Sumo Barbell Deadlift
How to Do Sumo Barbell Deadlift
- Place a loaded barbell in front of you. Position your feet wider than shoulder width. Have your toes pointing out away from the body. Tighten the core and straighten the lower back.
- Bend at the knees, lowering your hips down above parallel. Take hold of the barbell with an overhand grip at shoulder width. Focusing the tension in your hamstrings, pull the barbell up. Be sure to keep the barbell close to your body.
- Drive your hips forward at the top of the movement. Slowly reverse the movement and lower the barbell while maintaining a flat back.
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Sumo Barbell Deadlift Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Sumo Barbell Deadlift targets glutes & hip flexors and hamstrings and quadriceps and also works abs and calves and lower back. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: barbell / ez-bar.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Foam roller inner thigh adductor / adduction stretch, mountain climbers / alternating knee-ins and side lying quadricep stretch. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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