Tuna
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Thanks for your patience. I'll be damned if the next check has breathing anywhere but at the bottom.

Maybe "being conscious of" wasn't quite putting it right. What I meant to say was that so far I didn't pay special attention to what my lower back...

Thanks, I'll try that. Now that you say it, I'm not conscious about my lower back at all during the pull. Hm, I think those were people...

Sorry, I confused hook grip with mixed grip. No, these were not hook gripped.

Wasn't aware that novices should wear one until recently when Rip asked the same question. Currently looking for the right one. In the latest...

216 lbs YouTube Trying to fix the grip. Elbows already feel better. This video was very helpful. Still a bit unsure about the bar position. Any...

276 lbs I tried to start with higher hips to prevent them from shooting up at the beginning of the pull. I think rep 1 looked worst in that...

Thanks Rip I'll work on it. The blue book says that a belt may not be needed in the early parts of a training career. Also your article says "As...

Thanks everybody, I'll try again.

Great details, thank you. Ah! I thought the green line here was still too much downwards curvature, compared to the sample images I posted...

This is actually a big relief. Thank you for saying that. Could you please give me a timestamp where my position is correct? That's because I...

Very good, I'll work on it. I was suspecting something to be off with my grip because my arms have started to hurt on the opposite side of the elbow...

254 lbs YouTube Next try. Does this look marginally better than last time? (If not, do I still go up in weight?) A few notes: - I sometimes...

194 lbs YouTube Next try - thanks for taking a look

Thanks Rip. He wrote an article about SS not being a good beginner program (translation). Not so stoked anymore.

Thank you for the pointers everybody. Physical stupidity it is then. In fact I don't know anybody, and I pestered quite a lot of friends and family,...