I can't say if science supports this, but my practice of late has been to use variations of my competition lift, the deadlift, as warmups. Specifically, I've been warming up with the hip lift, which is a much shorter ROM and a much heavier weight, and with the Zercher DL, which is a much longer ROM and a lighter weight. I've been alternating days with these, e.g., Monday, hip lift then DL, Tuesday Zercher DL then DL - this feels good to me. Part of why is that, while the hip lift makes the DL weight seem lighter, the Zercher DL makes the ROM seem shorter.
Truth be told, I think the Zercher DL helps my regular DL much more than the hip lift but the hip lift is just plain fun to do and I think there is something instructive about pushing until the weight moves, which is what the hip lift is all about. I'm not going heavy in either, probably 50% of my hip lift' or Zercher's respective 1RM.
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Truth be told, I think the Zercher DL helps my regular DL much more than the hip lift but the hip lift is just plain fun to do and I think there is something instructive about pushing until the weight moves, which is what the hip lift is all about. I'm not going heavy in either, probably 50% of my hip lift' or Zercher's respective 1RM.
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