Technique - the deadlift

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1. General deadlift setup
   1. Excerpt from SS:BBT3 - "Pulling Mechanics" [part 1] [part 2]
      
      
   2. T-Nation article: "Are You Ignorant When it Comes to the Deadlift?"
      
      
   3. The Deadlift Setup: Perfect Every Time [link]
      
      
   4. Don't drop the hips [link 1] [link 2]
   
   
2. Extending the back
   
   

   Setting the lumbar in extension and not being able to hold it is a strength problem. Usually a bouncing-the-deadlift-off-the-floor problem. Which is often a CrossFit problem. It is corrected by backing up and getting the low back strong with correct technique. Failure to set is a technique problem, which always results in a strength problem later. [link]

   1. Overcorrecting by overextending

      - confusing overextension for correct form [link]
      - the peeled zucchini solution [link]
      - injury from overextension [link]
      - see also hyperlordosis/facet injury

   2. Roundbacking (you are not Konstantinovs) [link 1] [link 2]
      
      
   3. See also lumbar control.
   
   
3. Grip
   1. Grip fatigue

      - when your DL gets heavy [link]
      - programming around grip fatigue [link]

   2. Hand problems

      - calluses - platform video: Managing Calluses
      - small hands [link]
      - fat palms [link]
      - injured hand [link]

   3. Alternating grip

      - avoiding biceps / elbow problems [link]
      - switching up grip [link]

   4. Hook grip [link]
      
      
   5. Using a fat bar [link]
   
   
4. Touch and go / bouncing
   
   

   Deadlifts start from a dead-stop. Thus, the name. [link]

   Bouncing the deadlift is goddamn sure a good way to not train your floor pull. [link]

   The fact is that doing deadlifts where everything is bounced after the first rep gets you a weak deadlift. [link]

5. Shrugging
   1. why we don't shrug at the top [link]
      
      
   2. example of unnecessary shrug [link]
   
   
6. Using a belt
   1. shitty deadlift exacerbated by belt [link]
      
      
   2. going beltless on the deadlift [link]
   
   
7. Shoes [link]
   
   
8. Assistance work / variations
   1. Platform video: The Halting Deadlift
      
      
   2. Platform video: The Rack Pull
      
      
   3. Programming haltings and rack pulls [link]
      
      
   4. Programming RDLs, SLDLs, GMs [link]
      
      
   5. Don't use assistance work as an excuse to wuss out [link]
      
      
   6. The sumo deadlift

      - who benefits from sumo [link 1] [link 2]
      - why sumo is not in the program [link]

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