadlift variation and training tool -- use cases, pin heights, and an honest breakdown of what actually carries over to the full pull versus what's just ego lifting.

Reviewer The 'stop changing your setup every session' point alone is worth hearing.

Moderator A mix of technique-adjacent advice (standardize your setup) and programming advice (rep ranges, frequency, accessory selection) -- relevant to getting better at deadlifting overall, though less about pure execution mechanics than the 'Technique Tuesday' videos.

Reviewer Thoughtful, honest take on deadlift frequency from a credible source -- actionable.

Moderator About deadlift training frequency/programming rather than technique -- a real and important part of 'how to deadlift' broadly construed, but adjacent to, not the same as, execution instruction.

Reviewer Specific, technically sound form checkpoints -- good stuff.

Moderator A specific deadlift form check -- shin-to-bar contact, shoulder position relative to the bar, hip hinge and back shape -- all correct, standard technical checkpoints. Squarely on-topic.

Reviewer Practical variations, including no-equipment options -- assumes some RDL background.

Moderator About RDL-family variations (stride-stance RDL, deficit RDL, banded good morning) aimed at building hip-hinge range of motion -- deadlift-family movements, angled toward flexibility rather than max strength, but still squarely in the skill.

Reviewer The limb-length comparison is a great illustration that deadlift setup isn't one-size-fits-all.

Moderator Deadlift is the central lift of the session and gets real, credible discussion (single heavy set per week for maintenance, frequency vs. optimal trade-offs), plus a genuinely useful anthropometry segment on how limb length changes deadlift setup between the two lifters. But it's a training vlog with warm-up chat and personality, not a structured lesson.

Reviewer Short but specific and honest -- a legitimately underused variation.

Moderator The seated cable deadlift is explicitly framed as a deadlift-pattern variation ('even though conventional deadlifts are great...'), with the cable/seated setup as the novel twist. Deadlift-family movement, squarely on topic.

Reviewer Solid teaching if you're adding this accessory pull to your program.

Moderator This is a single-arm lateral-loaded variation used mainly for anti-lateral-flexion core work, not the standard deadlift - it borrows the hip hinge pattern but the point of the drill is different from teaching 'the deadlift.'

Reviewer Solid, specific deadlift programming -- just brief since it's one part of a full leg day.

Moderator Deadlift opens the workout and gets real programming specifics (RPE 8-9 top set, linear periodization option), but it's one exercise in a six-exercise leg day, with stiff-leg deadlift getting a smaller secondary mention later.

Reviewer Smart, data-backed myth-busting on stance choice -- not a how-to, but genuinely useful context.

Moderator About deadlift stance selection and legitimacy -- relevant territory -- but it's framed as a debate/myth-busting piece using competition-entry data rather than direct 'how to deadlift' instruction. Useful context, not a technique lesson.

Reviewer The ideas are right, but you'd need to already know the lift to decode the wording.

Moderator Covers stance, grip, bracing, neutral spine, and leg drive, all genuinely deadlift technique, even though the phrasing throughout is garbled enough to sound machine-translated.