here are two vids i took today…first try then second try…both were at 415lb…what do you guys think about my form?
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[video]1122[/video]
To me it looks like your back is rounding a little
dude, your going to hurt your back.
Drop your ass
Keep knees behind toes the WHOLE time
DOnt use a belt
AND if i can see that your hamstrings are tight from a video they must be very tight, work the whole posterior chain, especially calf and ham connector (behind the knees)
Use the foam roller and trigger point release to get yourself flexible, its called myofacia release, it will make form better and add about 5-10% to your working weight, good luck, keep me updated if you have any guestions
Eric
NASM-CPT
Advanced Fitness
Yes, your back is rounding a little, but I’d like to see someone with your body type do a conventional deadlift near their max without any rounding.
Overall it looks good. It’s hard to tell from the angle, but it looks like you may be letting the bar get too far out in front of you. You don’t necessarily need it to touch your shins (actually with your proportions you probably shouldn’t), but it should be dragging up your thighs by the time you get past your knees.
Remember, you are not just picking the weight up. You should also be pulling back and squeezing those glutes. It looks like you could easily lose the weight out in front of you if there were a few more pounds on the bar.
“AND if i can see that your hamstrings are tight from a video they must be very tight, work the whole posterior chain, especially calf and ham connector (behind the knees)”
→ how can u work on that? I too have very stiff hamstrings and I don’t seem to get my ass lower…
my two cents:
-you can drop your hips/butt a bit lower in your starting position
-related to the above, and this is what T-Beast was referring to (i believe) when he was talking about your toes and also about your hamstrings… focus on keeping your butt and upper leg as far BACK as possible on the eccentric (and also in the starting position). Maybe work Romanian Deadlifts to learn the feeling of pushing back through your butt as you lower, creating a stretch in your hammies, which requires you to really contract your hammies and glutes on the concentric…
dan
It looks fine, especially if its near 100% intensity.
It’s imperative to have good form while deadlifting, but being extremely anal about it means never progressing.
[quote]hexx wrote:
It looks fine, especially if its near 100% intensity.
It’s imperative to have good form while deadlifting, but being extremely anal about it means never progressing.
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I always round my back just a bit on heavy loads. I can’t see how you wouldn’t.
u look tall with long legs (like me) and i pull the same way, almost stiff legged and thats how ill always pull its how im built
Why should he not wear a belt? I was wandering if I should buy one or not?
Also should you start with your knees bent alot or just bend over more to pick the weight up (so that your back is closer to parallel with the floor, which is what it seems ronnie coleman does when he deadlifts?
Not trying to steal the thread just didnt think it was worth making another one when my question is on deadlift form aswell.
thanks for the replies guys…
yeah i know my back wasnt perfectly straight but i do try to keep it as straight as possible…it was a near max lift so it was just a little heavy for me haha…but ill definitely focus on the back straight part…i just bought some SHIN GAURDS!!! so i dont have to worry about pulling back and tearing up my shins anymore! im starting to get a bald spot on my shins because of the dls…im hoping this will help keep my torso more upright instead of doing what looks like a sldl…but maybe thats just how im meant to dl?
and i always use a belt on heavy dls…the 1-3 rep range…i use a belt for heavy squats and also for push presses, or just overhead presses in general…for me it helps take the pressure off my lower back…but thats just me…
and t-beast is right about my tight hams…i need to get into a good stretching routine.do you guys stretch right after a workout or do you go home and do it later or what?
[quote]vlandsponger wrote:
and t-beast is right about my tight hams…i need to get into a good stretching routine.do you guys stretch right after a workout or do you go home and do it later or what?[/quote]
Depends how I feel. I try to stretch after a workout but if not when I can. It won’t really make the world of difference but doing something is better then nothing.
ok to loosen up hamstrings with my clients i at first start with myofacial release with a roller and then the cane, followed by static stretching. After that some exercizes like the inch worm, high kicks.
A lot of the time, its not jsut hamstrings that need work, tight calves can sometimes look like and act like tight hamstrings, and same with weak glutes. Look into kettle bell training too, really good for your posterior chain, especially in the lower body.
I am 6’4" and never touched my chins with the bar. the bar never leaves a straight plane, only at the top when you ride it up your thigh and stick your chest out.
THe belt is a terrible idea, i work with chiropractors, physical therapists and they all say the same thing, and add to what i have learned.
Your lumbar stabilizers need to have strenght, by putting on a belt your providint that “fake support” and not working you trunk stabilizers, from the video i could automatically tell you have wear trunk flexors and stability issues.
[quote]T-Beast wrote:
ok to loosen up hamstrings with my clients i at first start with myofacial release with a roller and then the cane, followed by static stretching. After that some exercizes like the inch worm, high kicks.
A lot of the time, its not jsut hamstrings that need work, tight calves can sometimes look like and act like tight hamstrings, and same with weak glutes. Look into kettle bell training too, really good for your posterior chain, especially in the lower body.
I am 6’4" and never touched my chins with the bar. the bar never leaves a straight plane, only at the top when you ride it up your thigh and stick your chest out.
THe belt is a terrible idea, i work with chiropractors, physical therapists and they all say the same thing, and add to what i have learned.
Your lumbar stabilizers need to have strenght, by putting on a belt your providint that “fake support” and not working you trunk stabilizers, from the video i could automatically tell you have wear trunk flexors and stability issues. [/quote]
ill work on loosening everything up with stretches and soft tissue work…but as for lifting, ive read that you should pull up AND back somewhat which will obviously cause the bar to come in some contact with your shins and the belt issue is probably a personal opinion thing. I understand that wearing a belt all day everyday for a job is bad but during a near max lift i wouldnt see why its a bad thing? for me it helps keep me tight everywhere with the pressure. I don’t wear the belt during my entire workout, i actually take it off after every set…and its not like my back is weak, i mean i workout…
“from the video i could automatically tell you have wear trunk flexors and stability issues.”
not sure what you mean by this?
thanks for all the input!