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Resistance Training · Book exercise 6.37
Watch the movement, then use the book-specific cues below to check your technique.
Take a deadlift starting position, brace the trunk and rise with controlled hip and knee extension. Draw the shoulder blades together, then pull the bar close toward chest level with elbows rising sideways before lowering it.
Keep the first pull controlled and the bar near the body; avoid rounding the back.
Book difficulty: 1 (the book’s exercise rating). Learn the component movements and choose a load suited to your technique.
Keep the first pull controlled and the bar near the body; avoid rounding the back.
Related exercises: modified deadlift and upright row. See the tennis conditioning book for the full description, and browse complete tennis workouts when ready to combine movements.
Resistance Training library · The tennis book · Dynamic stretches
Book reference: Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis, Chapter 6, exercise 6.37 Deadlift to Upright Row.
