Legs · Other · Compound · Beginner
Trap Bar Deadlift
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also working
- Glutes, Hamstrings
How to do it
- For this exercise load a trap bar, also known as a hex bar, to an appropriate weight resting on the ground. Stand in the center of the apparatus and grasp both handles.
- Lower your hips, look forward with your head and keep your chest up.
- Begin the movement by driving through the heels and extend your hips and knees. Avoid rounding your back at all times.
- At the completion of the movement, lower the weight back to the ground under control.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the quads as its main muscle and is also a pull, on a different piece of equipment.
Other quad exercises
- Suspended Split Squat · Other
- Tire Flip · Other
- Trail Running/Walking · Bodyweight
- Walking Lunge · Dumbbell
- Walking, Treadmill · Machine
- Weighted Jump Squat · Barbell
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