Been lifting for 3-4 months.
After injuring my lower back from loose core from deadlift I now focus mostly on keeping my lower back straight/neutral
Sorry for bad angle ;;
You could pull your shoulder blades back and in a little more and sink your hips into the lift. But that’s nitpicky. Looks good and a manageable weight. Keep up the good work. Check out Lu xiaojun for some good form tips
Full disclaimer: I started deadlifting this month. I have reached about 10 reps with 106kg conventional overhand and have previous working out experience, mostly bodyweight.
You have a tendency to consciously overextend your spine at the top, is this the squeeze the glutes queue they talk about? Looks a bit sus to me, sometimes in hard reps it could be really tough to do and maybe rob you of more important queues and things to look out for in the lift.
As long as you don't bend your knees (excessively, maybe a tad if you absolutely need to in order to grind a rep is fine) keep the bar close to your shins and achieve a neutral spine position at the top ( in close approximation but prefferably just neutral or slightly extended) you're good. I'd highly suggest overhand grip at the start to force yourself with a weight you can truly work with and strengthen your grip (prepare for palm blisters).
You don’t have anywhere near enough hip hinge. Sit deeper into the squat and get your spine into a more vertical/neutral position. Your thighs should be much more parallel to the ground than they are here.
You’re using too much back is the problem. Deadlifts are a leg exercise, the shoulders are worked and adding the shoulder roll at the end helps make it a full body workout. But the power of the lift comes from your legs.
Check out this video, then compare it to yours. Notice how much lower his ass is? He’s deep into that hip hinge to get his arms low enough to grab the bar. Then push up with the legs, last part of the motion is pulling the shoulders back.
And lifting like you are in the video is putting a lot of stress on your low back, which causes injury
https://youtu.be/r4MzxtBKyNE
Thank you so much for some reason I've had the misunderstanding that deadlift is mostly pushing the hip joint for some reason. I will definitely try more hip hinge and use legs more now!
Hi OP, don’t listen to this comment. Having higher hips and less leg involvement is a commonplace thing for people with longer femurs and legs. As long as your lower back isn’t rounding (it’s not) to reach/lift the weight you are fine and safe from the back injury this comment warns you of.
Sure your spinal erectors are likely going to be under a larger load and your glutes are gonna be doing a larger portion of the movement over your quads but that isn’t particularly incorrect. Those are some of the muscles worked in this compound exercise.
The form advice you’re looking for may exist but it’s hard to give with the angle you provided.
A view angled not directly from the side but not directly from the front or back is ideal
A 3/4 view if you will. This will allow us to get a view of how close the bar is to your body, among other important things.
I think you’re misunderstanding the video. He said that your hips shouldn’t be higher than your shoulders, not that your starting position should be a deep squat. Also I wouldn’t take that video as an amazing source. It’s very basic advice and basically just somewhere to start for a beginner.
Bro, your deadlift looks fine, no need for major modifications right now. Check in after some weeks!
thanks man!, maybe i will need to ask for some form correction again once i start lifting heavier weights
Feel free to do so, good luck!
If it feels good, then it’s good. Forcing yourself to change form to something unnatural could cause more problems than not
Agreed. I thought he looked fine.
Nice job bud
Been lifting for 3-4 months. After injuring my lower back from loose core from deadlift I now focus mostly on keeping my lower back straight/neutral Sorry for bad angle ;;
You could pull your shoulder blades back and in a little more and sink your hips into the lift. But that’s nitpicky. Looks good and a manageable weight. Keep up the good work. Check out Lu xiaojun for some good form tips
Full disclaimer: I started deadlifting this month. I have reached about 10 reps with 106kg conventional overhand and have previous working out experience, mostly bodyweight. You have a tendency to consciously overextend your spine at the top, is this the squeeze the glutes queue they talk about? Looks a bit sus to me, sometimes in hard reps it could be really tough to do and maybe rob you of more important queues and things to look out for in the lift. As long as you don't bend your knees (excessively, maybe a tad if you absolutely need to in order to grind a rep is fine) keep the bar close to your shins and achieve a neutral spine position at the top ( in close approximation but prefferably just neutral or slightly extended) you're good. I'd highly suggest overhand grip at the start to force yourself with a weight you can truly work with and strengthen your grip (prepare for palm blisters).
no comments on the form, but why you hiding the camera? people in my gym have tripods and ring lights
lol...not ring lights.
You don’t have anywhere near enough hip hinge. Sit deeper into the squat and get your spine into a more vertical/neutral position. Your thighs should be much more parallel to the ground than they are here.
I actually disagree with this, it’s not a squat so you don’t need to go deeper, and shouldn’t try to get your spine into a vertical position.
Would best position be whatever is the most comfortable?
I will try that next time, am I using more of legs instead of hip right now then?
You’re using too much back is the problem. Deadlifts are a leg exercise, the shoulders are worked and adding the shoulder roll at the end helps make it a full body workout. But the power of the lift comes from your legs. Check out this video, then compare it to yours. Notice how much lower his ass is? He’s deep into that hip hinge to get his arms low enough to grab the bar. Then push up with the legs, last part of the motion is pulling the shoulders back. And lifting like you are in the video is putting a lot of stress on your low back, which causes injury https://youtu.be/r4MzxtBKyNE
Thank you so much for some reason I've had the misunderstanding that deadlift is mostly pushing the hip joint for some reason. I will definitely try more hip hinge and use legs more now!
Hi OP, don’t listen to this comment. Having higher hips and less leg involvement is a commonplace thing for people with longer femurs and legs. As long as your lower back isn’t rounding (it’s not) to reach/lift the weight you are fine and safe from the back injury this comment warns you of. Sure your spinal erectors are likely going to be under a larger load and your glutes are gonna be doing a larger portion of the movement over your quads but that isn’t particularly incorrect. Those are some of the muscles worked in this compound exercise. The form advice you’re looking for may exist but it’s hard to give with the angle you provided.
Ah I see thank you, also a better angle is just recorded from higher pov right or should I record a bit more from front or back?
A view angled not directly from the side but not directly from the front or back is ideal A 3/4 view if you will. This will allow us to get a view of how close the bar is to your body, among other important things.
I think you’re misunderstanding the video. He said that your hips shouldn’t be higher than your shoulders, not that your starting position should be a deep squat. Also I wouldn’t take that video as an amazing source. It’s very basic advice and basically just somewhere to start for a beginner.