Interesting but without having any formal insight into the in’s and out’s of the actual mechanics of it, his arguments sound pedantic. His big argument is freedom of movement with the hex bar that you don’t get with the barbell. My takeaways counter to his are, proper form and grip alleviate some of his points. There’s nothing magical about a barbell that forces one to have the exact same lift every time. Freedom of movement isn’t a bad thing in a compound lift since it requires additional stabilization to limit his big complaint of sagittal movement. He also seems to be stuck on “it’s not a deadlift” fine, whatever, be pedantic. Hex bar is a valid lift and works things differently than a barbell, you could make the same argument for many lifts - is a landmine squat a squat?
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