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Andrei, our programming coach on adaptation and recovery. Only if you adapt to the load - you grow. If you don’t recover - you do not adapt, therefore don’t grow.

Weightlifting requires both strength and flexibility. If you are flexible, it will be easier for you to lift. Here is the example of how shoulder mobility helps to lift.

Heavy squats, and not the heavy deadlifts, are the main auxiliaries in olympic weightlifting. This video explains why. In our program, ”Train Less. Lift More” we do have deadlifts, but they are not heavy, they are to increase speed off the platform.

When we raise our butt, the deadlift becomes slower. Still many professional lifters do so. The most popular opinion among our Instagram audience on why the butt is lifted during the deadlift phase was that “quads are not strong enough”. That’s why we did this video to clear it up. Enjoy!

Some professional weightlifters, even record holders, raise hips in the deadlift phase. It is a common issue among us as well. Here is my take on what’s happening when we lift the butt and how it affects the lift.