Car Deadlift

QuadsOtherIntermediateCompound
Car Deadlift — start position
Start
Car Deadlift — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryQuads
SecondaryForearms, Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower back, Traps

How to do it

  1. 01

    This event apparatus typically has neutral grip handles, however some have a straight bar that you can approach like a normal deadlift. The apparatus can be loaded with a vehicle or other heavy objects such as tractor tires or kegs.

  2. 02

    Center yourself between the handles if you are a strong squatter, or back a couple inches if you are a strong deadlifter. You feet should be about hip width apart. Bend at the hip to grip the handles. With your feet and your grip set, take a big breath and then lower your hips and flex the knees.

  3. 03

    Look forward with your head, keep your chest up and your back arched, and begin driving through the heels to move the weight upward. As the weight comes up, pull your shoulder blades together as you drive your hips forward.

  4. 04

    Lower the weight by bending at the hips and guiding it to the floor.

In the app

Car Deadlift appears when you own the kit it needs and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have the kit it needs

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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