Deadlift to TeaPots

If done correctly, you'll get a great workout for those glutes, back of the legs and lower back.  Form is extremely important for this move.  Be sure to watch the video and watch yourself in a mirror to make sure your back stays straight!

Grab some small weights (or soup cans…), 1 in each hand.  Start with your feet close together in standing position.  While keeping your back straight (stick your butt out and chest is out), reach toward the floor with both hands and knees are slightly bent (this is not a squat - you are hinging at the waist).  Go down until you feel a stretch in the back of your legs and then come back up to standing position and then immediately into a teapot, bending at the waist to the side and then repeat.  To add difficulty, stand on one leg to do the deadlift and teapot.  (see video for 1 Leg Deadlifts.

REMEMBER!  Be sure to hinge at the waist (knees are only slightly bent when you go down), look forward to keep your neck in line and stick your butt out!  That'll help keep your form.