Subject: Is your deadlift wedge foolproof?

Is your deadlift wedge foolproof?

April 22nd, 2025 at 12:48 am MDT

How do you start your deadlift? Grip it and rip it? Take the slack out of the bar? Or? The deadlift is unique because we do not have an eccentric load to prepare us for the concentric effort. For example, the barbell squat has a negative or eccentr ...

Is your deadlift wedge foolproof?

April 21st, 2025 at 8:27 am MDT

How do you start your deadlift? Grip it and rip it? Take the slack out of the bar? Or? The deadlift is unique because we do not have an eccentric load to prepare us for the concentric effort. For example, the barbell squat has a negative or eccentr ...

Bar and hip speed vs rate in the barbell deadlift

April 18th, 2025 at 11:00 am MDT

The bar and hips ascend at the same rate in the deadlift, but that does not mean they are moving at the same speed. Wait…what? The key to this is understanding that speed and rate are different. While speed is a type of rate, it is specifically a ...

Bar and hip speed vs rate in the barbell deadlift

April 17th, 2025 at 3:22 pm MDT

The bar and hips ascend at the same rate in the deadlift, but that does not mean they are moving at the same speed. Wait…what? The key to this is understanding that speed and rate are different. While speed is a type of rate, it is specifically a ...

Earth downs for a better barbell deadlift

April 15th, 2025 at 11:00 am MDT

Chuck Norris does not do pushups. He does earth downs. A great Chuck Norris joke and powerful imagery for your deadlift, performing earth downs is a perfect way to describe driving your feet into the floor. Ideally, you would leave footprints—1cm ...

Earth downs for a better barbell deadlift

April 15th, 2025 at 10:01 am MDT

Chuck Norris does not do pushups. He does earth downs. A great Chuck Norris joke and powerful imagery for your deadlift, performing earth downs is a perfect way to describe driving your feet into the floor. Ideally, you would leave footprints—1cm ...

Reminder! Plan Strong™ Q&A session with Fabio Zonin

April 10th, 2025 at 2:00 pm MDT

Student of Strength,  As a former attendee of the Plan StrongTM seminar, either online or in person, StrongFirst HQ would like to invite you to a Q A session with Fabio Zonin, StrongFirst Certified Master Instructor, on April 21, 2025 at 8:00pm ES ...

The 3-5 Method revisited

April 10th, 2025 at 11:00 am MDT

The 3-5 Method Revisited[Article]Today Pavel expands on another topic from the Huberman Lab podcast. “Could you outline a simple and effective barbell strength training template?”Enter the 3 to 5 Method. I codified it a quarter of a century ago ...

StrongFirst App reviews

April 9th, 2025 at 12:22 pm MDT

Teachers of Strength, Thank you for responding to the request to leave reviews for the StrongFirst App. A wrinkle in the process that we just learned about is that you usually need to have had the app downloaded for 7-10 days before leaving a revie ...

Certified Instructors Only: Join our FREE 2-hour webinar covering the Barbell Bench Press and Military Press with Brett Jones and Dr. Michael Hartle

April 9th, 2025 at 11:30 am MDT

Greetings, StrongFirst Certified Instructor, Webinars For Your Eyes Only These webinars are available exclusively to you, our certified instructors, and they are free of charge. On June 12th, 2025, from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time ...