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Home One-Bucket Straight-Legged Dead Lift
This test is part of the home fitness program, fitness you can do at home with minimal equipment.
Equipment Required: bucket
Technique
- Fill the bucket with water to an appropriate level (mark the bucket so you can replicate the same level next time).
- Hold the bucket with both hands, and stand with your feet hip-width apart.
- Keep your head up, looking straight ahead, with your knees slightly bent.
- Bend at the hips while keeping your back long and straight.
- Lower the bucket to the ground, then slowly raise it back up to the standing position.
- Repeat 8-12 times.
Key points to remember
- Make sure you move in a nice fluid motion.
Alternatives
- To modify the difficulty of this exercise, vary the amount of water in the bucket. Other weighted articles can be used instead of the bucket.
Related Pages
- see the gym Dead Lift Exercise
- more of fitness at home
- read an article on Deadlifts: A Trick For Stiff-Legged Deadlifts.
- An argument why you should avoid the deadlift
