Stuart McGill

Yeah. Well, there's lots of YouTubes of those injuries. But anyway.

Right. So now we've put together the idea of what – anatomy do they have in the hips and where's the tipping point in picking something off the ground? We may start to progress the hip hinge into a loaded situation if the person doesn't have compressive load triggers to their back pain pattern. I doubt we'll be pulling a bar off the ground, though. We will elevate the bar and put it on blocks.

Right. So now we've put together the idea of what – anatomy do they have in the hips and where's the tipping point in picking something off the ground? We may start to progress the hip hinge into a loaded situation if the person doesn't have compressive load triggers to their back pain pattern. I doubt we'll be pulling a bar off the ground, though. We will elevate the bar and put it on blocks.

Right. So now we've put together the idea of what – anatomy do they have in the hips and where's the tipping point in picking something off the ground? We may start to progress the hip hinge into a loaded situation if the person doesn't have compressive load triggers to their back pain pattern. I doubt we'll be pulling a bar off the ground, though. We will elevate the bar and put it on blocks.

So if you come to BackFit Pro and you look at our rack that has 1,300 pounds there available to lift if you wish, they pull off pins. In other words, we're matching the height of the pull to their biomechanical optimum in the beginning. And then we have to decide... Is the deadlift the best tool to get them to their goal?

So if you come to BackFit Pro and you look at our rack that has 1,300 pounds there available to lift if you wish, they pull off pins. In other words, we're matching the height of the pull to their biomechanical optimum in the beginning. And then we have to decide... Is the deadlift the best tool to get them to their goal?

So if you come to BackFit Pro and you look at our rack that has 1,300 pounds there available to lift if you wish, they pull off pins. In other words, we're matching the height of the pull to their biomechanical optimum in the beginning. And then we have to decide... Is the deadlift the best tool to get them to their goal?

You know, I did the podcast with Peter Attia and Peter had a little section on the deadlift and he asked me the same question, but he just told me his personal story of conflict and whether he should be deadlifting. You know, he's had a couple of spine surgeries as a younger man when, you know, none of us knew better in those days, I suppose.

You know, I did the podcast with Peter Attia and Peter had a little section on the deadlift and he asked me the same question, but he just told me his personal story of conflict and whether he should be deadlifting. You know, he's had a couple of spine surgeries as a younger man when, you know, none of us knew better in those days, I suppose.

You know, I did the podcast with Peter Attia and Peter had a little section on the deadlift and he asked me the same question, but he just told me his personal story of conflict and whether he should be deadlifting. You know, he's had a couple of spine surgeries as a younger man when, you know, none of us knew better in those days, I suppose.

And my answer was to him, and a lot of people took it, and we got a lot of blowback on this, that it was a generic answer for deadlifts. And it wasn't. It was an answer for him where I started to talk about, well, maybe for yourself, why don't we walk backwards up a hill in a monster walk style, and you will feel the quads burning. How many squats and deadlifts do you really need to do?

And my answer was to him, and a lot of people took it, and we got a lot of blowback on this, that it was a generic answer for deadlifts. And it wasn't. It was an answer for him where I started to talk about, well, maybe for yourself, why don't we walk backwards up a hill in a monster walk style, and you will feel the quads burning. How many squats and deadlifts do you really need to do?

And my answer was to him, and a lot of people took it, and we got a lot of blowback on this, that it was a generic answer for deadlifts. And it wasn't. It was an answer for him where I started to talk about, well, maybe for yourself, why don't we walk backwards up a hill in a monster walk style, and you will feel the quads burning. How many squats and deadlifts do you really need to do?

And then urology comes into this. You walk backwards up a hill, say it's about 50 yards. Your quads are burning. Then walk down to the bottom of the hill and walk forwards up the hill. The brain says, I'm perceiving exhausted quads. Let's go get the next in the hierarchy, your glutes. It's a fabulous stimulator to glutes. So there you go.

And then urology comes into this. You walk backwards up a hill, say it's about 50 yards. Your quads are burning. Then walk down to the bottom of the hill and walk forwards up the hill. The brain says, I'm perceiving exhausted quads. Let's go get the next in the hierarchy, your glutes. It's a fabulous stimulator to glutes. So there you go.

And then urology comes into this. You walk backwards up a hill, say it's about 50 yards. Your quads are burning. Then walk down to the bottom of the hill and walk forwards up the hill. The brain says, I'm perceiving exhausted quads. Let's go get the next in the hierarchy, your glutes. It's a fabulous stimulator to glutes. So there you go.

I've just found a better tool for a person who has limited capacity. Deadlift was not the way to go. They're going to walk backwards uphill and then they're going to walk forward and really feel tremendous exhaustion if that's how they get their jollies and if that's what we need in the athleticism to keep them going and building robustness.

I've just found a better tool for a person who has limited capacity. Deadlift was not the way to go. They're going to walk backwards uphill and then they're going to walk forward and really feel tremendous exhaustion if that's how they get their jollies and if that's what we need in the athleticism to keep them going and building robustness.

I've just found a better tool for a person who has limited capacity. Deadlift was not the way to go. They're going to walk backwards uphill and then they're going to walk forward and really feel tremendous exhaustion if that's how they get their jollies and if that's what we need in the athleticism to keep them going and building robustness.

It's exactly the same answer that I gave you for deadlifts. A, it depends, and B, is it the best tool to reach the goal? That is an auxiliary exercise. It's not a deadlift. It's just challenging a part of the chain involved in the full chain that's required for a deadlift.