personallyfitdayton.com Deadlifts, while correctly presumed to be primarily a strength/power/He-man exercise, can be used in your quest for a leaner body. Here are a few reasons to do them; 1) It uses a lot of muscles in both your upper and lower body, therefore incinerating a ton of calories. There is almost no better resistance-training exercise for spiking up your metabolism and generating that crucial "afterburn" (the calories you burn after you have stopped exercising). 2) The deadlift mimics a basic movement pattern; picking something up off the floor. When done correctly, it makes your whole body stronger, making you an injury-proofed beast. You don't burn many calories when you are injured in bed, so consistent, textbook deadlifting can keep you in the gym, and accomplishing your goals. 3) Ladies, the deadlift heavily targets the glutes. That means a better booty! 4) Contrary to what you see in the magazines, you don't need to deadlift 500 pounds, or even 100 pounds,! to see the previous 3 benefits! Don't worry about thinking you aren't strong enough or that deadlifts will make you look like the second coming of Brian Urlacher. This is an excerpt from the article, "Your Secret Fat Loss Weapon (Part 1)", by Kasey Esser, CSCS, that can be seen on personallyfitdayton.com tomorrow.
