“The British are coming, the British are coming!” That usually gets me psyched for a ME day.
Seriously though, take everyones advice and push your heals through the floor.
[quote]lavi wrote:
What do I think when I’m deadlifting?
“URRRGGH!”[/quote]
Hahaa, hell yea man… RurrrrrrrrgghhhhhH!!
[quote]Ramo wrote:
- Finish the lift with your glutes. Thrust your hips forward like you are fucking. Maintain the tension in your abs so you don’t injure your low back.[/quote]
This should stop the lower back getting that much hit. Also some glute activation warm-up helps.
I usually crank the crap out of some good (angry) music, and try to ignore everyone around me, they only serve as a distraction from my form.
I get the chalk going, take like 5 deep breaths, get low, take 5 more breaths, and count down with each one on # 1 i push like hell through my heels, I think ‘neutral spine, tight core!!’ as the bar crosses my knees i think “gotta finish this pussy! people are benching more than this!” and at the top i think ‘hump the bar, finish strong’
you should def. look up the mastering the DL articles, there is a set of 3 that should really help you out
Deadlifts hit the weakest muscle in the link from your grip to your heals.
You really shouldn’t be on your toes too much the force will go to your knee structure and ankles more.
I want to say don’t keep dropping the weight, but I just realized this year that some people can figure out how to fuck up a technique so bad that they can easily injure themselves. Even if your form is not great compared to competitive standards theres no reason I see when using common sense that it should be bad enough to injure you. Your picking something up off the ground. If people don’t cringe when they look at you deadlift, and you feel you are doing it with good technique do not lower the weights that low, it doesn’t really do much for gaining muscle or strength.