Mastering My Deadlift Technique With This Lower Body Workout

[@ak-zw8jv]

Love what you said about not making other people feel awkward in the gym.

[@robertjenny1973]

I think the off-season prep talk vs in-season training is a very important dialog to be had! Also believe information about active recovery after comp, deload prior to comp and nutrition leading into/during/post comp would be great for everyone out there.

[@FuriosoDrummer]

Love the shout about being respectful of others while in a shared space, couldn't agree more!

[@jwebster751]

Mitch , I dont comment on many videos. Just wanted to say , I love the informative angle your videos are taking. I am older(ish) and I am learning so much from your content. Keep up the good work.

[@Ont785]

You really inspired me to keep pushing at my age, and I’ve achieved all the goals I’ve set. I set. The only problem with success, is having to come up with new goals ! Stay safe, and don’t stop the videos !

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

That’s awesome mate, keep pushing 💪💪

[@Bmxae]

We want to hear you and Loz talk about deug protocals in off season and leading up to comp. Yes, its relevant. And yes, its important, especially since so many guys use drugs incorrectly and harm their bodies.

[@lowcashranch1412]

I would like to see more of the off-season hypertrophy type of workouts. Including exercises, reps, sets, proximity to failure, etc.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

More to come 💪💪

[@leeg672]

Thx for the great content Mitch! Everyone has different leverage points and natural abilities and thus different techniques are needed. (I know you know this!) Personally, I like to execute my DL as a Hip dominate Legpress. I do not think about "Lifting" the wgt. I fully commit to bracing hard, preloading the bar and then Thinking and visualizing my Legpress and simply "Pushing the World away" from me. The hips stay down (they don't shoot up) and the Back naturally takes care of itself. This has been one of the single biggest improvements to strength and efficiency to my technique. Not to mention, less low back stress and fatigue. Which means a quicker recovery. Especially, when I am predominately Low bar squatting as a Powerlifter... Mitch, I would Love for you to leave No stones unturned by teaching the younger lifters that "Less IS More"! Progression is made in small calculated bites over time. Younger or Less accomplished Lifters need to focus on what you "did" to get where you are. NOT so much what you are doing now that you've arrived! just my 2c Thx!

[@gordonshaw1975]

Thor, Tom, Martins, Mitch, Mateuz…whoever wins next year will be revered. What a time to be a strongman.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Next year is going to be fun 💪💪

[@iRjarlok]

I LOVE the no stone unturned idea. Stoked for the series. Keep it up.

[@SeyaDiakite7]

We all love you. More great things are coming up to you. Thank you for existing

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Appreciate you 💪💪

[@SeyaDiakite7]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman me too. Big time. You’re number 1. Now that I’m in Canada. You being here makes me sooo happy

[@johnwadden4201]

The work with Anton and Juji is paying off. Shoulders and traps looking jacked!

[@ozzy3ml]

What do you think about hypers/back extensions where you hold the top position isometrically for seconds? I think Pete Rubish is a fan of this for deadlift assistance

[@chrisrolfe4630]

You are so right Mitch about the environment. It is easy for veterans' to not notice or not be worried about all the volume but the newbies are really afraid of this environment. Make it easy for the newbies so they stick with it, as it is so much harder for them just to even be there..Veteran's (real veterans) should know better...

[@Maikelswe1985]

You make lifting extreme weight look easy amazing stuff!

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

That’s the job of the worlds strongest man 😉

[@hughcollard262]

Would be interesting to hear about use of PEDs in the no stone unturned series, from the outside looking in it seems to be an avoided conversation in strongman. Would also love to hear your outlook of PEDs in a sport such as Crossfit

[@joshgill3189]

Doesn’t make commercial sense for him to ever speak about that openly. There is absolutely no upside and many many potential downsides for his sponsors etc. Plus he’s trying to promote a healthy lifestyle, so giving any information about PEDs for sure would encourage some of his fans to dive in.

