The Starting Strength method is famous for its utilization of just the basic barbell exercises: the squat, the press, the bench press, the deadlift and the power clean. But circumstances usually later in a person’s training history sometimes dictate that the deadlift becomes replaced with two other exercises that essentially cover that range of motion, but allow the use of heavier weights. Those two exercises are the rack pull, from below the knee, and the halting deadlift, which is pulled from the floor to just above the knee. So that combining these two movements results in an overlap of about 6 inches in the middle of the pull.