Deadlift back pain.

[Crazyguywithasword]

This is less of a technique/training question and more of a griping/commiseration/group polling thread.

I have an almost preternatural ability to irritate the shit out of my lower back when deadlifting. It seems like any time I'm pulling at heavy (for me) work-set weight and I let the bar drift even remotely forward, I pop something. Pain wise it is nothing too serious, yet, but enough to make me a real charmer to be around for a couple of days. I know the answer is to maintain 100% perfect form, but this kind of thing makes it hard to grind through the last couple of reps without something bad happening.

Anyone else struggle with this? I'm trying to not get gun shy and maintain focus but this shit is disheartening.

[John Hanley]

Yeah. If you let the bar drift a tiny bit forward with work-set weights, you're gonna pop something. It'll happen every time.

It's happened to me 3 times in the last 5 years. Bar drifted a tiny bit. Pop.


If this is happening to you often, I'd bet Skillin's nuts that you're either a) starting with your center of mass a tiny bit too forward or b) your lats are lazy.

[Joe Jaloszynski]

What are your work set weights? Are you not dragging the bar up your legs?

[Crazyguywithasword]

As fatigue accumulates, I do have a tougher time maintaining proper hip/back angle and it has never happened before the 4th rep in my work set, so I'm inclined to blame it on that.

The disheartening part is how easily I can jank myself up...this most recent bout happened pulling a measly 300 lbs, which is especially light considering I squat in the low 300's for 5x3.

[Joe Jaloszynski]

Form check is in order. For deads and squats, my guess.

[Jerm48]

I experience the same thing quite a bit and noticed I have a tendency to not drag the bar up my shins all the way up due to my them being beat up as is.

[brkriete]

Maybe you should try pulling a couple sets of triples instead of 5s so that you can keep your form dialed in.