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Eddie Hall's Top 3 Deadlift Tips | Deadlift Like The Beast | Myprotein
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Jan 30, 2025
Eddie "The Beast" Hall was the first man to ever deadlift 500kg. So it's safe to say he knows a thing or two about how to do it right. In this super-quick tutorial Eddie Hall takes us through his top 3 deadlift tips to help you nail your form and start breaking those PBs. Want more advice from Eddie? Let us know what you'd like him to cover next in the comments below. See more from Eddie here: https://bit.ly/2WrC9Nn ** Looking for lifting straps to help your grip? Shop now. Padded Lifting Straps: http://bit.ly/34n4IA4 Figure 8 Lifting Straps: http://bit.ly/37vEvRL Lifting Hooks: http://bit.ly/2K8hawI ** Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MyproteinUK At Myprotein it’s our mission to #FuelYourAmbition and push you forwards on your #ForeverFit journey.
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hey guys i'm eddie hall the world's
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strongest man 2017 and the world record
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holder
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in the deadlift and i'm here today to
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give you my top three tips
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in the deadlift
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number one foot positioning people
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always wonder where to put your feet do
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you turn them in do you turn them out
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i'll be talking you through that number
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two is bar positioning
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so how far do you have the bar away from
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your body or close to your body
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and then number three is the grip do you
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grip it narrow do you grip it wide do
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you drip it
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grip it over and under do you get it
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with straps so when we talk you through
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my top three tips right guys my first
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tip for the deadlift
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is foot positioning now people always
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get so confused
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of where to have the feet how wide how
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narrow toes in toes out i'm going to
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make it dead
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simple for you shoulder width apart plus
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half an
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inch or an inch it's completely your
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preference personally
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i always go shoulder width plus an inch
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so just a little bit wider
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that balls ball socket in your shoulder
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joint draw a line down
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plus an inch out that's where you want
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the middle of your heel to be
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now toes out toes in trust me on this
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i've tried and tested it all put your
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feet straight like you're on train
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tracks
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i'm a big believer if you've got a nice
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solid stance your feet are planted
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nice base the more solid the base is the
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more power you can put through the floor
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so take it from someone who's got 15
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plus years of experience
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shoulder width plus an inch feet on
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train tracks
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so that's how you feet tip number one so
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my second tip
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is where to have the bar in relation to
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your body
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now the bar can be too far away and that
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means you're bending over
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leaning over your toes more which puts
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more emphasis on your lower back so
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if anyone out there suffers of lower
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back pain i can almost guarantee you
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it's because your deadlift form is wrong
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now that can work both ways as well if
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the deadlift bar is too close to your
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body
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then it puts you off that a to b line
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now that's a very important point
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a deadlift is getting a weight from a to
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b
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you don't want to come off that line
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whatsoever and i'll draw a little
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diagram so you understand it
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so if this is our foot i know that's
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like a brilliant example of a foot but
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that is a foot
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and the deadlift bar should finish
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starting a and it finishes
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in b so it should go in a dead straight
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line that's how a deadlift should be
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if you've got the deadlift too far away
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from you i.e too far over your toes
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it then becomes an abc so it doesn't
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just go a b
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it goes a b c so the travel
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then becomes more so you're putting your
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direction of the lift off which throws
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your body off which means you're
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exerting more
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energy unnecessarily extra strain on
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your lower back
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the same as if you have the bar too
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close to your body
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so you've had it too close to your shin
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you've then got to pull it away from you
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and then again it's not an a to b
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movement it's an abc
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so that a to b movement is very very
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essential
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now for me i always think that starting
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point
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is in the middle of your foot and i'm
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not talking toe to shin
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i'm talking toe to heel so that a that a
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movement that's where the bar starts
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that should be banged in the middle of
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your foot
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usually just just because of where you
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tie your shoelaces
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is where the bar should be and that will
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stop you throwing you off
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making you lean forward too much hurting
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your back and vice versa
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keeping it too close to your body and
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then pulling it away from you so
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that a to b movement is super super
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important
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to keep that good form tip number three
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again something that seems so simple how
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to grip
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the deadlift bar there's so many
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mysteries and people's opinions and
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people have got the expertise on this
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and again take it from someone with
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a lot of years experience how to grip a
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deadlift bar
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nice and simple shoulder width plus an
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inch
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pretty much just on the outside of your
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legs so you want to grip the bar
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whatever your stance is
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you want it so your thumb is just
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scraping your shins on the up
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so you don't want it here because if
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you're dead lifting too narrow
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you're gonna be dragging your hands all
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up your body creating lots of
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unnecessary tension
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and then look how bunched up my arms are
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you know i've got all this
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all this tension in my armpits i can't
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bring my shoulders back
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so i'm making it really hard for myself
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if
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we just go a little bit wider so the
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thumb is just touching the shin
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we're then able to bring the ball
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without any resistance
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and look how nice and easy my shoulders
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fall into place i'm not bunched up
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i could bring my shoulders back get that
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lock out and get the dow
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off from the referee first and foremost
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which is the most important thing of a
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deadlift
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so that is the best way to grip a bar
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over and under is completely your
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preference i always go double over
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because of safety you're exposed that
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way you're going to rip a bicep off if
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you're over and under
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so a double over is my preference if
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you're a power lifter tough luck you
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have to go the other and under but uh
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honestly if you struggle if your grip
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starts going with the double overhand
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get some lifting straps on my protein
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sell them
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and you can put them on and then you can
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do do your dealers however you want you
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haven't got to think about your biceps
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ripping open
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or losing your grip so that's a nice
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easy tip for the grip
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shoulder width just on the outside of
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your legs double overhand
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if it starts slipping get your wrist
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wraps on and you won't have a problem
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right guys there is my top three tips i
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hope you've all learned something and
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you can take this away and put it into
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your exercises
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good luck with your fitness goals and
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good luck with your deadlifting big love
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the beast
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take care
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