OK, so I get a little more than bent out of shape when I see someone whose deadlift technique makes me want to poke my eyeballs out with a pencil eraser. Lifters looking at the floor, chin tucked, rack rounded like a dog taking a dump...it all just kills off a little piece of me inside.

But you know what else really tweaks my nose torque? Someone who risks their marriage (AKA life) by spending 250 bones on a top of the line deadlift suit and then doesn't even use it to their full advantage. I see them set up with the bar against their shins, knees over their toes, no air in their belly, belt EXTRA TIGHT, face purple, straps set so tight they haven't had a decent breath of air since the last ACDC song change... And they wonder why they only get 20 lbs out of their suit.

I'm going to give you a little hint on how to use your deadlift suit. You know that little spot that it doesn't want to let you in? You have to get into THAT SPOT just as you start to pull! Perfectly timed and you can actually be hitting that spot as the bar is coming off of the ground. It really is a thing of beauty.

So let me show you a non-rehearsed video clip of me deadlifting and take a look at how I'm actually sitting down into my suit as the bar is rising! You can also note that ACDC was playing, my head was up, chin was not on my chest, my back was at a minimum flat, shins were vertical, knees were over my mid-ankles, my belt was a set to ONLY be tight at the bottom, and I took my breath of air JUST as I dropped down.