Iron Man USA — August 2017

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IM POWER BUILDING

BETTER OFF

DEADLIFTING

The Deadlift Has Stood The Test Of Time Because It Works All Of Your Muscles.

By Sarah Chadwell, NASM CPT

Power is within you. Want to increase and unleash it? You

can. How? You can do so with one move: The deadlift. Dead-

lifts are the true measure of muscular strength and endur-

ance. By performing a deadlift, you train more muscles than

any other single lift. Awaken your true power potential with

this most effective physique-building exercise.

Deadlifts are a powerlifting exercise. The history of deadlift-

ing dates back to the early 1900s. Who knows how far back

in history men actually began to brag about the amount of

dead weight they could lift off the ground? We may never

know. However, sometime between 1910 and 1920, some-

one had the bright idea of actually recording deadlift weight

records to determine who was the most powerful man

around. Today, not much has changed except that men and

women head to the gym to record their personal bests.

Why haven’t things changed when it comes to the deadlift?

Probably because the deadlift is the ultimate test of your

overall power as it takes almost your entire muscular system