Deadlift Check

[goat_aus]

2nd month of SS. 1 * 5 Deadlift at 326. Thanks in advance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJIwrWOB8gg

[Tom Campitelli]

You need to set your back better. Squeeze up hard an avoid dropping your butt. You drop your hips prior to almost every pull and push the bar forward of the midfoot. That is not ideal. Setting up for the deadlift should be uncomfortable. Squeezing your chest up and putting the spine into extension is difficult and feels bad. However, it must be done. I have seen worse, much worse, but I want your back to be flat. Also, instead of looking straight ahead, drop your chin a bit and look at a point on the floor about 15 feet ahead.

[goat_aus]

Thanks Tom. Definitely see those points on reviewing the video. Will make the changes and post another one if thats ok. Cheers.

[Paul Horn]

Setting up for the deadlift should be uncomfortable. Squeezing your chest up and putting the spine into extension is difficult and feels bad.

I think this needs to be added to the setup progression ...

Step 4a: Make sure you are very uncomfortable. On a scale of 1 - 10, if your level of uncomfortableness is anything less than an 8, squeeze up harder.

[Joe Tandy]

I think this needs to be added to the setup progression ...

Step 4a: Make sure you are very uncomfortable. On a scale of 1 - 10, if your level of uncomfortableness is anything less than an 8, squeeze up harder.

"Squeeze up more than you want to"

"Squeeze until I stop asking for squeezeyness"

"Squeeze until it feels wrong, it'll be right then."

[Tom Campitelli]

Deadlifting is good for the soul.

[goat_aus]

Latest DL video. Dropped back to 250 and focused on squeezing up chest hard and not dropping hips before pulling. Also altered head position.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVmN2...ature=youtu.be

Thanks

[Tom Campitelli]

You do a much better job of setting your back here. Now, don't drop your hips so low. Check the sticky on how to set up the deadlift. You will be more horizontal than you want to be and that is okay. Also, put the bar down a little faster.

[goat_aus]

Will do Tom. Thanks.

[goat_aus]

Tried to put it all together in this one. Hips up higher before pulling. Looks much more horizontal to me and closer to how its described in the book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVbLF8ujYs

Cheers.