Sunday Funday 7/10 Workout and how to have a great deadlift!

Here was today's workout! I went with a Pull/Push theme and decided to use deadlift as the main movement, because I haven't in about 2 weeks.

Here are the cues I think about when deadlifting:

• keep your shoulder blades back and down
• core tight (sternum to belly button)
• chest up
• drive through your heels
• squeeze your glutes pushing your hips forward 
• keep the weight close to your body

To balance out all the heavy pulling from the deads, I went into 4 sets of bench press at a moderate weight for 8 reps in order to really get some blood pumping into the chest. I made that a circuit by adding in ab rollouts and pull ups. From there, I did 3 sets of accessory work with dumbbell rows and incline dumbbell flys. Finally, I finished up with a GPP (general physical preparation) circuit of sandbag cleans and sprints with the sandbag on my shoulders. We just got sandbags, and I absolutely love using them for a finisher at the end of workouts; there is something about using a piece of equipment so basic that makes you feel like you're back in the days of true hard physical work!

Thanks for reading and give this one a try; it was a great way to end the weekend!

-Nick