Deadlift Form Check

[musician]

Hello all,
This is my first deadlift check. I think I squeeze my chest up decently on the first rep and then it gets progressively more lax on subsequent reps. Does that look like what is happening?
Also, I let my weight move onto my toes in the third rep.
Any other thoughts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vel2...ature=youtu.be

[carson]

Do not breathe until you put the bar down.

[BareSteel]

Good observations, musician. Now put them into action: take the time to squeeeze the chest up and take the slack out of the bar before you pull, and keep the bar against your legs. It's hard to hold extension with the bar out in front.

I'd also suggest sticking with double overhand grip if you can do so at this weight.

[musician]

Thanks.
Unfortunately I always feel like I am squeezing my chest up, but then I look at the video after and it is inconsistent. I need to get more used to what it feels like when I'm doing it right.
I'll also make sure to keep the bar in contact with my legs and I'll go back to double-overhand grip until it fails.

[BareSteel]

It's probably just a little fatigue distracting you from proper extension. Your attention is on it now, so make it your main focus.

You don't have to DOH until failure, but try to pull as many reps this way as you can. Some guys really like the alternate grip (maybe that's you), so I don't want to dissuade you from getting good at it. I think the hook grip has some advantages though when DOH starts to slip!

[carson]

I think the breathing problem is equally significant. Squoze (Valsalva) is as important going down as it is going up. BTW at 285 I could not hold hook grip. I can do it through 225 but no further. Perhaps that is musician experience as well.

[musician]

No I haven't tried the hook grip on the deadlift yet, I'll give it a shot.
I wasn't aware that exhaling at the top of a deadlift was not advised. I'll pay attention to this next time and see if I'm losing tightness on the way down.

[musician]

I tried to fix the issues today. In particular:
-I focused on squeezing my chest up at the start of each rep.
-I dragged the bar along my legs. This was only partly successful).
-I didn't breathe at top of reps. (This failed somewhat in the 3rd and 4th reps. I'm working on it.)
-I tried out the hook grip, and it felt good.

For some stupid reason I forgot to wear a belt. Does my low back look okay, or is it rounding too much in the later reps? I guess I still have a hard time telling the difference between my low back working hard and my low back rounding.

What say you? Obviously I'll wear a belt next time... idiot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Ip...ature=youtu.be

[carson]

Back was better. You tend to bend your knees on the way down before the bar passes them. What weight are you lifting?

[BareSteel]

You've got a little rounding to contend with as you get tired, but these look better Joe. You'll gain that feel for low back position with time. Get that camera up to hip height next time, so we can see better.