Observations on the regular deadlift.
Archive of posts filed under the Biomechanics category.
Faster Faster
Why going faster is safer and going heavier is slower.
'Full' Sumo
Sumo deadlifts are for the retarded, which is why you must absolutely perform them.
Yoke Press
How to do the Yoke Press. The key is to go straight into the push press, i.e. do a positive only move.
Vertical Plate Press
Atlas stone and the vertical plate press
Hydraulics
Jon demonstrates a regular deadlift – click on the picture to see a gif animation; see here for an explanation.
Without hydraulic action from the torso a lifter would lift almost as little as the average HITer…
When scientists first calculated how much weight the spine should be able to lift they were somewhat surprised to discover [...]
Levers
21st November 2007 – 7 × 45½ kg per arm, 48.4 mm thick handled dumbbell table top curl… click on the picture to make it bigger, click on the bigger picture and it gets even bigger. 45½ kg = 2½ kg dumbbell bar + 4 × 10 kg + 2 × 1¼ kg + ½ [...]