Legs · Leverage Machine
Plate Loaded Lever Deadlift
How to do the plate loaded lever deadlift, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Hinge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand inside the plate-loaded leverage deadlift machine and grip the handles with feet hip-width apart. Hinge at the hips with a flat back, then drive through your heels to extend your hips and knees, and lower under control.
- 1Feel your hamstrings and glutes fire as you hinge and stand tall
- 2Keep your back flat and shoulders down to hold posture
- 3Drive through your heels and extend your hips fully at the top
Common mistakes
- Avoid rounding your back at any point in the lift
- Do not lock your knees hard; keep a slight bend
- Avoid jerking the weight; move smoothly through the range
Muscles worked
The plate loaded lever deadlift mainly works the glutes, lower back, and hamstrings, with the forearms, quads, upper traps, upper abs, and calves assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- Lower BackPrimary
- HamstringsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- CalvesSupport
Kovo programs the plate loaded lever deadlift for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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Last reviewed June 2026.