[@antoniorojas351]

Really like that someone like you (at least publicly because idk personally) has seen so much success and hope to see more of it.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

💪💪

[@chrisrolfe4630]

Your intecterial curiosity will reap huge rewards, weather measured or not..Looking forward to your videos.

[@DJefferson89]

Fellow Canadian, super proud of you for your successes my man! Looking forward to your new series

[@hjewkes]

I recognize this is very unlikely to be covered for obvious reasons, but I can only imagine the special supplementation required for strength sports must differ from that of body building; and as someone who emphasizes health and longevity you probably have a highly considered approach to it - both in the off season and in prep.

[@tkshillinz9334]

I really appreciate the effort you put into your endeavours. Wishing you continued health and success, in all aspects of your life and career.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

I really appreciate you 💪💪

[@GetaVe]

Does no stone unturned include PED usage? Wish some strongmen would start openly discussing their usage and the cons associated

[@danielworthen3332]

i often wonder this, i wouldn't judge, but i also understand why they don't openly talk about it.

[@I.S.C.]

Dude I won’t make any more noise in the gym I swear moose your soo kind and thoughtful of others your right my workout is less important than the principiantes. That’s why I idolize you moose the man.

[@stevecomereski2217]

I actually love that exercise !! it also can be used as a really good glute exercise too..

[@ratemyweights]

Have you covered PED use ? Being a lifelong advocate of Natural and still improving at 51 what are your thoughts ?

[@mufinmakesmusic1210]

He won't talk about PED use. If I had to guess, i'd say 95-99% of the top guys use some type of PEDs, but with the stigma around them, it's not good for his brand.

[@J.c410]

​@@mufinmakesmusic1210it's 100%. This is like qiestionning drug use at the olympia

[@samfromuk]

Wise words at the end. Thank you for sharing.

[@conanstrength]

A 5 week strength training block on the squat, bench, deadlift & overhead press including intensities, percentages & assistance exercises with week 5 being a deload week. Also, foods for meal prep! 😅

[@joeysaks6516]

You are really strong off the floor, just the lockout and who knows what your limit is

[@phyrexianagent4655]

Great video, excited to see the year to come. Super interesting to see your offseason work being focused on building confidence in those limiting factors. I'm curious effect that decreasing compound movements in the offseason has on the nervous system.

[@_mark1]

everything? gear?

[@shaungregory1827]

Have you ever tried adding heavy kettlebell swings into your lower body/posterior chain routine to help with deadlifts? Granted, you'll get nowhere near the weight in relation to what you were doing on the back extensions - but in terms of building muscle endurance and adding some explosion under tension for when you are deadlifting for weight it could be very helpful. With proper technique you're getting your lower back, hamstrings and glutes involved - over, and over, and over, and over again. Also great for overall endurance/fitness - you've spoken often about the need for good endurance levels to give benefit to all aspects of your training and performance in strength. Endurance training under load with kettlebells would blast your cardio levels through the roof.

[@inf0tr8r]

man, I need to get in on those back extensions - great move

[@Claire-cj6nn]

❤ thx!

[@bnorman04]

Really looking forward to No Stone Unturned. Keep it up!

[@Threefold.]

Your achievements are super impressive. I think you can absolutely achieve success in next years endeavours, especially with your smart work ethic and resilience. Also, yes unnecessary and excessive noise in the gym is not appreciated. Well said :)

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

💪💪

[@ToTallTim..]

Can’t wait to see what’s ahead! LHBK

[@1vootman]

Great informative stuff as usual, good luck with your training Mitch!

[@eamh2002]

8:18 i see some Rubish back extensions ;) First time I ever saw them was from Pete Rubish deadlift accessories video. Very humbling movement 😎

[@vincedirienzo7254]

Love the content as always! Very excited to see how this off season progresses for you

[@leestevenson1236]

11 minutes in, is when we find out the grunting was actually a jacked Granny.

