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# Common Deadlift Mistakes

- not using the correct breathing technique
- forgetting to arch my back & often rounding it
- using my hands to pull the barbell instead of trying super hard from the legs and glutes to push the ground down; this is the most common mistake of every fitness-noob and when trainers point it out this seems super counter-intuitive & impossible to fix
- not starting from a low enough position
- keeping the barbell a bit further away from my shin
- sort of using momentum to lift weights, most people drop weight which at times bounces off the floor thus defeating the purpose of the exercise which we lovingly call a *dead-lift*, i.e. lifting dead weight from the ground
- using my back/lifting using my back(most dangerous mistake)
