Hope you’re enjoying your weekend!

There was a ton of great fitness info this week. Here’s a recap of anything you might’ve missed!

Strength Tips

Resetting your reps is easy to implement and works incredibly well for finding your optimal deadlift technique. It prevents you from bouncing your reps and allows you to perform the movement from a “dead” position like the competition lift, allowing you to find your most powerful, explosive deadlift technique. Let’s say you’re doing a 5X5 deadlift: No reset = 5X you practice your setup. With reset = 25X you practice your setup. This is a great way to improve your deadlift without changing anything in your programming. #powerlifting #squat #bench #deadlift #stronger

A video posted by Adam Pine (@adam_pine) on Aug 4, 2015 at 5:43pm PDT

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A video posted by Adam Pine (@adam_pine) on Aug 4, 2015 at 5:43pm PDT

Resetting your reps is easy to implement and works incredibly well for finding your optimal deadlift technique.

It prevents you from bouncing your reps and allows you to perform the movement from a “dead” position like the competition lift, allowing you to find your most powerful, explosive deadlift technique.

Let’s say you’re doing a 5X5 deadlift:

No reset = 5X you practice your setup.                         

With reset = 25X you practice your setup.

This is a great way to improve your deadlift without changing anything in your programming.

What’s optimal technique may vary slightly person-to-person. Resetting your reps is easy to implement and works incredibly well for finding your optimal deadlift technique.

If you are looking to increase your deadlift, email me at adamnpine@gmail.com with “DEADLIFT” in the subject line, or sign up for my newsletter for a 12-week deadlift peaking program!