Congratulations man
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I didn’t see any rounding in that video. Your arms moved forward/down a bit as the set went on. That’s your scapulae going from retracted to protracted. It’s not rounding of the back and it’s normal. Mine do it when I do multiple reps or a max attempt. It’s not a big deal.
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Well I think a bit during the third rep no?
It’s not your spine that’s moving. You just weren’t able to keep your shoulder blades retracted. Don’t stress about it.
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Okay thank you. Yes I should stop
I don’t see any rounds either. Look very stable and your lats are contracted as hell. Just look to the floor not up, your neck is under big pressure that way.
Yeah I’m not a big fan of looking up but this is a clean deadlift and I’m supposed to mimick a clean (weightlifting shoes, wider grip and stance, looking right in front of me, shoulders just over or slightly in front of the bar)
I thought the clean DL started with a much lower hip? or is it the pause where you’re supposed to start the explosion from that makes it a clean DL.
For what it’s worth I see that tiny rounding as well, but don’t sweat it, you’re fully braced and it’s not because you’re losing tightness. It looks fantastic.
Yeah I think I’ll try a little bit lower. But I’ve watched many videos and it really depends on people. Usually longer legged persons (most likely female) start with their hips high. They just go down beforehand to initiate some stretch (like the strogmen do when then roll the bar).
The pause is because I was supposed to do a pause below knees on the way up and down ahahah
Some motivation, bro :).
https://www.facebook.com/thebeastsofgym/videos/694490730977270/
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Jumping aboard for the follow
24/10
A. Clean + Front squat + Jerk 1 + 1 + 1, one set at 90kgs, 3 sets at 80kgs
B. Muscle snatch work up to 2 reps at 65kgs, 3 x 2 at 55kgs
C. Power clean and Push press up to 2 reps at 90kgs, 3 sets of 2 at 80kgs
D. Beach superset, Fat gripz dumbell curls at 12kgs + Side raises at 12kgs 3 x 15
An easier session. Once again the full lifts are not my forte. I tend to lack tension in the bottom of the clean. Usually I’m not pulling up as hard as I can and then catch it low and not tight. When I go harder it ends up in a power clean and a front squat ahah.
Anyways I failed the jerk at 90kgs. Well I still completed the rep but I lacked balance, and at first my arms weren’t fully extended, I just muscled through the rep, so I’m not satisfied. Watching videos, and then again during the push press, I realized my bar path must have been not straight enough. I should tuck my head farther behind. It made the push presses easier.
All these down sets are when the technique really clicks in anyway. Repetition and practice, always. Satisfied with the push press, they were easy. The power cleans also were super solid.
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25/10
A. Front squat work up to 2 reps at 120kgs
B. Front squat 3 sets of 6 clusters at 110kgs
C. Front squat with slow eccentric 2 x 6 at 100kgs
D. Clean deadlift work up to 2 reps at 170kgs, then 3 x 2 at 140kgs
E. Power snatch work up to 2 reps at 60kgs
F. Clean work up to 2 reps at 90kgs
Good session. Front squats were really solid, maybe rushed them a bit and could have been a bit tighter but satisfied. Satisfied with the deadlift as well, went heavy, with lower hips. Well obviously my hips shooted first but no rounding. Down set beltless were super crisps and wittle little rest. No low back fatigue or straing afterwards so i’m very pelased.
Still obivoulsy this all fatigued me so I went a bit easy on the olifts, but didn’t want form to break down. Full clean aren’t super great yet, I still lose a bit of tension in the catch/low position
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Great lifts, you’re really strong. What’s your bodyweight? I think i is 74-75kg?
I know I look small but I’m actually 85 kgs 
I look more slender on videos (at least I try to convince myself of that). I’m 185 tall
Sorry, my mistake. I thjink you are 170-175 (I don’t now why:)) , so it make sence now, you have a gracile figure.
My personal opinion on this is that your body’s strongest position is the higher hip position. Ice tried to lower my hips because that’s what the internet says to do, but they shoot up. I decided “What’s the point in fighting what’s natural for me?”
I start with my hips higher and I’m doing just fine.
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Yes I agree with you, we can see that, especially on the second rep. But yeah I was trying to mimick a clean first pull. BUT this time, even thought it was way heavier, no roundign or low back movement, and afterwards no low back pain, strain, or super soreness! But maybe it was something else, maybe I had better bracing or setup.
28/10
A. Squat work up to 2 reps at 150kgs
B. Squat 2 clusters of 6reps at 125kgs
C. Squat with slow eccentric 2 x 6 at 100kgs
D. Power snatch from hang 3 reps at 50, 60, 50, 60kgs
E. Power clean + paused jerk 4 x 2 at 80kgs
Went batshit on the squat and after 140 kgs tried 150kgs. Safe to say this is my heaviest squat ever. last time I did that it was low bar, I was 10kgs heavier, form wasn’t great and I can’t vouch for depth. So…
After that my low back and aprticularly my quads were FRIED. Subsequent sets of squats were horrible. Should have waited longer maybe!
Was pretty tired but still tried to push as hard as I could afterwards. Went primal and hard on the snatches.
On the jerks something clicked and I try to push a bit less forward and more upward. Still getting into it.
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Here are the squats. The first at 140 I went down waaay too fast. Still trying to figure things out (not really sure about stance width either). Anyway I’m happy. I went from, first time high bar with the hardest rep of my life at 140, to 2 reps at 150 in 7 weeks.
Any of the pros have pointers? @chris_ottawa @MarkKO
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Look pretty good to me. Like you said, you descended too fast in the first video, but the 2nd was fine. You also can maintain technique while straining with a heavy weight, which a lot of people can’t, so that’s a plus. I would say just keep doing what you are doing, whatever stance width feels strongest and you can still hit depth is the way to go. Little adjustments like that are totally individual and you just have to figure it out as you go. Bracing can always be improved, so always remember to focus on that.
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