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Trap Bar Deadlift
- Equipment
- Trap Bar
- Level
- Beginner
- Type
- Compound
- Main
- Quads
How to do it
- For this exercise load a trap bar, also known as a hex bar, to an appropriate weight resting on the ground. Stand in the center of the apparatus and grasp both handles.
- Lower your hips, look forward with your head and keep your chest up.
- Begin the movement by driving through the heels and extend your hips and knees. Avoid rounding your back at all times.
- At the completion of the movement, lower the weight back to the ground under control.
Muscles worked
Main: Quads
Also works: Glutes, Hamstrings