Pull, concentricBalanced over midfoot
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Dumbbell deadlift

Deadlift with a 30 kg dumbbell in each hand at the sides of the feet, so the load is in line with the body like a trap bar.

15°Ankle dorsiflexion
88°Knee flexion
142°Hip flexion
70°Trunk from vertical
70°Arm to trunk
0°Elbow flexion
26Ankle spacing, cm
44Hand spacing, cm
1Knee outside ankle, cm
0°Knee cave, ° inside toe line
50 / 50Load left / right, %
0Pelvis drop, cm

Load and joint demand

Load in the model: 30 kg each hand. Balance and joint demand re-solve as you change it.

Lower back
383 / 384
Hip extensors
229 / 230
Knee flexors
21 / 50
Calves
50 / 50

N·m now / peak over the rep.

Faults

Faults grow with knee bend and apply to lifts standing on the floor. The fault check flags a knee caving more than 10° inside the line of the toes and a load split beyond 60/40. Knee cave shows best in the front camera.

Body

Femur changes keep standing height fixed by shortening or lengthening the torso. Longer femurs force more forward lean in any squat.

Muscles worked

Glutes
100 pts
Quads
82 pts
Hamstrings
64 pts
Forearms and grip
46 pts

Effort and your quota

8.5/10 effort8.9fatigue per set

Your quota per set: 10 reps at 30 kg each hand, stopping 2 reps short of failure.

One hard set earns 246 legs points, 23 arms points.

Prime movers

Gluteus maximus, quadriceps, hamstrings, grip.

What to look for

  • Dumbbells stay beside the shins, not in front.
  • Hips sit a little lower than a barbell pull.
How the model works, and its limits

One 3D skeleton drives both views. Segment lengths and widths are Winter's anthropometric ratios of height; segment masses and centre-of-mass positions follow Dempster's data. For free-standing lifts the whole-body angle is found numerically so the combined centre of mass of lifter and load sits over the middle of the foot. Arms and legs use two-link inverse kinematics with a pole direction. Rep timing follows a minimum-jerk profile.

Balance is quasi-static, so ballistic lifts are shown slowed down. Cable pull and pad support forces are not modelled. The spine is one rigid segment and joints have no range-of-motion limits or muscle forces.