Deadlift form check

[melsom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjvLYtIN0HM

any feedback appreciated! The only plates at my crappy NYC gym are hexagon-shaped which annoyingly means I have to reset every time.

[Mac Ward]

The bar is too far forward in your setup. Start with the bar approx 1 inch in front of your shins, bend over, grab the bar, without bending your knees AND WITHOUT MOVING THE BAR, then bend knees until shins touch the bar, squeeze the chest up as high as you possibly can, and pull the bar off the ground. Hips will likely feel high to you.

[melsom]

awesome, thanks.

Hips will likely feel high to you.

So you're saying that my hips are too low in the setup now?

[Mac Ward]

So you're saying that my hips are too low in the setup now?

I'm saying that your setup is wrong, and until you set up correctly, I don't know. I have found that most feel their hips are "too high" when in reality they are at the start position. Without being physically present, it is difficult to do much from one video clip, from one angle, with only a few reps.

Mac