DL form check

[DogMan]

Hi all - decided to get a form check on the DL since recently taking a good look at form and trying to tighten things up. Thanks in advance for the critiques!

Here's the video. 5x295lbs -
Deadlift 5x295 - YouTube

[Kelli Nielson]

In your set up before you start your pull, pull your shoulder blades down tight. Lock your back and make a nice smooth push off the floor.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Jeremy Tully]

You are not setting your back. Squeeze your chest up way harder before pulling. It may help you to think about pointing your nipples forward. Additionally, squeeze the bar off the floor rather than yanking as you are doing in this vid.

[DogMan]

Damn. Well I know what I must do... Thanks for the tips guys.

Quick question though - should the back be perfectly straight the whole time? I've watched Rip's art of manliness video on the DL and that dude has still got the tiniest round in the low back.

[Adam Skillin]

Quick question though - should the back be perfectly straight the whole time?

Yes.

[DogMan]

Yes.

Word

[DogMan]

Hey guys, tried to set my back with lighter weight. Better?
Deadlift 5x225 - YouTube

[Greg Ruhl]

I think you may have misinterpreted Kelli's suggestion r.e. the shoulder blades. It looks like you're trying to pinch your shoulder blades together (instead of down) and that's not leaving you enough to finish tightening the lower back. See where your head & chest push down towards the floor @ 19 seconds (right before you lift)? Instead of dropping the chest down like that, think of rotating your chest through your arms so your nipples point forward (they won't, but that's the mental image / cue). That action will help get the entire back into the correct position. We should see your lower back tighten and not your butt dropping down during the squeeze.

[DogMan]

I think you may have misinterpreted Kelli's suggestion r.e. the shoulder blades.

Yep I see what you're saying. I've been having a shoulder issue, so all I've been thinking about lately is squeezing my shoulder blades together. Thanks a lot for the specific advice. I re-read the DL chapter as well and will give it another shot on Monday.

[Ice-man]

Deadlift for check 110kg reset - YouTube