[@jonathankasel5355]

You mentioned off-season several times. I'm curious what that means for you in programming. Is that a 12-week block? 6-weeks between blocks? I'm trying to build out a better plan for my next year. Love the videos!

[@bangarangmoto7096]

Great stuff as usual 💪🏼 thanks for taking the time to put out this helpful content🙏🏽

[@seanhouston2400]

Well deserved winter break for you. Can't wait for the Arnolds to see your improvements and competing against Thor!

[@Callum_Lifts]

Awesome video as always. Good to hear your plans for the off season:). Next year is going to amazing to watch!

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Thanks mate 💪💪

[@samaantree]

Relating to your thumbnail, When deadlifting I like to consciously engage the hip joint muscles it gives me an amazing strength boost to get that bar of the ground.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

💪💪

[@CBMof0]

Can you do a video about how much aging really affects your training? (as a natural in my mid 30s, I still make progress)

[@stevelee3144]

Aging (30) what a joke, still gaining at 56

[@joeshmoe7967]

30s????? I am in my 60s, and still make progress. 2024 the year of my heaviest Bench Press ever, at least 225, but really shooting for 240. Too many videos making like it is all over once you hit 40. I was at my best shape at 40, but stronger in some lifts now.

[@joeshmoe7967]

@@stevelee3144 Steve, right?! My comment to CBM is I am in my 60s still, gaining. KZbin is full of crap videos making it seem one must TRT to make gains after 30s. 2024 I will be 62 (Jan 7) Shooting for lifetime all out bench of 240. I have had the bad luck of some form of accident taking me out, but 2024 is looking good. Joined a good gym, so going to make it happen. As a side note, there was the video a few years ago showing some young guys in their 20s, with lower testosterone than men in their 80s. Never got my T tested but, if I train, eat and sleep I make gains. Keep cranking it! - Cheers

[@umaxfitness]

Great talk. Nice to see you keep busy, a lot going on. Possible head to head with Thor?

[@anthonyward5329]

Loving your content. Interesting comment on the deficit deadlift. Guess my mechanics are very different (well obviously I suppose - just one of the many reasons I am so much weaker). For me deadlifts are only ever failed in the first six inches. Lockout is way easier for me than off the floor.

[@84stevencorbett]

would love to see you work in some stabilisation training with a earthquake bar and do more crossfit for your muscle endurance

[@jeremymurphy7725]

No stone unturned sounds awesome!

[@moopius]

I would like to know your views on swimming as part of training. I know Eddie Hall swears by regular swimming and since I have started swimming 2x per week I feel a lot better as in less sore and better cardio/lung function.

[@eddfanning]

Great video!!! Best of luck for the future!!!…🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻..

[@jasonx24386]

It might be useful to put the base of the back raise on a platform in order to increase the ROM

[@TheJipino]

I don't have that much control over what noises I make during lifting. I don't bark but I certainly do make noise sometimes.

[@the-real-CairnsByTheSea]

Thanks for the shoutout to southern hemisphere viewers. It seems that most content creators don't know we exist.

[@greigconnor6215]

Really good, informative content mate. You seem like a decent guy aswell. Was rooting for Tom Stoltman when i first heard you were entering WSM because he's a fellow scotsman but after hearing from you and how you approach to training and stuff I'm now rooting for you in future strongman events. Best of luck mate

[@ur-inannak9565]

Im surprised to hear you are against people loudly grunting in the gym, but you make a good point about being mindful of the grandmas.

[@seanwhitehall4652]

9:56 lift heavy be kind

[@jordanbourque5829]

Hyperbaric Chamber, Red Light Therapy lamps, stem cells, hot & cold. It would be great to see how they would benefit you.

[@driscollmedia]

I’ll make sure to moo next time instead of barking. Lol

[@biknjak]

My upper back is a little rounded like yours in the 55° photo. I start out with my shins about 1 - 2" from the bar as Rippetoe recommends in Starting Strength. How do you get your hips lower to achieve 65°? Shins more than 1 - 2" at the start?

