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"Bodybuilders these days," he says, "think there's a way around hard work for getting big. They think that with just a few more reps and isolation exercises, everything will be fine. But nothing can replace heavy lifts.
"Deadlifts do that," he says. "I've only been doing them routinely for the last couple of years, but, for high-school football, we always did power movements, such as power cleans and deep squats. The moment I started deadlifting, it was natural, automatic, weird. It just clicked. I guess it was the fact that something is sitting on the floor, it's heavy, and you want to see how strong you are, so you grab it and pull it up. What a feeling.
"Deadlifts do that," he says. "I've only been doing them routinely for the last couple of years, but, for high-school football, we always did power movements, such as power cleans and deep squats. The moment I started deadlifting, it was natural, automatic, weird. It just clicked. I guess it was the fact that something is sitting on the floor, it's heavy, and you want to see how strong you are, so you grab it and pull it up. What a feeling.
