The Deadlift

Crossfit is comprised of functional movements. What qualifies a movement to be considered “functional” is it’s real world application. The deadlift is damn functional, but why it is may not be your first guess. Yes, we do pick up stuff from the ground on a daily basis and it would behoove you to know how to pick these things up correctly. But the deadlift is functional for another, even more primal, reason. The deadlift is second to none in it’s ability to develope core strength. With every properly executed functional movement we perform in CrossFit and in life being “core to extremity”, having a solid core is paramount. Your core strength is your foundation. Deadlifting is like pouring concrete.

Mark Rippetoe - purveyor of the deadlift.

Rippetoe on the Deadlift – “… it’s very hard to imagine a more useful application of strength than picking heavy sh!t up off the ground. “