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Comments on my deadlift

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Arfwit

WTF, I'm a Kunce too?
I've been lifting on and off for most of this year (I've had a few breaks due to injury, holiday, work, <enter excuses here>) but having never done deadlifts before I thought I should get someone to check out my form before the weight gets much more and I do some damage.

I took the video camera to the shed today and have uploaded my 90kg warmup set and my 1st and 3rd 115kg sets (of 5) so you can see any changes in form with the higher weight or at the end of my last set.

Thanks in advance.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0fpAq450Bs"]YouTube - 90kg Deadlift (warmup)[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC1IQ6Xq-Rc"]YouTube - 115kg Deadlift (Set 1)[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36oSfav-ss"]YouTube - 115kg Deadlift (Set 3)[/ame]
 
Take off those horrible shoes, lift in socks or flat thin soled shoes.

Get your arse lower and further back.

Get your chest up and your lower back flat.

Big breath and super tight back on each rep.
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What Nick said.

If you get down lower you should be able to get your back in a good posture as they rounded back looks dangerous.
 
Nick,

I am not disagreeing with you, but whats wrong with the shoes? I lift in a pair of runners as well. Not that I have a particular reason for using them.

Cheers
Vovo
 
What they said, and you may have to adjust your stance a little bit to get into a good starting position: good back posture, hip & arse lower and further back. Looks like you have short arms compared to legs and torso, so you may need to widen the stance a little and maybe have the arms inside the legs (like a semi sumo stance). Personally that's what I use, because my build means that if I use a conventional style, I end up with a rounded back in the starting position with a high hip, just like you.

vovo, those runners dissipate a lot of the force from your legs pressing against the ground. Plus the raised heels are just bad for deadlift.
 
i deadlift in just my socks. as dancelot said, the softness cushion effect from runners is no good, you actually have less balance., barefoot or in lifting slippers allows there to be more stability and more force going to ground.
 
Sweet where can I pick up some lifting slippers? I now have an excuse to get those silly looking canvas slippers/shoes.
 
I like lifting in my dunlop volleys, they are pretty flat and i can feel my heel on the ground through them. might have to get some slippers though
 
It appears you are worried about hitting your shins.

Pull up rather than back on your start. There is no reason to drag the bar up your shins. Also, work on your hip strength with wide stance squats.

Too often when your hips lag behind the curve there is a tendency to raise the hips up at the start throwing the load on the lower back. This in turn causes the bar to drift towards the shins.

Think about pushing the earth away from the bar at the start.

Also consider doing away with those little plates they'll only serve as a distraction.
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no-one's mentioned it yet, but i think you aren't locking out fully? just remember to stand straight up, squeeze your glutes, hips straight and have a big and high chest, that's fully locked out.

good effort man.
 
amac38 said:
no-one's mentioned it yet, but i think you aren't locking out fully? just remember to stand straight up, squeeze your glutes, hips straight and have a big and high chest, that's fully locked out.

good effort man.
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Yeah i thought that too.

Silverback, i disagree. With a deadlift you should be pulling back not up. Pretend your falling backwards. It should also grind across the shin if done properly.
 
Its almost as if your doing a SLDL.

Hip down, chest out, look up, sit back, push with legs, pull then hip drive takes care of the rest.
 
Thanks to all who have commented. I'll be ditching the shoes and trying to correct my lifts for my next workout. I'll keep filming so I can see if there's progress or not and possibly get someone locally to come and give me a hand.

The rounded back was something I noticed and was my main concern so hopefully working on the things mentioned will fix that. I'll probably drop the weight back a bit until I get it right.

The small plates on the ground are just there to stop the bar rolling back between sets, I generally roll it away from them prior to beginning a set.

Cheers.
 
dicko10 said:
I like lifting in my dunlop volleys, they are pretty flat and i can feel my heel on the ground through them. might have to get some slippers though
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Same here, dunlop volleys in winter, barefoot in summer.
 
KeLLyKiNeZ said:
Yeah i thought that too.

Silverback, i disagree. With a deadlift you should be pulling back not up. Pretend your falling backwards. It should also grind across the shin if done properly.
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Looking on from the side the bar should travel directly up. The bar should stay close to the shins, but there should be no reason for it to 'grind' across the shin.
 
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wM7dfaLZbE]YouTube - Kelly 247.5kg Deadlift[/ame]

Enough said.

That's KeLLyKiNeZ in the video.
 
Share my experieince:

Was at the Physio this morning, and I showed him some of my deadlifting videos (the one you saw Nick on FB).

It was interesting. Firstly he used to be a oly lifter and wrestler, so he does know what hes talking about.

He said overall the form was good, but picked on one thing which I thought I would share.

During the lift my natural spine curve (lower half) was too high, the curve needs (for me) to be lower, I suppose lower lumbar area.

We corrected this (for me) by keeping my weightlifting shoes on.

I'll try this new technique on Saturday.

I hope that makes sense.
 
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