I would really appreciate some form check on these DLs. How is my back angle? How is the lift and how is my descent?

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PS how are my squats? I can't help feeling like something is wrong, and I also hate how slow they are

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Back looks fine to me on the DL, if not absolutely perfect. Bend later in the knees on the descent.

Squat looks good. Slow because they're heavy imo.

Trying to build up my quad from a knee injury and I want to transition to Oly lifting once I get back to 100%

I know 2 arm swings r relatively easy to do properly but do u feel the same way for all kb workouts? Snatches , windmills , and TgU's seem like they would be harder to do than most other exercises .

I didn't really elaborate because I can't. some of that stuff I hadn't seen before, so I youtubed them and it all looked like what you were doing. meh.

siQ - I think both of those lifts looks pretty awesome

both lifts look pretty good siq.

deadlifts, I like thinking about getting my shoulders behind the bar to really load up the posterior chain. I don't get my shoulders that far back, but that's my mental cue.

squats look pretty good. They're slow because they're getting near max for you. Just comes with the territory.

anyone know what they're doing when it comes to sumo?

sumo pulls

I posted this in my log:



Thoughts? I'm actively driving my ass out as far as I can, even though it doesn't really look like it.

go slower and keep the bar in contact with your body at all times

I'm confused, why are you not pulling the bar from the floor?

245lbs
the squat rack itself is tilted at a small angle from the wall (the left side of the cage, from your viewing point, is farther from the wall than the right side), but it still looks like the bar is uneven and im still doing some kind of funky stuff, right?
I do have slight spinal alignment problems (my right-hand side tilts slightly lower than my left side) but IDK if that has an effect here.

Looks good- keep driving those knees out especially on the way up.

Shamrock, that looks like a good low bar squat with the bar too high. For HBBS chest stays up, your ass does not go as far back and your knees come more forward on the descent. If you are aiming at strengthening the quads with oly lifting in the future, front squats would be a much better choice and or add them in as the primary with HBBS as secondary.

your stance is really wide for conventional DL. and yeah, why aren't you going all the way down?

Hi SiQ,

I have been following your squat/shoulder issues for a while including on Rip's site. When you say your right side tilts slightly lower what is actually tilting lower? When someone has one leg shorter than the other, the shoulder of the short leg will be higher. Of course there can be other issues. Have you gotten a diagnosis of your problem?

When you set up for the first rep and on the descent the bar is tilted down on the right side but on the way up it tilts up slightly. After that it seems to go down fairly evenly but the right side still tilts up on the way up.

Then I looked at your body and there was some sideways motion of the hips on the way up. Your right knee looks ok but your left knee in coming in on the way up. Most of your videos are from the back or side and I don't recall if you had posted front views before.

siq and nuggetz

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/issa63.htm RDL not DL

deadlifting 195 come on thats just hurtful to me

wasn't aware of them. carry on.

waq, as I said I do have a small spinal alignment problem. like a mild case of scoliosis.

however, looking at the vid again I think the actual problem may be the bar in relation to the wall. I may be squaring up to the wall (natural) and since the rack is at a slight angle I may be placing the bar slightly lower on my right side than my left? IDK it could still just be my spine.

I've posted a few vids before and left knee caving / sideways hip motion has been a problem before. IDK how much of a problem it is or how to fix it.

Is my stance possibly too wide? Should I consider resetting the squat to fix this?

I don't know enough to determine if your stance is too wide but it looks ok.

The knee cave is something that needs to be corrected. As KC has said a good cue for keeping the knees out is to think about externally rotating the feet. It is the external rotators in the hip that do this. When the knee caves the ability of the adductors to extend the hip is lessened. Not to mention the stress on the knee. I would do whatever it takes to correct this. In Rips Practical Programming he mentions that novices should warm up differently. Instead of the typical 3 reps then 2 reps for the last warmup sets use 5 reps in order to work on the form.

fyi, my advice was assuming they were RDLs

i noe ima try it

yea, overall they just look a little out of control, to me the movement does not need heavy weight at all (when done correctly). Just a very controlled decent, get a great stretch in the hamstrings by keeping your ass back and lower back extended, and then squeeze the glutes to complete the lift.

That's how I do em anyways, works out pretty well. Something like pull-throughs can be a nice substitution if you cannot get the feel of RDLs.

I realized last night that it is physically impossible to stick your ass out farther without moving your feet or lots of knee bend.

It is attached to ur legs

so idk

2nd try. Will start mixing in more FS.

Man I'd just stick with LBBS if you're gonna do FS as well. Perfect LBBS form, heh. Chest was higher here though. I'd try keeping my elbows straight under the bar, helps for me.