form check: Deadlift please

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soccergod

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hello,

This is my deadlift. it is 315 x3. it is from the fron, so please critique as best as possible. Also this was my last set out of 5, so may not be best representation of form but close enough

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Thanks
 
Says its a private video.
 
thanks tony. I like my shoes because they give good support when doing deadlifts. I know side would be better but i might do it next time. sorry. Any other people critque?
 
The only thing I can see is that your hips raise up before the weight leaves the ground.

When you pull, don't start with your legs, start with your head. Like you are being pulled up by a string in the top of your head.

From that view, That is all I could tell.

I do not see anything wrong with dropping the weight from the top. I do it all the time. :D
 
thank you!
also i dont know why but sometimes when I go heavy my low back hurts after I am done DLing but after like 10 minutes its fine. Is this because of the dl?
i always look at the mirror on my side to see if my back is straight then I do my deadlift, so I dont think I cave in.

is pain the low back normal? should it happen?
 
Is this because of the dl?
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Could be. Low back is like any other muscle. When you tax it, it gets tight and sore.

It may be that you are just making your back do more work by letting your hips raise up before the bar leaves the floor.

A lot of of guys have this issue because they do not do enough assistance exercises to strengthen their low back. Back extensions, reverse hypers, good mornings, RDL. These exercises can really increase back strength, which solves the "my back hurts after deadlifts" most of the time.
 
hmm ya i dont do any "extra back" excercises. I do leg excercise that use back but probably not enough. I also do cleans. And cable rows but nothing specifically for back..
I dont know how to do GM's and i know they are dangerous. My gym is pretty bad so like what can i do that needs say Dbs, BB, and stuff like that.
 
soccergod said:
I dont know how to do GM's and i know they are dangerous.
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:eek:
I have it on good authority that the 11th commandment was 'Thou must perform Good Mornings at least once a week to stregthen your posterior chain'

Moses only took it out on his way down the hill 'cos he was a wuss, he made the Israelites do back extensions on a swiss ball instead after he read on Wikipedia that it put the spine under less stress. That's probably why God made them roam the desert for a hundred years

The moral of that story is GM's are fantastic and so long as you use correct form they aren't dangerous
 
Do GMs, just do them right.

And yeah, like G said your hips raise before you start pulling. Although, I think your hips were pretty low to begin with, but that could be because you have different limb lenghts than I do. And yeah, start doing some assistance exercises that hits your lower back.
 
ya im going to have to start doing that. damn my back hurts today. IT doesnt hurt when I am just sitting around but when i bend down or just bend to grab something it hurts for a little bit. I hope its fine by Monday.

i really should do GM's but my season is so close and I dont want my back to be in real damage. I was thinking of doing Hypers. OR somethign else that isnt as dangerous, what you guys recommend?
 
I recommend GMs. Get another side view of your dead, maybe you're flexing your lower back. You shouldn't be in serious pain.
 
^agreed

Also a bad deadlift can be even more dangerous than a GM in what it can do so fear it, just go for it.
 
well from what i see like others is your hips and legs lockout and then you have your back left to lift the weight which is probabbly why your back is so sore. your legs and back should be straight at the same time.which is cause by the too much raising of the hips at the begining.
 
ok ill study the Gm and see what I can do. Also what GHS said, I lock my knees it looks like but my hips lock at the same time as I am done with the lifting. And as I see it I think that is what I am supossed to do. THis is a hip-dominant excercise so thats what I am doing. Maybe I am wrong, so please let me know.

If I am wrong, what should I change. Should i pull the weight with my arms up to my shins then pull the rest up by using the hips and back?

also from what I was told, I should flex my core so my back is strong. I try to do this but sometimes its really hard. is this bad?

let me know
 
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your hips and shoulders should raise at the same pace until the bar passes your knees. So the angle between your trunk and the floor shouldn't change in that period. When the bar passes the knees you lock out by using your glutes to drive the hips through the bar. As if you're trying to pootang it :p
 
i see. Do any of you guys have any videos you can show me? I dont trust the other youtube videos.

So how can I fix my error. I still dont understand that. I have the basics down now its just the order I go up in.
 
check the technique articles sticky. In particular the "mastering the deadlift" series by Eric Cressey. Those are awsome :D
 
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