[quote]Kruiser wrote:
Nice pull! I agree with most everyone that you must keep your hips down at the start and generate more leg drive. Push those heels through the floor and lean back a bit more. You’re good for a lot more weight once you pefect your technique. [/quote]
Thanks for all the input. I deadlifted again last night and got 355x5 which was a new PR for a 5 RM. I tried to concentrate on driving from my legs. I still had a problem with my legs coming up first and then finishing with my back like I did in the video.
Is this because my back is the weak link or is it my legs? Any advice on how to work on this would help. I can do it fine at lower weights but as soon as I go heavy my butt comes up first and then I finish with my back.
[quote]Brosekiah wrote:
Kruiser wrote:
Nice pull! I agree with most everyone that you must keep your hips down at the start and generate more leg drive. Push those heels through the floor and lean back a bit more. You’re good for a lot more weight once you pefect your technique.
Thanks for all the input. I deadlifted again last night and got 355x5 which was a new PR for a 5 RM. I tried to concentrate on driving from my legs. I still had a problem with my legs coming up first and then finishing with my back like I did in the video.
Is this because my back is the weak link or is it my legs? Any advice on how to work on this would help. I can do it fine at lower weights but as soon as I go heavy my butt comes up first and then I finish with my back.
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I would say to just get stronger everywhere. Hamstrings, hips, erectors. Oftentimes people are weak in the hammies and hips. That gets stronger, the deadlift goes up.
Glute hams, reverse hypers, good mornings, dealifts against bands, box squats should all help you.
Hips too high at the start and you fail to maintain a neutral spine. The style of deadlifting espoused in Starting Strength relies on leg extension (quads) to break the bar from the floor and bring it to the knees, then hip extension to lock it out. You looked like you were using a lot of low back to make that weight.
Others have commented that you “had more in you” and, indeed, using that form you could probably pull more. But to do it properly, you probably need to drop at least 50 lbs. off that pull.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Dropping the weight at the end will get you red lighted. Not that its a big deal, but it’s not a good habit, you’d hate to do it out of habit on the platform. Congrats on the new PR.[/quote]
And it looks like shit, like the weight was too heavy for you to hold and put back down. If Bolton can set 1000+ back on the floor, you can do the same with 406.
Like everyone else said, you need to work on your technique. Your legs were completely straight before the bar ever broke the floor. Make sure you’re filling your belly with air and pushing out with your abs when you initiate the pull. That should help in addition to the other suggestions.
Your upper back is rounded all the way. Do more rowing and upper back work, which will also fix your grip problem.
Drop the weight for a while and do deficit deadlifts or sntach grip deads with an emphasis on form over weight: but down but not so down that you squat your dead, and a tight arch.
Well, rounding the upper back doesn’t pose a risk as with rounding the lower back. A lot of great deadlifters round their upper backs to shorten the ROM (range of motion). This allows you to lift more weight because you are pulling it a shorter distance. But, primarily, it is a personal preference kind of thing.