Free Weight · Barbell
Pause Deadlift
Muscles worked
- Glutes
- Lower Back
- Quads
- Hamstrings
- Traps
- Forearms
How to do it
- Deadlift the bar from the floor and pause for a moment just below your knees
- Keep your back flat during the pause, then finish standing tall
- Lower with control
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