How to Deadlift Like The World’s Strongest Man!

Deadlift technique tips from World's Strongest Man @MartinsLicis.
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[@ColinGrym]

This video was SO simple and helpful without any unnecessary "noise" to lengthen it. Also, it's awesome seeing Martins freaking Licis on the channel.

[@wolffisher4614]

Great explanation. Thanks for this

[@SquatUniversity]

You're welcome!

[@RadDadisRad]

Not even using his wrist straps. What a beast.

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

Hook grip. He has a deadlift ladder in the Final, so getting hook grip down will shave valuable seconds on the setup.

[@RagingAshYT]

​@@a-a-rondavis9438 still that much weights pressure on his thunbs is crazy

[@yamani3882]

Thanks for slowing it down, helped get the point across. Please do that in your other short videos. A short video doesn’t have to be super fast.

[@Waruto]

I will give this a try next deadlift session.

[@SquatUniversity]

Hope it can help!

[@jasoncarson1043]

This might be the best deadlift technique video I have seen. I feel like I have good form but I always feel like im doing something wrong

[@tommysiharath6988]

I tell this to people all the time. Once the bar passes your knees, then you start to straighten out. Think of pushing the ground down with your legs and feet before that.

[@williamcolon9280]

Yes i feel that way also and i also feel my hamstrings working hard to pull against the weight and straighten my legs out

[@noobatnothing]

oh my goodness I needed these cues

[@heroinjunkie2liftingjunkie566]

You realize he is wearing a deadlift suit? Squating a deadlift is not recommended for a raw deadlift

[@tt-nc2wh]

@@heroinjunkie2liftingjunkie566 why not?

[@euanheavyjdevlin1663]

@@tt-nc2wh because its not a squat movement its a hip hinge

[@tt-nc2wh]

@@euanheavyjdevlin1663 you can squat the weight up in the first part of the motion

[@euanheavyjdevlin1663]

@@tt-nc2wh u can technically u can but ppl act like u have to when fir most ppl its not optimal

[@tuckerdixon8032]

Nobody has ever explained this so simply to me. Thank you

[@dyl1818]

This is excellent info! Great for people like me who have always had issues with deadlift technique. Thank you

[@taliashoma8834]

It’s really no surprise this man has been so successful with his strongman career. Look forward to what he accomplishes in the future.

[@ericheng9790]

hell yea, great short, glad I can add this to a playlist for later (at least on pc)

[@stefanlottering8536]

One of the best tutorials ever on deadlift, straight forward and simple💪🏻

[@changename8820]

Thank you! The best and simplest explanation in the history of the Internet! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@lekkerpruven887]

One of the best simple explanations of the deadlift. It's easy to remember and to think of while pulling yourself. And then train and train until it feels more automatically.

[@UditENG-xi4pu]

One of the best Deadlift lift video iv seen till date so easy to understand .

[@ErikPehrsson]

Excellent! Thanks for posting!

[@heyitsmort7744]

Love Martins. Can’t wait to see how he does on the world stage this year

[@longher3138]

Your channel is full of free top notch tips. Thanks man.

[@Ont785]

I remember watching the video when Eddie Hall was giving him pointers. Martin’s is one of my favourite of all time. He really brings a lot of personality and desire to the sport.

[@jakethesnake9749]

This clears some things up for me. Thanks

[@pjeromardesic]

Great explanation!!!!! So many people need to watch your channel

[@SD-ef4qp]

The ease at which he lifted that weight...👍🙏

[@ibrahimmazhar7314]

Why is something this good and this valuable so underrated.u are amazing

[@dragonflyj]

Perfect explanation! Thank you!

[@Blatuidi]

Great cue. Rippetoe has been teaching this for decades.

[@Ronnock]

Thank you for saying this! He's truly unsung in this industry.

[@chaitanyanv]

Best ever! Thank you 😊

[@thalloutboy]

That’s a very interesting style of dynamic start, I might have to try that.

[@cherithrasher30]

I thought I was doing it wrong with the transitional movement like that rather than a “smooth” movement where the hips and knees unhinge simultaneously. But this confirms I’ve got it! Thanks for this!!

[@NoahBroome]

This was great!

[@Behemoth385]

Dudes a real life 'Wreck It Ralph'.

[@RGV2300]

Martin learned from SQUAT UNIVERSITY OF COURSE, you guys give useful advices, i have tried a few, now im gonna try this one.

[@ryanzhao2052]

Will try this next time!

[@karlataylor1172]

These guys make what they do look easy but it's actually extremely difficult.

