DL clip, please critique form.

[Demondosage]

Ok, that's pretty good, but how many feral cats have you exterminated?

I'm just critiquing the deadlift video here, thats all

 

[Demondosage]

I also cannot see your head at the top of the lift, but one thing you want to get in the habit of is tucking the chin into the top of your chest at the top of the pull, it'll protect the upper spine region and neck. It's hard to get in the habit of doing this but you'll see what I mean. It's easy to strain the neck/upper spine area when you get heavier and don't do this, and this was advice I finally got from some top powerlifters one day.

Also work on driving the hips forward, one good way to practice this is to do kettlebell swings where the popping of your hips is what raises the kettlebell, not your arm. Once I got to about 600 lbs I had to do ancillary moves to help increase my pull. I also don't go to failure on deads but once every month or so. If you fail on a bench or squat you'll recover faster, but fail on a deadlift and it'll completely wipe you out for awhile concerning the recovery of the nervous system

 

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Demon thanks a bunch, appreciate the knowledge sharing and yr time.

If you start deeper does that mean its your leg strength getting the weight moving off the ground more so than your back?

I tried it and added 10kg to my 1rm, I thought I was going to topple over backwards at the start of the lift but the weight seems to bring you straight up again anyways.

Anyoo, thanks for gaining me the small increment of 10kgs on my first dead lift since the vid...I'm happy with that.

 

[Demondosage]

Demon thanks a bunch, appreciate the knowledge sharing and yr time.

If you start deeper does that mean its your leg strength getting the weight moving off the ground more so than your back?

I tried it and added 10kg to my 1rm, I thought I was going to topple over backwards at the start of the lift but the weight seems to bring you straight up again anyways.

Anyoo, thanks for gaining me the small increment of 10kgs on my first dead lift since the vid...I'm happy with that.

It's normal to feel like you'll fall back, but you won't since you're holding the bar. Yea, it's your legs driving it to the knee level to start, and since legs are the largest muscles in the body( as well as glutes) you want to take full advantage of that. Everyone has a little tweak to their style, but their are a few fundamentals that work for most.

Once you build up the lift and your back you can actually round out a little and it won't hurt you , almost everyone rounds out to some degree when they go balls heavy , the key is to build yourself up enough to protect yourself even if this happens a tad.

I also start a heavy pull with a roll towards my ankles. The bar will be a couple feet away, then I roll towards me and when it gets near my ankles I drive up

 

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Ah gotcha, I actually thought DL was a back exercise.

I can't wait to hit it again, will wait a week.....recovery etc.