More deadlift stuff
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Evo...
If I may critique... In the first photo (the begining phase of your deadlift), you have locked knees. That is incorrect form. Secondly, what are you looking up at??? Why are you flexed so much forward?? Tell you what, do the exercise with knees flexed and drive the glutes/hams upwards and keep your chest high and back erect. AND look straight ahead!!! That is proper form...then tell me how much weight you do.
If I may critique... In the first photo (the begining phase of your deadlift), you have locked knees. That is incorrect form. Secondly, what are you looking up at??? Why are you flexed so much forward?? Tell you what, do the exercise with knees flexed and drive the glutes/hams upwards and keep your chest high and back erect. AND look straight ahead!!! That is proper form...then tell me how much weight you do.
standAPART said:
They caught a photo of me rolling the bar in towards me before I started the lift when I was stretchin a bit. The looking up part is to help me focus on where the bar is going; I find that if I can look up when the bar is starting to lock out, then it will...if I don't then I have lost concentration. I'll work on what you have said and see if it drives my numbers up.
I have to admit, that first picture threw me off. If you DL with your legs locked out your spine is going to pop out of your skin and run away, leaving a bloody trail behind it as it yelps like a puppy being beaten.
It looks like 415. Is the bar heavier than normal? A nice lift either way. My current max is 385. I am making an attempt at 405 in two more weeks. I've almost nailed it... Last attempt was SOOOOO close, but dropped form a few inches from a lockout and had to drop it.
It looks like 415. Is the bar heavier than normal? A nice lift either way. My current max is 385. I am making an attempt at 405 in two more weeks. I've almost nailed it... Last attempt was SOOOOO close, but dropped form a few inches from a lockout and had to drop it.
Could you tell me what precisely is different between what Evolution is doing and this link? http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/ErectorSpinae/BBStraightLegDeadlift.html
Are'n the knees supposed to be locked out?
I really need to improve my form for deadlifts.
Are'n the knees supposed to be locked out?
I really need to improve my form for deadlifts.
jpfitness said:
The bar I'm using is a 55 pd bar. For some reason the university likes to keep these stock instead of the typical 45 pd bar. The first picture, and I'm not sure why I even threw it up, is kinda' a ham stretch before I pull. Thanks for the compliment; I've always respected your opinion. Have you identified the weak chain in your lift (not portion of the lift but muscle group)? I'll test for another max in about 12 weeks to see if a diet of cleans and snatches have brought it up.
thedevil said:
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/BBDeadlift.html
I'm doing this but sumo style...so, it actually looks like this
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ufc/resources/exercise/2004/july.htm
You've been doing the straight leg variation.
Ok, If I do squats one day and http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/BBDeadlift.html the next is it going to overtrain the quads?
Currently I do squats and the straight leg deadlift on different days. However, I would like to incorporate the exercise shown in the above link into my routine.
Currently I do squats and the straight leg deadlift on different days. However, I would like to incorporate the exercise shown in the above link into my routine.
It's not really your quads that would get hit hard but your glutes, hamstrings, some of your lower back (P chain)...not to mention your traps get worked both as stabalizers and then active and secondary.
I'd say you'd have better results if you did squat for strength and DL for speed and then reverse the next leg day. Or you could go ala Westside and train squat for a few weeks and then deadlift for a few weeks.
I'd say you'd have better results if you did squat for strength and DL for speed and then reverse the next leg day. Or you could go ala Westside and train squat for a few weeks and then deadlift for a few weeks.