🏋️ 9 common deadlift mistakes

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Here’s the latest lay of the land in strength:

• Nine deadlift mistakes you can fix for stronger pulls.

• Twelve meal replacement shakes for every fitness goal.

• Chris Bumstead gives sound advice on training recovery.

Training Tips

Don’t Let Your Deadlift Go Dead

In theory and practice, a deadlift is simple. You put weight on your barbell, and you lift it up from the ground. It’s not reinventing the wheel or discovering fire. But it’s not that straightforward. If you’re not using the proper technique, you’re potentially leaving a lot of gains on the table. Even worse, you might be putting yourself at risk of injury.

From this pulling regard, we’ll be your North Star.

Our guide on nine deadlift mistakes you can fix has a lot to consider. How’s your stance? Are your hips and back in the right place? Is your grip leaving something to be desired? We answer these questions and more because we wouldn’t hang your deadlift out to dry.

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Nutrition

Meal Replacement Shakes For Every Niche

In the context of our everyday lives, fitting in extra calories can be a grind. Better yet, for some of us, sometimes our schedules necessitate that we can’t make a full, filling meal. It’s tough to have your back up against the kitchen wall like this, but we’ve been there.

We can empathize, and we can help.

Today, regardless of your fitness goals — bulking, weight loss, low-carb, and more — we’re breaking down some of the best meal replacement shakes around. Never again will you have to do things like fire up the stove in a pinch.

Bodybuilding

Chris Bumstead’s Evergreen Recovery Advice

Chris Bumstead earned his Classic Physique Olympia dynasty with discipline. The four-time champion is a superstar precisely because he accounts for everything. But some of Bumstead’s core principles in training, especially recovery, aren’t that off the wall. If anything, they’re great reminders for those of us not built like Greek Titans.

A recent YouTube interview (it’s two hours!!!) saw Bumstead tell all about his career, his mental health battles, and yes, even his recovery process. Perhaps the important things Bumstead revealed were that he always makes sure to get enough sleep and that he never overtrains anymore. Never.

If a champion bodybuilder says it, we should probably follow suit.

Everything Else

Nikolas You’s Staggering Record at Age 16

• Nikolas You has a new 343-kilogram deadlift (756.2-pound) drug-tested raw World Record. And he’s … 16!

• Pavlo Nakonechnyy is on a mission for redemption. His latest bench press session is a perfect example.

• The bicycle crunch will give you sharper abs and obliques.