Straight Leg Deadlift Question

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I’ve been doing SLDL’s as a part of my workout for a while now, and I’ve been pretty happy with the results. I’m still not convinced I’m doing anything wrong, but a guy at the gym came up to me the other day and, simply put, told me I was doing them wrong.
I’ll try to describe my form, in hopes that someone will be able to give me some further insight.
When I pull, I keep my legs straight, of course, then I start by sticking out my butt and pulling in my hips, which makes my back arch in a little (concave), which seems fine. I then bend at the hips, keeping my back a little bit arched, and lower the bar down to a reasonable depth, then pulling it back up.
This guy, however, felt that I was putting too much pressure on my lower back, and that, to get better results, I should arch my back out (convex), so that I’d be able to get deeper and work my hamstrings harder.
I tried it his way, but my back started to feel weird, so I stopped for fear of causing injury.

If my descriptions made any sense, my question is what I should do. Am I doing anything wrong normally, because my hamstring always feel like they got worked pretty well afterwards, and my back never hurts?

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don’s listen to that idiot. you were doing them the right way. never round your lower back doing an excercise such as the SLDL.

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Check these out before you decide.

http://www.exrx.net/ExInfo/DangerousExercises.html#anchor416052

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[quote]ProfessorCHAOS96 wrote:
don’s listen to that idiot. you were doing them the right way. never round your lower back doing an excercise such as the SLDL.[/quote]

I would never TRY to round my back during any sort of deadlift, it is good to keep a little arch in your back
The fact that your lower back didn’t fell good doing them with a rounded back pretty much tells you that

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You will find your answer here:

http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459241

Enjoy

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For SLDL yeah, keep your arch he’s mistaken.

But it’s not unheard of to bend your low back and go deep. It’s a great way to stretch your low back.

Provided you’re using like 10% of your max.

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Thank you everyone, especially “sharetrader”. It seems like he had good intentions, and perhaps his advice would be good, if I had been using less weight.
He did say something about it being ok with little weight…maybe my lift was tiny to him.