Second week DL form check.

[jkarrasch]

Thanks for any input. Body weight 151# Set of five with 185#. SS workout #6.

http://youtu.be/hUYMD4ykf3w

[jkarrasch]

These have felt pretty good, main trouble was making sure I was lowering them right. Does the speed of the descent look correct? Thanks.

[BareSteel]

For the most part, these look pretty good. Force that chest position hard before you pull.

On the descent, it looks like your knees just slightly get in the way - it looks like a very minor deviation from your otherwise very straight line. See between 1:14 and 1:15. Visible, but very small.

Nice pull.

[jkarrasch]

Thanks.

Yeah, I saw the deviation with the knees. I have super bony, skinny legs and I am hoping with some more quad mass the bony knee effect will be mediated some. Lowering as if I'm doing an RDL then dropping faster has also helped.

[BareSteel]

Thanks.

Yeah, I saw the deviation with the knees. I have super bony, skinny legs and I am hoping with some more quad mass the bony knee effect will be mediated some.

Makes sense. You look fairly tall for 151#. I'm sure some extra body mass will help.

[Trewarin]

Stop looking in the mirror, look down forward.
If you can't stop looking, hang a yoga mat in your vision field

[ivancdg]

I agree with Trewarin that looking down and forward will make this much more comfortable.
Looks good otherwise.

[ivancdg]

How ironic: I just posted a deadlift video for a form check and realized that I look up too!
Takes one to know one...Glad I can now correct that.

[Trewarin]

I bang my chalk sock on the ground in front of me to give something definite to eyeball. Failing that stick a tennis ball under your chin until you get the relationship between it