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The Valsalva maneuver — taking a deep breath and holding it while bearing down — can create maximum intra-abdominal pressure to cushion the spine and protect the low back for specific exercises with significant loads, such as dead lifts or squats.
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Dana Santas, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2025
Teammates see his burst in practice, but also in the weight room during dead lifts.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
The Army, in a major overhaul several years ago, expanded its fitness test to six events, including a dead lift, run, planks, push-ups, standing power throw and a combination sprint/drag/carry.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Hex-bar dead lifts, jump rope, land mines, crunches, band curls.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
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Dana Santas, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2025
Teammates see his burst in practice, but also in the weight room during dead lifts.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
The Army, in a major overhaul several years ago, expanded its fitness test to six events, including a dead lift, run, planks, push-ups, standing power throw and a combination sprint/drag/carry.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Hex-bar dead lifts, jump rope, land mines, crunches, band curls.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
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“Dead lift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20lift. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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