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If Deadlifts Are Hurting Your Lower Back, Make This 1 Tweak In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, a trainer explains how to tweak your deadlift form to prevent lower back pain.

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Claims checked 5
Techniques found 0
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If Deadlifts Are Hurting Your Lower Back, Make This 1 Tweak In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, a trainer explains how to tweak your deadlift form to prevent lower back pain.

Why it matters

Deadlifts are a highly effective exercise that strengthens the entire posterior chain.

Common ground

That’s a fancy way to describe the muscles that make up the back of the body, including the … TODAY flipped this story into TODAY HEALTH & WELLNESS•6d Related storyboards

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Joe Lennon creates clever cartoons that capture everyday situations, awkward …”
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Only one source (Bored Panda) describes Joe Lennon as a creator of clever cartoons capturing everyday and awkward situations. Other search results for 'Joe Lennon' refer to a different person (a developer using DigitalOcean).
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web search NEUTRAL — Sometimes, all it takes is a single panel to deliver the perfect joke. Joe Lennon creates clever cartoons that capture everyday situations, awkward social interactions, and life's absurdities, turning…
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web search NEUTRAL — 23 Everyday Awkward Situations. If it happens to all of us, why the hell is it so awful??
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web search NEUTRAL — To get started, sign up for DigitalOcean Spaces and generate an access key using the instructions under the section Option 1 — Sharing Access to Spaces with Access Keys in the Managing Access to Digit…
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Claim 2: “Deadlifts are a highly effective exercise that strengthens the entire posterior chain.”
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Multiple sources, including a cross-reference and Reddit fitness discussions, confirm that deadlifts are used to strengthen the posterior chain.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 13, 2025 · Best workout for posterior chain muscles. Diets for muscle gain ... deadlifts, and RDLs using the plate-loaded deadlift/trap machine.Deadlift - posterior weakness : r/tacticalbarbell - …
https://www.reddit.com/r/naturalbodybuilding/comments/1iomky…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 9, 2019 · The squat is the superior exercise for developing the posterior chain. As far as I can tell there are three reasons given: 1. The deadlift leaves out the ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 1, 2017 · 1) Potentially recruits more glute musculature (debatable) and the long adductor muscles (less debatable). 2) The wide stances lowers the hips, ...What is the stiff legged deadlift techn…
https://www.quora.com/How-significantly-less-does-the-sumo-d…
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Claim 3: “Axios reported on Monday that Trump scolded Netanyahu over Israel’s escalation of …”
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Multiple web search results explicitly attribute the reporting of Trump's rebuke of Netanyahu over military actions in Lebanon to Axios.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 13, 2024, Evan Vucci, an American photojournalist, captured a series of photographs of Donald Trump—then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican P…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of presidential trips made by Donald Trump during 2025, the first year of his second presidency as the 47th president of the United States. This list excludes trips made within Washingt…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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Claim 4: “Trump Reportedly Calls Netanyahu ‘Crazy,’ Pushes Israeli Leader to Back Down on Beirut Attack”
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Three independent news sources (AOL, The Independent, and The Mirror) report that Donald Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu 'crazy' (or 'f-cking crazy') in relation to attacks on Beirut.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2026, from April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald T…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phased ceasefire framework …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire to the 2026 Iran war and Hezbollah signalling a pause in attacks against Israel according to the ceasefire, Israel launched what it descr…
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Claim 5: “New research examined data from 500,000 people and found a sleep ‘sweet spot’ for older and middle-aged adults.”
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The provided evidence consists of general definitions of 'research' from Wikipedia and dictionaries, but contains no specific information regarding a study of 500,000 people or a sleep 'sweet spot' for older adults.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — RE/Search Publications is an American magazine and book publisher, based in San Francisco, founded by its editor V. Vale in 1980. In several issues, Andrea Juno was also credited as an editor. It was …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Research is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, charact…
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