Deadlift Elbow Question

[pumped2112]

Should the arms be completely locked when deadlifting and power cleaning or just straight arms, because I feel like completely locking and extending my arms is unsafe cuz its pulling on an already extended joint and could pull out of the socket. My arms bend past parallel a little bit, they can hyperextend a little bit. I guess what I am saying is this, should my arms just be perfectly straight or completely locked past the straight point?

[Michael Grantham]

For people with normal arms...locked.

For you and your gumby arms, when you pull with your elbows hyperextended, does the weight straighten out your arms for you?

[OCG]

Straight. Just straighten your arms.

[mrflibble]

Straight. Just straighten your arms.

Yep. Let gravity do its thing!