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shellieC

[Form check] - Deadlift - 190x3

  • Height/Weight: 5' 3"/128 lb
  • Deadlift: 3x190 lb
  • 1RM: 205 lb
  • Video

Apologies for the shitty angle, I didn't bring my tripod so I had to make do with what was available (propping up my phone on a barbell collar).

I haven't recorded my lifts in a while and my main reason for doing so was to check that my back isn't rounding. I can see that it isn't, well, not too much, but I feel it might become more of an issue as the weight gets heavier. Also, my hips seem to come up way too early. Is that a problem as long as my back doesn't round? Am I just starting with my hips too low?

Any other critiques/pointers are appreciated.

Posted Apr 5, 2012, 8:53 AM UTC

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motfok•

See how the bar is pushed forward by your shins when they touch the bar when you set up your first rep?

That causes your hips to drop a little lower and hence way they come up early. Aside from that, your lower back is fine. It looks like you're thinking "chest up" which is a good cue to keep the back straight.

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uallskaremeStrength Training - Novice•

If I remember right, try bending at the hips on the way down, and once the bar is below your knees bend those and drop it. If you bend your knees before this it will cause the bar to move away from your body. Leading to stress on the back.

Other than that it looks really solid.

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shellieCOPRubik's Cube Solver - Blindfolded•

A trainer at the gym told me to bend knees first to avoid potential rounding and injury in the lower back. Your way makes more sense though, because I hate when the bar hits my knees on the way down.

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black_cows•

That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Bending the knees will naturally take stress off the hamstrings and move it on to the spinal erectors which will definitely hurt at heavy weights. You can put the weight down by flexing the hips (i.e. moving them backwards) and keeping your posterior chain tight.

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uallskaremeStrength Training - Novice•

I would double check Rippetoe's videos if you want a better answer than mine (which I recommend), but that is how I do it.

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Magnusson•

Your trainer is wrong. Echoing the other comments that your hips are too low and thus the bar is too forward in your setup and it's being lowered around your knees.

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