Car Deadlift

How to do it

1. Stand inside the car deadlift frame with the handles beside the hips and the feet about hip-width apart.
2. Bend the knees and hips and take the handles with a firm grip, back flat and chest up.
3. Brace hard and drive the floor away, standing up with the frame.
4. Lock out with the hips through and hold for a moment at the top.
5. Lower the frame under control by bending the hips and knees together.
6. Reset the position fully before the next repetition.

Common mistakes

• Rounding the back. The frame's handles are usually high, which makes a flat back easier to find; use it.
• Letting the knees cave. They track over the feet on the way up; a heavy frame is the wrong place to let them drift in.
• Hitching the frame up the thighs. The lift is one smooth drive from the floor to lock-out.
• Dropping the frame. The lowering is controlled; dropping a loaded frame bounces it and the car.

Muscles worked

Primary

• Quads

Secondary

• Forearm Flexors
• Forearm Extensors
• Glutes
• Hamstrings
• Spinal Erectors
• Traps