Common Mistakes In The Deadlift & How To Fix Them | Ray Gillenwater

[stef]

Starting Strength Coach Ray Gillenwater discusses some common mistakes people make while performing the deadlift and what steps you can take to correct them.

[Matt James]

At about 2:45, a great example of the bar floating up as he sets his whole back in extension.

Something I've been thinking about lately when it comes to squat and deadlift errors. A lot of uncoached lifters will try to initiate the concentric phase of the squat with knee extension instead of hip drive, and they'll try to initiate the deadlift with hip extension instead of knee extension first. I know I did at first. When I started self-cuing knee extension at the start of the pull, my deadlifts got a lot more consistent.