Ed Coan, the greatest powerlifter of all time, credits his deadlift success to one overlooked detail: locking his body down and making every muscle stiff before the bar leaves the floor. Most lifters skip this tension-building phase and wonder why their form collapses mid-pull. Whether your back is perfectly straight or slightly curved matters far less than whether you've created full-body rigidity before initiating the movement.
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