Wide grip deadlift that hammers your upper back and hammies.
The wide grip drops your hips, keep your chest proud and back tight all the way up.
Taking your hands out to the outer rings drops your hips and turns an ordinary pull into a long, punishing hinge that the hamstrings feel from the first inch off the floor. The glutes drive the hips through to lockout, finishing what the deep start position sets up. It belongs in your training when you want more range, more stretch, and more posterior-chain work than a conventional deadlift gives you, at a weight your ego will have to accept.
Expect a noticeable drop, since the wide grip lowers your hips and lengthens the pull. Chase quality positions rather than a fixed percentage, the range of motion is the point.
Your upper back has to stay locked and tight to keep the wide grip from folding you forward, so it works hard isometrically. The muscles doing the lifting though are your hamstrings and glutes.
Only once you own the standard version with a flat back. The lift already adds range over a conventional pull, so a deficit is an advanced progression, not a starting point.
