This deadlift variation centers the work in one of your legs, similar to a single-leg deadlift, but without the balance challenge; that way, you can focus on feeling it in your glutes instead of focusing on not tipping over.
How to Do a Kickstand Deadlift:
- Hold a dumbbell in each hand in front of your hips. Stand with your right foot about 12 inches behind your left, balancing on your toes. Shift most of your weight into your left foot.
- Keeping your back flat and core engaged, push your hips back, bend your left knee, and lean your torso forward to lower the dumbbells along your left leg until they reach your shin. Keep your right leg bent and heel lifted off the floor.
- Lift your chest and squeeze your glutes to return to the starting position. That's one rep.
- Do three sets of eight reps, then repeat on the opposite side.