[@colindenny1236]

You should do the barbell back extensions zercher style

[@maxschmidt9461]

I think some SLDLs or Good mornings, just 1-4 weekly sets, bodybuilding style, stretching the living crap out of your hammies, especially offseason, but I'd keep one set a week all year aound cause they're just great at strengthening the connective tissues, maybe along with nordics. also helped me to keep my back straight on deadlifts and squats, but over everything I'd say those extreme stretch hip hinges are somewhat of a insurance to be less likely to tear a hamstring

[@penguindoe4010]

So no more round thoracic spine? I got here after watching your clips stressing that .. a bit confussed now..

[@bigstanky5094]

Great work Mitch 💪

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Glad you liked it! 💪💪

[@cent0r]

The consequences of the average person at a gym not exercising being a lot worse than a gym rat is such a great point.

[@Greybeard52]

My wife really appreciated the comment that men should not make the obscure noises and macho posturing in the gym as it does make people extremely uncomfortable and it is a shared space.

[@K0ly61]

is that 315 on the back extension?

[@waynedignard-ds7ts]

Enjoy your day and time with family. I hope your MMA training goes well. Cheers

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

💪💪

[@frederickknapp5340]

Mitch, voice sounds a little rough. Next year will be wild, so many up and comers and Thor coming back and all athletes upping their game.

[@joshhall470]

Definitely interested in rest and recovery after training. Better rest and recovery is definitely someting im interested in. Any thoughts on being catabolic at night and supplements during the sleep cycle.

[@caddarikace6607]

Thanks champ

[@I.S.C.]

I love how moose is always so humble when he answers questions his like I don’t think much about then gives a 1000 word scientific explanation true strength

[@kanishk2705]

you will continue to stay #1.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

That’s the plan 💪💪

[@freekout1]

how would you compare those back extensions to a stiff leg/RDL?

[@Solami987]

Love your channel and content Mitch! 1m subs in the off-season?

[@athehut]

Now we need a Hooper / John.Beastmode collab 3:17

[@Biscuits3000]

I remember training axle at a gym on a platform one time and somebody got upset at me for making too much noise LOL. The guy then proceeded to try to tell me that the platform was not made for what I was using it for (they were rubber bumpers on an Oly platform) and then I had to tell them the exact opposite is true, the gym is NOT the library, and if he needs a quiet space maybe he needs to go find a library 😅

[@PertinentApe]

Pete Rubish swears by those weighted back extensions

[@mikeoxlong91111]

Mitch, even if you start with your hips lower, (and you can get away with this on lighter weights) your hips still shoot up at the start of the pull. Keep your hips higher and think about pushing the floor down while keeping your shoulders over the bar and keep your back flat. Trust me.

[@mikeoxlong91111]

Also, DON'T JERK THE BAR OFF THE FLOOR, that's how you injure a hamstring among other things and it pulls your back out of extension.

[@ShakotanZero]

9:51 I’ve seen some people doing these but they put plates under the front of the machine to increase rom. Both versions seem brutal …

[@Sin-uz1bp]

I think you would benefit hugely from proposing a strongman prep collab with Thor. He's been incredibly successful both on an athleticism front and a strength front. Additionally his internet businesses have also been a success. Huge opportunity!

[@rossvia2922]

What about the fight training? Looking at Brian from an outside perspective, he’s taking this training for this in the same vain as his strongman, full investment. Eddie I’m assuming will be the same and Martyn is a wild card. Just curious about where the fight side of things is gonna fit in.

[@D.Fay_Coe]

are you changing your diet now to coincide with increase in volume/hypertrophy?

[@jurgen951]

Thoughts on health benefit of deadlifts? Is it an exercise worth doing, or is the risks of injuries too high? I've personally removed it from my program for a while to have varied lower back/hamstring exercises.

