DL Form Check

[Geoff Bischoff]

To whomever's got the conn: Second set of eyes appreciated. Wanted a look at the squat and bench, too, but the camera is still silly-buggers so I won't give you that headache.

Working set of 5 deadlifts at 350# from today at YouTube

Final lock-in at 21 seconds if you get bored waiting.

What I notice:

1) My head/neck isn't neutral. Need to normalize my gazepoint. Easy fix I think.

2) I see my toes wiggle at the top of every rep. I don't recall feeling this during the set, so ... not sure what to do about that? Not sure if something needs to be done?

Blessings and thanks for your time.

G

[Buckeyeguy]

I'm not an SSC but these look good to me. The only thing I see is that you're taking a breath at the top of the rep. As a result it looks like you're loosing a bit of tightness at the top of the rep. Stay tight for the entire rep and take your breath at the bottom get tight again and pull.

[coleossus]

Bar path steady, bar speed quick, looks like you locked out correctly without over-exaggerating. Kept your back nice and tight and straight, pulled close to your center. All very good.

I don't know how I feel about you breathing at the top of the rep, like Buckeyeguy says, but I wouldn't worry about the gaze or toe wiggle as long as neither lead to exaggerated issues. That was very much a wiggle, and your foot didn't appear to come off the floor, so I didn't see anything I'd redlight in a competition.

[Geoff Bischoff]

Thanks, gents.

That second-breath at the top; that all started because a) I feel like I need air, and b) I've tweaked myself coming down from the rep non-tight. So what you're seeing is my MacGyver-esque attempt to satisfy conditions of getting breath while still coming down tight.

I'll see if I really do have the breath to hold and come back down tight all in one go. I might just be babying myself.