Ben Pollack Shares The Proper Deadlift Setup and how to AVOID common deadlift mistakes. Ben Pollack coaches us on how to properly set up for the deadlift, both for the conventional deadlift and sumo deadlift

Ben Pollack’s Deadlift Set Up
- Make sure you can get in the right position
- Spine must be in neutral position
- Hips, upper back and neck stack in a line
- NOT pushing butt out or arching upper back
- Power Pillar
- Squeeze abs & glutes
- Pull rib cage down over your hips

Conventional
- You want to be pulling straight up
- Don’t hit your shins
- Midfoot directly under the barbell
- Keep neutral spine
- You NEED to engage your lats
- Pick your hands up to stretch your lats
- Pull lats down into your back pockets
- Stay tight during the descent (difficult)
- Think about spreading the floor apart
- BIG breath into the diaphram
- Set up is CRUCIAL for a good lift

Sumo Stance
- Distribute the weight equally
- Activate lats
- Keep lower body tight
- DON’T lose position at the bottom of the lift
- Keep tightness all the way up

8:44 Conventional (side view)

8:55 Sumo (side view)