1430: Why Everyone Should Deadlift
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin discuss why the deadlift is one of the most effective exercises you can do.
- Why should you deadlift? (2:55)
- A fundamental movement that is still relevant today. (5:32)
- The myths surrounding the deadlift. (8:18)
- Why a deadlifters body doesn’t always have a large waist. (12:14)
- The importance of having confidence if you are a trainer. (15:24)
- How the body responds to the environment you present it in. (17:20)
- The crossover benefits into the real world. (21:40)
- An excellent exercise for beginners! (22:30)
- The value of the isometric aspect of the exercise. (27:37)
- Practice the movement to rid yourself of default patterns. (30:16)
- Deadlifts build strong hands! (32:36)
- How deadlifts build a bulletproof back. (36:32)
- Make sure to modify your intensity. (41:37)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Anything you do move, touch, whatever, |
| 0:02.8 | if you lift it in the real world, |
| 0:04.8 | it's probably gonna be connected to you |
| 0:06.9 | through your hands, you need to have strong hands. |
| 0:09.1 | And if you've ever moved out of your apartment |
| 0:11.3 | or your house, you know exactly what I'm talking about. |
| 0:13.8 | An hour later, it's typically your hands |
| 0:15.9 | that are giving up. |
| 0:16.8 | Everything's like riding on one finger |
| 0:18.4 | that's like holding everything left. |
| 0:20.3 | Don't be that guy who has to set his dresser down |
| 0:22.8 | every 10 cents. |
| 0:23.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.7 | If you wanna pump your body and expand your mind, |
| 0:28.0 | there's only one place to go. |
| 0:30.5 | Mind, pop, mind, pop with your hosts. |
| 0:33.5 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
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