Deadlift Exercise for Triathlon Training

Video Transcript

" Hi my name is Carey Kepler; I’m a functional training coach. I coach triathletes and do triathlons myself. If you would like to improve your sports performance, improve the quality of your life or have questions about the following exercise please contact me at http://www.boundless-energy.com. This exercise is to strengthen the hamstring and glute muscles, primary muscles that you use on your bike leg. And also on your run, especially on hill climbs. What you want to do is elevate yourself slightly off the ground, you’re going to take a barbell, in my case I have a body bar, you want to slightly bend the knee. Make sure your legs are just at your bike position or your running position. As you do that you’re going to keep those knees bent, you’re going to have a tall chest as you go down, there’s somewhat of a stretch through the hamstring, the back of the leg, as you come up you’re going to squeeze your glutes and hamstrings. All the way up to full flexion to return back down and again all the way back up for full flexion. We’re going to do ten to twenty repetitions and of course increase the weight as you do get stronger. On the dead lift you want to make sure you don’t arch the back and let the back carry the weight down. You want to make sure you have a straight, flexed back, abdominal muscle control, tall chest as you go all the way up. "