I’VE BEEN DOING HEX-BAR DEADLIFTS LATELY, JUST FOR A CHANGE: Struggling With Your Deadlift? Let the Hex Bar Help. They make it a bit more of a leg movement, and a bit less of a lower-back movement. More importantly, in my gym you can often get a hex bar when all the deadlift stations are full. I also use it for farmer’s carries, which is how I got started deadlifting it.