[@gregorybuttari8651]

So trying this..awesome .

[@varuninnz]

GREAT VIDEO!

[@jordanjacobs157]

I was always told that squatting your deadlift was a bad thing. So this pro advice contradicts that take

[@Undeniable18]

Greats tips man

[@benamini817]

This is awesome

[@sour_lemon_00]

this looks fantastic. great lesson. I uses to do straight leg deadlift 750 pounds for reps. it's been years since then and im learning to do it correctly. thx for your lessons

[@fishoutofwater3752]

That is some crazy strength man. Did you use a deadlift suit?

[@HoraceWimp]

helpful thanks

[@voskresenie-]

something to note is that the perception while doing the lift is that your back is straightening the whole time, because it /is/ relative to legs, just not relative to the ground. if your legs straightened but your back remained at the same angle to your femurs, your back angle would be lowering relative to the floor. I think it's more likely that people will hit a wall trying to emulate his form than if they focused on pushing their feet through the floor and came to the same result independently.

[@-Erebus]

Thank you

[@nwanyanwuchibuzor8143]

Platinum value info...big ups

[@marzouqsaleemi6779]

Now THAT is a deadlift

[@orejarock]

Martins!!!

[@platonicguardian6923]

The Starting Strength method demands your back be completely flat when you hinge and brace. I'd love see Doc analyze Mark Rippetoe's approach.

[@PHILMILChannel]

wow very strong man 😮

[@tarunpratap017]

I would say that "Leg pressing the weight" is better cue instead of Squat.

[@SquatUniversity]

What ever works best for you!

[@liamengram6326]

I've always liked Brian Alsruhe's cue. You aren't pulling the bar off the ground, you are pushing the Earth away from the bar.

[@abe61388]

Why does Squat University not have over 1mil subs yet is the real question?

[@ash6415]

It’s the first pull in a clean 😮

[@921FM]

oooooooooooh I get it now!

[@StillRolling]

MARTINS✊️

[@Death_by_Tech]

This was how I was taught the deadlift 20 years ago

[@NickJennison]

It’s shoulder blades over the bar, not the shoulder joint.

[@HammerK99]

Nice deadlift suit

[@him050]

Most strongmen will say to get your shoulders behind the bar for better leverage off the floor. But as you rightly point out, as soon as they start the lift and their hips rise ever so slightly, the shoulders come forward a bit and are actually directly over the bar, not behind it.

[@trenujezglowa]

Waiting for 502,5kg Krzysztof Wierzbicki's sumo dl analize. 💪😁

[@mifster83]

This is why the DL is a push exercise not a pull exercise, theres no pulling, only pushing and hinging

[@youssefelkrichi4064]

He ain't bitching out his overhand grip, no bicep tear for him ;)

[@jakedragon8753]

Seems like a normal deadlift movement, Licis does a bit extra prior to the pull, main thing you want to do when you start the pull is have ur shins vertical to the bar and have ur muscles tight so you keep good positioning as you start the pull, too many are loose and the butt goes up too fast or back curves automatically

[@zoranagavrilovic9403]

Bro pulled that as if were an empty bar

[@thehoov6672]

Ronnie deadlifted 800lbs weeks out from Mr Olympia. Whilst being 3% body fat. Now that's strong.

[@str1ker_eureka]

You do realize that Martins has pulled over 1000 pounds in competition, right?

[@memorycard1000]

And I who just went away from this style cause I didn't feel my hamstrings... Now I'm trying out Pete Rubbish style of deadlifting. I'm so torn with all this. 🤷‍

[@anti_hero_660]

Yeah this is better for a shorter femur

[@iknowitscheezy]

Just do whatever feels more natural to you. We’re all built different at the end of the day

[@Umbrellagasm]

You know you're a WSM competitor when your training sessions are visually indistinguishable from a powerlifting meet.

[@sdb8903]

I mean basically a clean deadlift

[@daayemshehzad]

Man's deadlifting more kilos than the pounds I can get off the ground. "For reps"

[@theuseless4219]

I always did it like this How else would you deadlift

[@Gnarlyboi]

I dont have that much weight to lift at home. But this short made me realise what to focus on when doing Front Squats and RDLs. I feel like if you arent doing it for a purpose, the general person might find more longevity in doing lighter RDL work than heavy deadlifts most of the time.

[@bevanbrukman8117]

next video: how to tear your bicep with a mixed grip

[@ericcomstock2249]

Its almost like a clean pull.

