Deadlift form check

[pantsaregood]

I feel like this looks awful. The bar is over the middle of my foot, exactly as Rip describes in his advocated setup. I arch my upper back hard, and it feels like my lower back is tight. I then pull.

When I watch, it looks to me like my lower back isn't completely extended. I can force a relatively rigid extension if I push my hips down really low, but at that point I'm at a horrific mechanical disadvantage.

Deadlifts frustrate me. I've been tempted to just pull semi-sumo or something, but I wouldn't be doing the program properly then.

What am I doing wrong? Is it bad enough that I should stop putting weight on the bar? I'm sick of going two steps forward, two steps back. I want to pull 400.

[Subsistence]

We can't see the bar on the floor, but from the angle of your arms and how you drop your hips I imagine you are pushing the bar forward. To arch the back you must raise the chest, not drop the hips.

[pantsaregood]

The bar isn't rolling forward. I placed two five pound plates in front of the plates loaded on the bar specifically so it couldn't move.

[Gunnhild Bruno]

It might just be too much weight for you, although you also need to do a better job with setup. Please get us a view that shows your whole body and that shows a rear 3/4 view as well (use a warmup set for additional view).

Why are you drenched in sweat? Is it very hot in your gym?

Also, what grip are you using? Chalk?

[pantsaregood]

I'm drenched in sweat because of a medication I'm on. It causes me to sweat profusely. Nothing I can do about it, really.

I use a double overhand grip until it fails, then switch to alternate grip.

Here are my last two videos. Slightly different angles.




To me, the second one looks a lot better.