Deadlift Form Check

[moose365]

Doing Starting Strength.
Male, 23y/o, 5'7", 65kg

Struggling with deadlifts. I feel it in my lower back after doing them. I only did one in the video because I'm paranoid about hurting my back.

Deadlift @95kg - YouTube

Before the pull should my hamstrings feel really taut?

If the video is no good I'll upload another one.

Thanks.

[David Geiger]

1) Go up to the top of this section and read the stickies on filming form checks so you can provide a more useful angle. 2) From what we can see, this doesn't look horrible, but you don't set your back. See the last post (by me) in the first sticky where I link to RIP's 5 steps for the DL. You are skipping step 4. After doing your reading, post another video after your next DL day.

[moose365]

Thanks for the quick reply, I'll post a new video tomorrow

[Joe Jaloszynski]

Give us a set of five work weight reps. A light weight single is not very useful.

[Christopher Anderson]

Agree with Dave and Joe, give us more reps on the video so we can have more to look at.

[moose365]

Deadlift: 5 reps @105kg - YouTube

This is my work set - I used an alternate grip. Felt my back after the first rep.

[manveer]

Still not doing step 4 - chest up HARD, set your back and generate some tension on the bar before you actually start the pull.

[Kelli Nielson]

Ser your back HARD. Chest up tighter. As you begin the pull, the bar rolls forward first, don't do that. Keep it against you the whole time.


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[moose365]

Thanks for replies. I think that when I lift my neck up, I feel that I'm bringing my chest up but that's obviously not the case. Going to focus on chest up with neutral neck. I'll post a new video next week.

[David Geiger]

You might think of step 4 as rotating your rib cage up through/between your shoulders, and show your nipples to the wall in front of you. Pick a spot on the floor 12-15 feet in front of you to look at during the pull, to try to help refrain from over-extending your neck.