[@espenstoro]

As a 3 time microdiscectomy patient, I never got hurt by deadlifts, but it's helped my back so much to get back to normal. No max lifts, no lifting to actual failure, but lots of rep work with serious effort. Seems pretty safe, but I'm treating it as a technique exercise, it's not about hitting a certain goal at all cost. Once it feels like the next rep is gonna be sketchy, the set is over. Good reps only, and strength is still increasing without going all in.

[@PcCAvioN]

Deadlifts are only bad if you ego lift. Everybody wants to max out and pr, which is where you tear something or tweak your back

[@leeg672]

I've had a compound fracture @T-10. (Ladder accident) and have still set State records in the Deadlift. WTS, I can absolutely say that I feel better and maintain better mobility with less inflammation, pain, etc... while DL'ing consistently. ***HOWEVER! One MUST absolutely commit to learning how to brace properly and hone proper technique. Most gym rats have HORRIBLE technique and a horrible understanding of the lift or elementary bracing technique and always get hurt haphazardly lifting with their backs, while the bar is TOO far out in front, etc... So, if you are ready to commit to actually learn the lift and vital components that lend to safety and efficiency, you'll do fine and IMHO, be far better for it. Good Luck!

[@Cody_Michael]

Why are your heels elevated on the weighted hyperextension?

[@joshyrj]

LHBK!

[@KilposenUrakka]

you are strongman. still there is JP Sigmarsson he was something else Strong, fast, and incerdible stamina included. one arm deadlift no strap 305 kilos, atlas stones no tacky, and farmers walk european hercules competion he walked 500 meters 150kg each hand, flipped car over one arm A.Karelin did same. in car flip. bar strenght was also incredible 230 clean raw, speed 100 meters 11.03 150kg body weight, and many strenght feats! what i mean all previous he had it ALL thats the difrence modern age athletes.

[@Cody_JY]

I think there was an editing error because those back extentions were not 535 😂 i have those same plates thats 315

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

There was for sure an error 😅

[@Cody_JY]

​@@mitchellhooperstrongman I saw the number before looking at the weights and my heart dropped 😂

[@traegertv826]

I really do hope i get to meet you one day. So much knowledge and motivational power. Maybe have a beer or two who knows.

[@chochorov]

great work man, any advise for struggling with holding the bar when doing deadlift, all my body works find and the weight falls off my hands when i go above a certain threshold

[@fakename5015]

Mixed grip or straps

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

What this person said 👆

[@chochorov]

Thank you Gents :)

[@JeffO-]

I would like to see how the MMA training (if there is much--I don't know how serious that will be) meshes wwith this.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Stay tuned for tomorrows video

[@JeffO-]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman Great. Will do. (You did allude to that.)

[@imccrae1]

Sex noises at commercial gyms is one of the reasons I set up a home gym 😆

[@juangherardi6664]

what about the mma fight?

[@juangherardi6664]

i mean, wont you be training for that?

[@mikeanthony706]

Hi Tom, Mitch says you're better than him in stones because he doesn't train stones consistently. Thanks

[@Anonymous-sb9rr]

If it's really no stones unturned, then I want to know which PED's you're using and how much.

[@bubba8934]

I wanna see a video on peds

[@Beer_matt]

Not going to happen

[@Beer_matt]

This is these guys living and they need to make money. To make money they need brand deals. Brands arnt going to associate them self with PED's

[@LegendofNelda]

What about the MMA training?

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Stay tuned for today’s video!

[@wiskysin]

Does TYR make you special, not available to the public big boy sweatshirts, etc.? Serious inquiry. It isn't just them, but I've noticed being a tall, big man, none of the training clothing comes close to fitting properly, particularly in length in the torso.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

I wear all my own clothing, no custom sizes! What you get is what I get 💪💪

[@wiskysin]

Thanks for confirming I'm too fat! 🤣🤣🤣@@mitchellhooperstrongman

[@barbedwiredbear3308]

Rubish rows !! Pete rubish 🎉