[@nathanvanderpool1175]

No it’s more like a deadlift

[@Tom-vu1wr]

@@nathanvanderpool1175 nah it's more like a clean pull

[@selfemployed1338]

You got anything for pain in traps from deadlifts?

[@deepakbanger6396]

Sir! I have a great form for light weight and at almost 90-95% of my pr. But at my one rep max, my back gets rounded. Can you help me with it somehow and please tell me the solution for it?

[@lesheawhite1870]

My back is always sore after deadlifts

[@Mike-fl9gi]

🏋️ 📈 💯 ✔️

[@MB-gm6kg]

Head up or down though?

[@greg9069]

How to herniate your disc ^?

[@Ac3Mustang]

Where are you located? I need a physio

[@daxwhite3446]

Yo he looks like the guy from step brothers

[@Ronnock]

His shoulders were past the bar not on top of the bar, like the other guy illustrated.

[@nuttynuts4601]

Everyone's body is built differently with different proportions between lower leg, upper leg, and spine. Don't mimic anyone unless you have the same frame.

[@hibernation_station]

Does anybody else get hip pain when they try to deadlift in a more squat position

[@tbone_2k217]

do u pull ur shoulders back?

[@davidrlifts]

0:08

[@-Azure.EXE-]

Has straps Doesn't use them. Double overhand with chalk Perfect technique 800 solid ass pounds = Mogged

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

He has a deadlift ladder in the Final. He needs to learn some way to be quick without strapping up. Hook grip seems to work well for him.

[@liamengram6326]

The 805 in this video was with hook grip.

[@BigUriel]

These "deadlift like such and such" videos are pointless. People can only deadlift like themselves. Once you tick the boxes of 1) shoulders over bar and bar touching shins (and these will take care of themselves once the weight is heavy enough or you just lose your balance) and you keep your hips as low as you can throughout the movement then your body position is simply a function of your thigh/spine/arm length ratios, there's nothing else you can do about it. Even if you try to start with hips too low as in the example shown you'll immediately self-correct as soon as you start pulling because you knees are in front of the bar, they will necessarily have to move back (and the hips up) to let the bar pass through.

[@limoeco]

Somebody said "don't squating your deadlift" it's that right or wrong?

[@masontowery8542]

The more you involve quads the easier the lift will be, like a trapbar deadlift. I like to focus the hip hinge and more horizontal back.

[@fallingwickets]

and what say all the UtUb 'pro's that constantly remind us that the deadlift is a pull and NOT a squat??

[@Tom-vu1wr]

This is for if u r wearing a deadlift suit

[@gavincunningham2010]

It is a pull and not a squat..

[@CigEconomy]

Using leg drive doesn't make something a squat.

[@fallingwickets]

@@CigEconomy he specifically says "squat the weight up" I'm sure when your deadlift numbers equal his the two of you can argue the semantics :)

[@CigEconomy]

@@fallingwickets Fantastic bud. It's referred to as "squatting" to provide an easy cue for the lifter. It's not actually a squat. That would be like calling a squat a pull because you pull your hips through at the end. A squat is not a pull and a deadlift under no circumstances is a squat. The mechanics are completely different.

[@donnymcjonny6531]

Was that hook or DOH?

[@liamengram6326]

Hook

[@stephencooney6075]

How much does someone's anthropometry play into this?

[@asymmetricfuzion970]

Didn’t even use straps. Insane

[@woden__]

TIP TO KEEP IN MIND, dont squat so hard that you have to move the bar out of the way of your knees, it kills your strength

[@aakashbaliga1881]

I just pretend deadlifts are like a standing hip thrusts and everything just becomes correct naturally

[@saitejagatadi9711]

Bro did some sort of surgery to his left elbow 😅

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

What’s a “patella”?

[@liamengram6326]

Your kneecap.

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

@@liamengram6326 MY kneecap?

[@surge8307]

You shouldn't be copying people... Because you might have different limb lengths and leverages and might not intuit with the same cues... You might need different cues... Everyone is different... Squat plus thrust doesn't work for everyone and isn't a great general cue imo... If you're serious about lifting pay a visit to these two channels (there are many other good ones but these are must watch): Brazos Valley Strength and PRs Performance... Will give you actual solid advice...

[@tomwolthuis3685]

Would like to see a tall guy, is much more difficult

[@haventhebeast6050]

Similar to Eddie hall

[@zahki]

More of a leg press position than a squat imo

[@daorientalgamer6610]

Such a punishing exercise, "oh, youre trying to learn how to deadlift? Good luck, because if you dont know how to do 5 different things at once your low back is going to hurt for 4 months"