The icon shared a video to Instagram on Jan. 29 of herself deadlifting a barbell, while her trainer can be heard encouraging her in the background. “I didn’t know what a deadlift was. “I love it,” Adele told her, sharing that at her peak, “I feel like I could have been in the Olympics.”Winfrey — showing off good form and proper breathing while doing five reps — cheered, “Got it!” when she was finished with her deadlifts. You never know where it will lead you. “Deadlift, as CrossFit explains, is simply when the barbell is lifted off the ground and held at arm’s length.