Deadlift technique tips

[Ristretto]

Do you guys have any tips or tricks or other suggestions to improve my technique.

[Dastardly]

You have the bar too far from your legs and your hips too low. Do you not notice the bar hitting your knees on both the way up and down?

Get the bar in closer and setup with you hips a little higher. Once you have this right, focus on breaking the weight off the ground by pressing the floor away with your legs, NOT just standing up by lifting your back.

[GrantB13]

On the way down, don't just collapse. Break your hip angle and then your knees. The bar is traveling around your knees on the way down and it shouldn't. It should be identical up and down. Like the last post, get the bar closer and it will allow you to raise your hips and use your legs.

[Ristretto]

Thanks alot!

I talked to some guys before about deadlifting and they convinced me I should start with the hip lower (as I am doing now). From watching the film and listening to you I realize they were pretty far off the track...

[elVarouza]

Your hips need to be just a little bit higher, not a ton. Watch your back angle as you pull. Your back angle decreases (chest drops) until you're in the proper place to begin pulling. Set up in that proper place from the start.

[Ristretto]

Thanks for the feedback. Tried adjusting the hip position last workout and it felt a ton better.

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[Ristretto]

Filmed todays session too. Felt really crappy during the whole workout.
The lifts feel better, but not 100 % great... I'd appreciate some more feedback!

[Dastardly]

Your pull is great now (the upward part). But you are hitting your knees on the way down. An easy fix though; dont bend your knees so much so soon when lowering the bar. Try to keep them nearly straight until the bar passes the knees, then you may bend knees as much as you like.

[Ristretto]

Thanks. I'll try flexing the hips while keeping knees extended. That should help keeping the bar closer for the next rep.

[elVarouza]

The bar is too far from your legs at the start. Look at the bar path on the last few reps of the 147.5. It's not straight at all. If you put the bar down away from your legs you must readjust your position to watch it should be.