back extension

HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE START OF THE PULL WITH HALTING DEADLIFTS

Mar 2, 2025

Physical preparation, Weight training

Advance level, back extension, Deadlift, Halting deadlift, How to do the halting deadlift, Intermediate level, Novice linear progression, Pull, Rack pull, Starting Strength

Hugo Noya Enríquez

In the last post we talked about the rack pull. The rack pull and the halting deadlift are two very important assistance exercises for the full deadlift for more advanced lifters who are pulling heavy weights already. The advantage of using these two instead of just the deadlift is that at very very heavy weights…
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE RACK PULL: WHY, WHEN, AND HOW

Feb 28, 2025

Physical preparation, Weight training

Advance level, back extension, Deadlift, Halting deadlift, How to do the rack pull, Intermediate level, Novice linear progression, Pull, Rack pull, Starting Strength

Hugo Noya Enríquez

There are two primary assistance exercises for the deadlift. When we say assistance exercises in in this context, we’re talking about pieces of the full deadlift that have been pulled out of the deadlift and exercised separately. The first is the rack pull which is the top 2/3 of the pull, and the second is…