EVEN IF YOU'RE not a barbell fanatic who spends hours in the weight room, you have done a deadlift at some point in your life. Why? The hip hinge, the basic movement pattern behind the deadlift, is ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." "Efficient" is the key word here. Not only does deadlifting make our movement patterns more efficient, ...

Although the muscles of the back – latissimus dorsi, erector spinae and trapezius – mainly work isometrically to hold the bar in place and stop it drifting forward during the deadlift, evidence shows ...