How to Do the Leverage Deadlift

Beginner · Machine · Targets Quadriceps, Glutes, Hamstrings

How to perform it

1. Load the pins to an appropriate weight. Position yourself directly between the handles. Grasp the bottom handles with a comfortable grip, and then lower your hips as you take a breath. Look forward with your head and keep your chest up. This will be your starting position.
2. Return the weight to the starting position.

Muscles worked

The Leverage Deadlift primarily targets your Quadriceps, with support from your Glutes, Hamstrings. You'll need machine.

Make it count toward your goal

Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Leverage Deadlift slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.

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