Leverage Deadlift

What it is

This machine-based compound movement strengthens your lower body through a powerful pulling action. It primarily works your quadriceps, with significant involvement from your glutes and hamstrings. You'll engage your entire posterior chain while practicing a safe and controlled deadlift pattern. This exercise is ideal for building foundational strength and muscle.

Technique tips

• Position your feet firmly, hip-width apart, directly between the handles.
• Keep your chest up and shoulders back throughout the movement.
• Initiate the lift by driving through your heels, engaging your quads and glutes.
• Maintain a neutral spine; avoid rounding your lower back.
• Breathe in as you prepare to lift, exhale forcefully as you pull the weight up.
• Control the descent smoothly; do not let the weight drop quickly.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.