I have major issues at the bottom of my squat, where I can't handle the force from the weight and my spine angle tilts forward as I go past parallel. I'm not sure how to fix this... my legs are strong enough but my middle back basically succumbs to the weight. Do I go down slower? Do I try to focus on staying tall, keeping the chest up, and try to act against gravity? Advice appreciated :O
On February 23 2012 16:11 Froadac wrote: Here be thy form checks
They are both fucking bad. Need advice >.>
The biggest thing I noticed on your deadlift is you are sitting too far behind the bar. Make sure you are getting over the center of your foot like others have mentioned and get you shoulders out over the bar. You want your scapulae over the bar, not your shoulders. Your arms are not going to be perpendicular if you set up correctly. Also ride the bar up your legs the entire way.
This vid should help a lot:
I recommend watching the deadlift alignment vids on the sidebar as well.
Don't squat in jeans, they restrict your movement and fuck with form. One thing to note though is you want your wrists inline/over the bar, not under it. You want to be pressing the bar into your back with your hands, not supporting the bar with your hands.
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The biggest thing I noticed on your deadlift is you are sitting too far behind the bar. Make sure you are getting over the center of your foot like others have mentioned and get you shoulders out over the bar. You want your scapulae over the bar, not your shoulders. Your arms are not going to be perpendicular if you set up correctly. Also ride the bar up your legs the entire way.
I recommend watching the deadlift alignment vids on the sidebar as well.
Don't squat in jeans, they restrict your movement and fuck with form. One thing to note though is you want your wrists inline/over the bar, not under it. You want to be pressing the bar into your back with your hands, not supporting the bar with your hands.
That advice seems kind of contrary to the beginning of this:
I don't know whether shoulders should be in front as you say or behind as dave tate says, and I don't know what I do. I've been doing them for so long I just kind of pick the bar up and that's it, this is making me wonder whether I'm doing it right. If there is a right way to do it, as opinion seems to differ...
I swear I read/saw in an article by Rippetoe that when doing the deadlift, shoulders are in front because you actually break the weight off the floor when the scapulas are above the bar. This results is your arms being slightly not perpendicular. I'm still looking for where I saw it.
The biggest thing I noticed on your deadlift is you are sitting too far behind the bar. Make sure you are getting over the center of your foot like others have mentioned and get you shoulders out over the bar. You want your scapulae over the bar, not your shoulders. Your arms are not going to be perpendicular if you set up correctly. Also ride the bar up your legs the entire way.
I recommend watching the deadlift alignment vids on the sidebar as well.
Don't squat in jeans, they restrict your movement and fuck with form. One thing to note though is you want your wrists inline/over the bar, not under it. You want to be pressing the bar into your back with your hands, not supporting the bar with your hands.
That advice seems kind of contrary to the beginning of this:
I don't know whether shoulders should be in front as you say or behind as dave tate says, and I don't know what I do. I've been doing them for so long I just kind of pick the bar up and that's it, this is making me wonder whether I'm doing it right. If there is a right way to do it, as opinion seems to differ...
First of all, thank all of you guys for your kind words. I actually did not expect that 15 different guys would congratulate me so enthusiasticly.
So, here is a video of my two chin-ups today. I added the second set, because there was considerable leg-swing during the first one, and I did not want to leave any doubt that these are legit. Two different angles is also kind of nice:
Also, for shit and giggles, here is a video of me 7 months ago doing Power Cleans at around 160kg bodyweight, just to give you guys something to compare: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmxvyJ9ruAs
@eshlow: I added the video to my post yesterday, so you can use it for the testimonials (if I understood you right).
hmm i don't think where your shoulders are in relation to the bar really matters all that much as long as you maintain the main aspects of the deadlift, such as keeping the back flat, pushing with your glutes, etc. even though i try to keep my scapula a bit forward, i'm pretty sure my arms and shoulders conform to try to lift the weight off the ground. so i'm guessing if i start with the scapula a bit more behind, the positions of my shoulders and arms will inevitably follow.
On February 24 2012 07:58 Malinor wrote: First of all, thank all of you guys for your kind words. I actually did not expect that 15 different guys would congratulate me so enthusiasticly.
So, here is a video of my two chin-ups today. I added the second set, because there was considerable leg-swing during the first one, and I did not want to leave any doubt that these are legit. Two different angles is also kind of nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhGlM9y8IUY&feature=youtu.be
Also, for shit and giggles, here is a video of me 7 months ago doing Power Cleans at around 160kg bodyweight, just to give you guys something to compare: + Show Spoiler +
@eshlow: I added the video to my post yesterday, so you can use it for the testimonials (if I understood you right).
Baller. I remember when I suddenly realized that I could do 10 chins when the last time I tried I to be able do 0.5. It was mostly because of puberty but it still felt awesome.
The biggest thing I noticed on your deadlift is you are sitting too far behind the bar. Make sure you are getting over the center of your foot like others have mentioned and get you shoulders out over the bar. You want your scapulae over the bar, not your shoulders. Your arms are not going to be perpendicular if you set up correctly. Also ride the bar up your legs the entire way.
I recommend watching the deadlift alignment vids on the sidebar as well.
Don't squat in jeans, they restrict your movement and fuck with form. One thing to note though is you want your wrists inline/over the bar, not under it. You want to be pressing the bar into your back with your hands, not supporting the bar with your hands.
That advice seems kind of contrary to the beginning of this:
I don't know whether shoulders should be in front as you say or behind as dave tate says, and I don't know what I do. I've been doing them for so long I just kind of pick the bar up and that's it, this is making me wonder whether I'm doing it right. If there is a right way to do it, as opinion seems to differ...
That's weird o.O
Shoulders in front feels much better for me =\
Pull like Rippetoe when you start deadlifting. Pull like Dave Tate when you have experience and pull over 405lbs.
On February 24 2012 11:00 Froadac wrote: Damn flexibility :|
Can't get down enough.
*procedes to stretch*
I couldn't go parallel when I first started. Flexibility will eventually come to you. Something that I think helped me was trying to get in children's squat position like in this pic:
Obviously without a barbell or anything. My GF could do it but I couldn't, so she used to make fun of me for that. So I kept trying to do it and now I can :D.
ive gotten better too, one problem i have now is when i get into that position my feet are not flat on the ground. the outer edges of my feet become raised off the ground (eg the side of the foot that is facing us in the picture above). i think that is hip flexibility, it might still be foot flexibility tho (it would be side-to-side foot flexibility in this case, rather than ankle up-and-down flexibility..)
EPT
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