Deadlift Form Check

[ayjay23]

I think I have most of my form down... would like to hear a coach's perspective:

http://youtu.be/UtFm9sjWZcs

[Paul Horn]

It's a decent deadlift, but I'd like to see you set your back harder. You're flexible enough to have a pretty flat back without really trying, but that doesn't mean you don't need to squeeze the shit out of those important muscles that help you maintain a flat back under load. Watch your last two reps. See the low back rounding? That's what happens if you don't set properly.

Before you pull each rep, take a deep breath and squeeze your chest up as hard as you can. Try to point your nipples at the wall. Then pull.

P.S. Side boob at :42. Thanks for that.

[ayjay23]

Thanks for the feedback, Coach! From the way it sounds, I think I'm on the right path. I just need to be more aware of the slight back roundness as the set progresses, so I can maintain a flatter back. By the way if 100% is a "perfect deadlift", How much of it did I do correctly? (e.g., 70% or 80% or etc?) I think this will help me asses how much tweaking I need. Thanks!

Try to point your nipples at the wall. Then pull.

I'll use this technique tomorrow and experiment!

P.S. Side boob at :42. Thanks for that.

Haha. I didn't notice it until you pointed it out. Hopefully we can catch that apparition again!

[Paul Horn]

By the way if 100% is a "perfect deadlift", How much of it did I do correctly? (e.g., 70% or 80% or etc?) I think this will help me asses how much tweaking I need.

89.973%. This is an exact percentage of your deadlift correctness which I have carefully obtained by watching a single video of you from a fixed angle with plates covering my view of your legs while a man with tits repeatedly walks into frame distracting me and making me ponder the possibility that he has somehow found a fat-guy wormhole that allows him to time travel into different sections of deadlift form-check videos. Is it only this video? Will I see these man-boobs again? If not, does that make me happy or sad? So many questions, so few answers!

Just squeeze your chest up harder, dude.

[Tom Campitelli]

This is the kind of precision that we all aspire to at the Starting Strength Forums. I concur with Mr. Horn.

[Michael Wolf]

This, folks, is why they call him The Legend.

[ayjay23]

Thanks, coach! I feel like such a success kid right now...