18/03/2026
Should you roll the bar?
A few other points not mentioned in the Reel to consider;
👉 Rolling the bar and a successful lift requires TIMING; pull too soon and the bar is out in front of you, pull too late and the roll becomes redundant.
👉 Mis-timing the pull increases injury risk.
👉 Rolling the bar for Stretch-Reflex; you don’t need to roll the bar to benefit from SR. Drop into your pull position and pull, it takes practice; SR diminishes over the time spent in the stretch position but even that is 3-4s. Timing plays a role in this too but with far less of an injury risk with a stationary bar.
👉 As I mentioned; it CAN work for some, but only a small percentage of lifters. Typically Open weight giants who use it to get into their best position to pull.
Do you roll the bar when you Deadlift? 👇👇👇