Deadlift form check please

[jnow]

I have been having problems setting my back straight... It seems for some reason I can't set it straight...

Is it rounding terribly? 135 is not heavy for me btw; I can pull around 200 so it shouldn't be rounding at this weight. Yet it looks like my back angle is not perfect in every rep?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dLOc9DtgJ8

[Michael Wolf]

The main problem here is that you're not setting up in such a way that facilitates a vertical bar path over the mid-foot, and setting your back against the weight of the bar before pulling. I refer you, Jackie, to the famous and highly useful "Pulls from the floor" post: http://startingstrength.com/resource...ad.php?t=38978 Read that, including the link to Rip's 2010 post, and implement that in your deadlifts.

If you can, find a gym where you can use round plates as opposed to the pseudo round ones with the three flat areas on them that your gym currently has. They don't roll, and the weight tends to settle on the flat parts, making the bar a bit lower to the ground and also uneven.

[lou t]

The main problem here is that you're not setting up in such a way that facilitates a vertical bar path over the mid-foot, and setting your back against the weight of the bar before pulling. I refer you, Jackie, to the famous and highly useful "Pulls from the floor" post: http://startingstrength.com/resource...ad.php?t=38978 Read that, including the link to Rip's 2010 post, and implement that in your deadlifts.

If you can, find a gym where you can use round plates as opposed to the pseudo round ones with the three flat areas on them that your gym currently has. They don't roll, and the weight tends to settle on the flat parts, making the bar a bit lower to the ground and also uneven.

don't you just hate doing deads with flat plates....I bought 10 lbs round plastic training plates from Dick's...I sandwich them between two 45lbs....now the bsr doesn't roll and is at the right height....just watching your video is driving me nuts watching the bar dance all over the place....