It seems like the “prime mover” muscle in a dead lift is the lower back.
Everything else in a deadlift appears to be stationary, or “isometric contraction” at most (I think). Please tell me if im wrong!
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Compound exercises use the muscles at two or more joints to complete the lift. In order to be a compound exercise both joints must move at the same time so that the load is shared.
In a deadlift the joints are the knees and the hips. The lifter focuses on pushing the ground away (using their quads to extend the knee joint) while driving their hips forward (using their glutes & hamstrings to extend the hip joint). At no point should you focus on using your lower back.
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