Performing deadlifts with perfect form allows for assessment of thoracic extension, lumbar spine curvature, glute and hamstring activation, and proper pulling mechanics.

“but rather because it becomes a beautiful audit for everything working perfectly so I deadlift this morning so today's a Monday I deadlift it on Saturday I dead lifted a few days before that like I deadlift at least twice a week often three times a week both straight bar and trap bar and Bob I don't go that heavy I don't know the last time maybe I've had 400 pounds on one of those on the trap bar in the past year but I you we sort of stopped at about 350 to 375 on the straight bar I'm even lighter maybe 185 I do a lot of slow ascend tricks I film every single rep of every single set and I study it and I send it to Beth Lewis who is my coach and we do so much around making this deadlift perfect and I'd rather take a lightweight and dead lifted perfectly several times a week and I'm not doing like killing crusher sets like I mean it's today was four sets of ten five sets of ten maybe and at no point was I like past my limit so again I can push myself harder doing other things but what I could get out of doing that deadlift perfectly is do I have just the right amount of thoracic extension do I have just the right curvature in the lumbar spine am i activating my glutes am i activating my hamstrings am i pulling back instead of pulling up am i wedging correctly like all of this little stuff translates biomechanically to the activities of daily living that matter to me like getting up off the floor picking up one of my kids lifting a piece of luggage or something like that”