Dead Lifts - Bowflex SelectTech BD1090 Owner's Manual

Muscles worked
Glutes, adductors, hamstrings, quads, spinal
erectors and traps
Success tips
• Keep knees pointed in the same direction
as the feet.
• Keep head and neck in line with the trunk.
• Pay close attention to all the alignment
and stabilization issues on every part of
each repetition.
• Keep pressure through the middle of the
arches/feet, not the toes or heels.
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Dead Lifts

START
START
• Position your feet in line with the
dumbbell about shoulder width
apart.
• Point your toes outward slightly
and direct the thighs to the same
outward angle as the feet.
• Hold the dumbbells with your palms
facing backward.
Back Exercises
FINISH
ACTION
• Under control, slowly squat down
by sticking the hips out as the knees
start to bend.
• Keep the chest lifted and back flat as
the hips continue to move backward.
• Lower to approximately a
90-degree bend at the knees, unless
otherwise determined.
• Move back to the starting position,
keeping the chest lifted while moving
the hips forward and extending the
knee.