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Originally Posted by ActionJeff
Your hips stop shooting at the start after the first rep but you stay in SLDL form with your back rounded. At the lockout of each rep, you are leaning way backwards which is a safety issue and can cause lower back problems, etc.
Yeah, I should have clipped out that first rep just so we could spend more productive time discussing what I can fix about the subsequent ones. I've been pretty casual in addressing the back rounding issue up to this point because while my back isn't in perfect extension, it doesn't round further under the load. I definitely get some soreness in the lower back after deadlift day, but it generally goes away quickly and I've never had pain.
Anyway, fix the back during setup, easier said than done but I got the message. Supposing I did so, isn't it possible that I'm proportionally built to deadlift in a way that looks more like a SLDL? I've tried setups that allowed for more knee flexion and leg drive off the floor and it generally doesn't work for me. I guess, specifically, I'm asking how I go about approaching this:
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You need to get your hips way further back and a little further down,
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How's your core strength? Can you glute bridge without hyperextending your back? Can you do a partial deadlift from the upright position and keep your back in neutral part of the way?
I don't know the answers to any of these questions. I'll probably change up my programming to do rack pulls on deadlift days while I practice pulls from the floor with lower weight on the other days that I train. Maybe I'll bring a rack pull vid to this thread next week.
Thanks a lot for the detailed response, Jeff.