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The trap bar deadlift is the king lift for keeping a healthy spine while pulling a stack of weight off the floor in a functional pattern. It checks all the boxes for health, strength training, and maintaining general badassery. They’re actually superior to barbell pulls for several reasons. First, you have no bar blocking your shins, which is a saving grace for longer legged lifters, lifters with back problems, or lifters with mobility restrictions. This also allows the shins to migrate forward, thus allowing the hips to sit lower and the spine to remain more vertical when pulling. It also helps hit the quads harder. Second, you’re using a neutral grip. That means no mixed grip and a posture that more easily engages your upper back and keeps you closer to anatomical position. That’s huge. Third, you get to pull from a slightly higher point (at least when you go high-handle). Football and basketball players everywhere are rejoicing and delighting in the fact that they don’t have to crumple their bodies into