Form check on deadlift please

[kap73]

Ok so ive never been taught this lift ive always just walked up to te bar and lifted it like i was lifting something at work. I dont use straps just chalk. When i watch the videos i dont know if its good or bad (obvisously seen way worse with rounding of backs)

I would appreciate it if a few of u ran ur eye over it and said it how it was...

First video 120kg


Second video 150kg (didnt mean to bounce 2nd rep)



Cheers in advance

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Looks alright to me, although that weight doesn't look very challenging to you, so there could be form breakdown on heavier sets.

A couple small things, you're hyperextending your back a little, letting the bar come down too slow, which wastes energy and I can't tell for sure as I'm on my phone, but it looks like you're wearing shoes with cushion. If that's the case get different ones or pull in socks.

Overall not bad though. I'd say you'll get some more opinions before long, too.

 

[brutus79]

Biggest problem is the shoes- they are putting you on your toes when you should be driving with heels and hammies. Lose the shoes and post a new video if you want, but that should solve the problem.

 

[jJjburton]

Don't look up. Look straight ahead. Head stable. Someone said on this forum once which was good advice. Look as if you are looking 10-15 feet ahead of you. Try not to look in mirror. I know it is hard. Also try to keep bar 1-2 inches away from you body the whole time. It will come with time. From your shins to your hips the bar should never fall foward. You will figure it out. I want to say don't do as much of a squat but its better then using to much back. Others here will help you with more. Looks good other wise. It could be you are coming up to quick with you shoulders. But It's just trial and error.

Actually watching it again You keep the bar perfectly away from your body scratch that first comment. Just your head placement. But I understand you are looking in mirror to check your form out also. Soo.. yea

 

[RodgerThat]

Your strong that's for sure but technique could use some tweeking and especially as the weights get higher cause like @Perrin Aybara says it looks easy to you and the real bad form breakdowns is when someone is trying 90%+ of their 1rm but I digress.

Head should be inline with the torso so that there is no cervical spine extension, to get this look 6-8 feet infront of you on the ground and never face a mirror for a deadlift or squat for that matter. A mirror only tells you one plain of movement and the least important one at that. You are not taking proper breaths you should work on the valsalva technique a bit in order to flatten out your lower lumbar as you are getting slight rounding and relying on the belt to hold your pressure instead of using the belt to add extra pressure. The bar path is good but make sure it doesn't fade at all from the shins and knees the bar should scrap up your legs to keep your scapulas inline with the bar until you break past the knees, @jJjburton that is why you wear long socks when pulling a deadlift because if you fade away from your body you increase the moment arm of the weight thus decreasing the leverage power you have.

Now for the shoes you absolutely have to lose them when pulling, deadlift slippers cost 10 dollars I'd go with those if your gym doesn't allow socks.

Final tip, treat every rep in the set as if it's a single, meaning pause at the bottom take a big breath then explode up.

Here is a video you should be able to pick up some extra things on that's just to combersum for me to type out on my phone

 

[Docd187123]

Dead lift videos are best done directly from the side without an angle.

It looks like you're starting with the weight forward past mid foot which is pulling you forward onto your toes at the end like Brutus said.

 

[jJjburton]

Don't look up. Look straight ahead. Head stable. Someone said on this forum once which was good advice. Look as if you are looking 10-15 feet ahead of you. Try not to look in mirror. I know it is hard. Also try to keep bar 1-2 inches away from you body the whole time. It will come with time. From your shins to your hips the bar should never fall foward. You will figure it out. I want to say don't do as much of a squat but its better then using to much back. Others here will help you with more. Looks good other wise. It could be you are coming up to quick with you shoulders. But It's just trial and error.

Actually watching it again You keep the bar perfectly away from your body scratch that first comment. Just your head placement. But I understand you are looking in mirror to check your form out also. Soo.. yea

I have flat feet. Going barefoot kills my feet. So if thats the case for you just stay on your heels.

 

[kap73]

Thanks all the replies i really appreciate it, as for shoes thats purely my fault i have weightlifting shoes. I just walked into the shed and decided to try out some deads. Next video i will wear them. I will work on my head position aswell. Deadlifts are something ive rarely done as my job already takes a toll on my back. But im keen to push the limits now. Thanks again

 

[kap73]

Its also good to know im not doin it completely wrong. I knew i wasnt doing ot perfect but glad no one said dude stop what ur doing lol

 

[rem03]

If your looking for some decent deadlift shoes that won't break the bank chucks have always been great for Deads and squats

 

[insaiyan93]

Looks good, like others said it'd be good to see with a more challenging weight for you, but all in all not bad.

 

[jJjburton]

Looks good, like others said it'd be good to see with a more challenging weight for you, but all in all not bad.

But be careful with your back if you already have a job that uses it like that. I just hurt mine first time in my life because of my dam job. Never happened to me before my job.

 

[Stas]

Here is a video you should be able to pick up some extra things on that's just to combersum for me to type out on my phone

You forgot to add a very important thing that he's a natural too !

 

[UncleB]

I don't mean to appear contrary, but you might look up some YouTube videos of WR pulls in different weight classes over the years. Almost none of them follow the given advice. Conventional style lifters often nearly stiff leg the weight up, with the bar in contract with their shins. Coan and Inaba used to look at the ceiling. Etc.

 

[RodgerThat]

I don't mean to appear contrary, but you might look up some YouTube videos of WR pulls in different weight classes over the years. Almost none of them follow the given advice. Conventional style lifters often nearly stiff leg the weight up, with the bar in contract with their shins. Coan and Inaba used to look at the ceiling. Etc.

You aren't wrong at all but there is something to consider. That is body mechanics and level of experience with that movement. The advice I've given him is a universal movement that will work with any body type. I realize not all top level guys pull like this and most pull round back as well but you don't teach someone at a lower level to do that you build the foundation and once that is built you can implement different things that will add a pound here and pound there. I personally find looking up to be detrimental to my deadlift and there's no way I could stiff leg it up but I have been trying to incorporate rounded shoulders as to have a better leverage starting point but this stuff is all moot until a certain point. OP you are doing good and with the minor tweaks and deadlifting in the 3-5 rep range you will make that movement very smooth and be picking up massive weights

 

[UncleB]

Just imagine how much he could have lifted if his form was good... Or if he had wraps, a new DL suit, etc

PS, the beard is the secret to 900+.

 

[jaymaximus]

Just imagine how much he could have lifted if his form was good... Or if he had wraps, a new DL suit, etc

PS, the beard is the secret to 900+.

A good beard is the secret to all heavy lifts. Its scientific fact* that a beard can add 10-19% to all your 1RMs.

*Do not google this. Trust me.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

A good beard is the secret to all heavy lifts. Its scientific fact* that a beard can add 10-19% to all your 1RMs.

*Do not google this. Trust me.

I'm pretty sure this was proven to be a fact on Mythbusters.

 

[jJjburton]

I'm pretty sure this was proven to be a fact on Mythbusters.

Also Bill Nye the Science guy did an episode on it.

 

[UncleB]

Lama Gant - maybe the greatest deadlifter of all time. Not only is he looking at the ceiling, his head is off at a crazy angle.



Look at all the talc on his legs. Definitely keeps the bar as close to his body as possible to way past his knees.

My point is individual differences: nobody knows how you should deadlift. Your personal form has to be found via experimentation with max singles.