looks really weird imo, like your whole torso is twisted to your left. your right forearm is in front of your right knee but your left arm is behind your left knee. using a mixed grip will always result in some asymmetry, but that seems extreme.

i would take a narrower stance and develop a repeatable strategy to get into a good position to pull.

that might just be the angle, I don't think its that extreme. I also rushed it a little bit cause i've never taken a video before and didn't know how long I had

the angle is probably adding to it, but i'm looking at it again and it is definitely not just the angle. watch the first 15 seconds. you walk up to the bar, grip it, and then at 00:13 you roll the bar so that it's no longer straight across your body but rotated counterclockwise. i can't see for sure but just before you pull it looks like the bar is contacting your left shin but not your right.

I see what you're saying now I thought you meant my hands were too off center. the floor at the gym isn't level or something, the bar usually rolls on one side. idk wtf im doing rolling the bar I don't think I normally do that.

Hi guys, just starting lifting/SS and would appreciate a form check for my squats, I assume an angle that has my feet in would be a bit more helpful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn7pdafyzPY

And deadlifts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijteIp2PUMc

Thanks.

get your chest up on dl bro

Hi guys,

another form check please. This is me DL'ing 105kg. Comments appreciated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoKCi27Hxdw

Takes a while before I start and it doesn't show all reps, meh..

neok, looks ok but I'd follow Rip's setup (linked earlier in thread). Finish standing up properly, which is basically standing up straight, fully extending your anterior hip flexors.

sippin_criss, those look like real solid HBBS from that angle.

The deadlifts need a ton of work however. Have you read the starting strength book?
-Each rep is supposed to begin from the floor.
-Your back is grossly rounded.
-The bar should be over the middle of your feet for the entire rep (in contact with your shins, wearing long pants prevents this from hurting). The bar on your reps is way out over your toes.
-Hips need to get lower on the set up and chest needs to get squeezed up.

Those are just some basic starting points. You really need to read the starting strength book to fully grasp it or at the very least watch Rip's deadlifting videos on youtube.

sippin - what cc & ps said

The low back rounding is a big deal. Dont let that happen when you're lifting weights. That is one way to damage/wear out the discs in your low back.

Read this: http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...tion_for_power

my gym, which happens to have a convenient ledge for me to rest a cameraphone on right next to the squat rack, is closing. the new gym i'm going to doesn't have such a ledge. is there an obvious way to record myself that i'm not thinking of?

most gyms have boxes or aerobic stepping boards.

but those are flat and i've found they don't square up flush with the wall usually, so the phone is on a slant. idk i'll just figure something out i guess

I use one of the boxes and those pad things ppl put on the bar for squats. Unhitch the velcro and you can set it down flat on the bench, then set your phone against it. Works flawlessly for me at least with an Iphone

didn't realize you said camera phone and not just camera. stack some plates on a box and lean your phone on them?

O hi everyone, I did a billion reps at lower weight today cuz Cha told me to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QstZHGrF4 - deadlifts to one of the greatest songs man will ever know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=par_xiVIR8s - RDLs to... some different music


I watched all this between sets and on the last set of DLs I tried to do it my old way because it looked like I was rounding too much. Then I saw the Rip video and my former sets look like that.

In other words, I have no idea what's going on. towelie.jpg

****ing genius

Try to stick your butt back farther when you do RDLs. How is the adductor after doing that? Did it bother you at all during that?

No adductor pain at all.

WRT butt

I tried, really, really hard to push my butt out more, I can't physically do it, and I don't exactly know what I'm supposed to be doing. I can't figure out the mechanics behind it in my head. Like someone saying "close your mouth, now stick your tongue out"

All I can think of is stiffening my knees to lockout and beyond but I know that's wrong.

Deadlifts were acceptable? Maybe even... fine? :O <3

The DLs - I'm having a hard time telling if you're bending at the hip or the low back. If its at the hip, they're probably fine, except you look like your trying to move the weight in slow motion. If its light weight for you, stand up fast.

Have you read this? http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...4A-mcd02.hydra

love handle lump imo.

idk what that means

That link, Cha, says lower back should be slightly rounded, Rip's video has the guy's lowe back looking like a McDonald's arch. I'd watch the T-nation video but it isn't loading and it appears it isn't hosted on Youtube.

KPowers - your DL form imo looks good but I didn't watch every rep, that was a really long video. At first, I assumed the video was in slow mo' intentionally via editing to make it seem more epic. But yeah, when you're doing DLs you aren't supposed to be able to jerk it up like a power lift, but you should be able to get it going faster than that.

You don't want your lower back flexing or rounded. You do want to "set it" in the sense that your lower back is naturally at an angle when straight and there should be some curve to your back. But when it's set, ideally it won't move at all and stay 100% solid so it can help stabilize the weight your arms are holding and protect your spine.

No it doesnt. Read it again and quote whatever part you think says that.

Here's a brief vid: http://www.youtube.com/robtrainsyste.../0/lY0R2UI-7ko

oh lordosis is in lol

Yeah, the video, and the rip one, both show perfect rdls, but i dont know how to make it happen. I tried a billion different things, bending the knees at the end, the beginning, the whole time

*shrug*

EDIT: I was reall forcing extra hard LB flexion.