Hinge
Trap-bar deadlift
You stand inside the bar rather than behind it, so the load sits closer to your centre and the lower back has less to hold. The usual first swap when a straight-bar deadlift is uncomfortable.
This one is not programmed directly — it is what you do when the first choice is taken or does not suit you. See the splits it stands in for.
Everything else that trains this pattern
- Back extensionSpinal erectors, Glutes, Hamstrings
- DeadliftGlutes, Hamstrings, Spinal erectors
- Dumbbell Romanian deadliftHamstrings, Glutes, Spinal erectors
- Glute bridgeGlutes, Hamstrings
- Hip extensionGlutes, Hamstrings
- Hip thrustGlutes, Hamstrings
- Kettlebell swingGlutes, Hamstrings, Spinal erectors
- Rack pullGlutes, Spinal erectors, Lats
- Romanian deadliftHamstrings, Glutes, Spinal erectors
Training is the easy half
You will not build anything on the wrong number of calories, and most people are eating a long way under the protein they think they are. Get your daily number, then have the week built to it — every recipe on the site is costed from gram weights, so the figures are checkable rather than rounded up to sound better.
This is not a form tutorial. There is no technique walkthrough here and no claim about the one correct way to move — a page cannot watch you lift. What it gives you is what the movement trains, how much of it to do, and what to do instead when the equipment is taken. If a movement is new to you, get someone qualified to watch your first few sessions. If you are under 18, pregnant, or managing an injury or medical condition, talk to someone qualified rather than a website.