On January 18 2014 14:19 Catch wrote: Form check Friiiiiiday.
I just cannot seem to figure out the deadlift. It is really hurting me. Squatting 315 lbs (to parallel), but struggled with 305 yesterday. I changed my form from being a pretty wide (and inefficient stance, I think) to a more narrow and traditional deadlift. I'm not very consistent yet; last week I nailed 300 x 3, yet yesterday I failed on my first attempt at 305. I just can't figure out proper form and what I'm doing wrong.
I took a video. It's a bit off center and I'm wearing black sweatpants (I had no shorts with me) but it was the best I could do at the time. Once I clear mid-knee, you can see my knees shaking like crazy. Hamstring problems? I don't know.
Help me out, please.
Video doesn't work Most problems in the deadlift after clearing the ground happen because the lifter tries to pull with his back instead of squeezing his glutes (after clearing the ground many ppl relax their glutes and try to "pull" the weight, this might be happening to you)
The deadlift is a butt squeeze while keeping your back straight more than anything. Imagine getting ur abs/lats tight, then load your hamstring against the bar (this pulls the slack of the bar) and then just focus on squeezing your glutes all the way from bottom to lockdown.
Anyways. That makes a lot of sense to me. My lockouts felt super strong when I hinged on my glutes, basically. I'll have to give that a shot. I just am going to be annoyed if I have to lift even lighter, but it looks like so so that I can fix my form.
On January 18 2014 14:19 Catch wrote: Form check Friiiiiiday.
I just cannot seem to figure out the deadlift. It is really hurting me. Squatting 315 lbs (to parallel), but struggled with 305 yesterday. I changed my form from being a pretty wide (and inefficient stance, I think) to a more narrow and traditional deadlift. I'm not very consistent yet; last week I nailed 300 x 3, yet yesterday I failed on my first attempt at 305. I just can't figure out proper form and what I'm doing wrong.
I took a video. It's a bit off center and I'm wearing black sweatpants (I had no shorts with me) but it was the best I could do at the time. Once I clear mid-knee, you can see my knees shaking like crazy. Hamstring problems? I don't know.
(after clearing the ground many ppl relax their glutes and try to "pull" the weight, this might be happening to you)
The deadlift is a butt squeeze while keeping your back straight more than anything. Imagine getting ur abs/lats tight, then load your hamstring against the bar (this pulls the slack of the bar) and then just focus on squeezing your glutes all the way from bottom to lockdown.
@Catch, I'm not gonna act like I am one of the forum veterans and know how to use perfect form, as I am still learning, but I do have one bit of advice. Before you go down to grip the bar, make sure to tighten your whole core, from the butt to the upper back. And then when you go down to grip the bar, maybe bend your knees a little bit more as it kind of looks like your hamstring flexibility makes you round your back a little bit when gripping the bar. Although you put it back into a straight position after that from what you can see on the video, it is always better to keep a flat back throughout the set up so that there is no chance that you might accidentally not be able to get back into that flat back position.
Edit: Might as well not waste another post, but I wanted to throw up some short term goals real quick. Gonna try to max out February 3rd so I have about 2 weeks to get back as much of my beginner gains as I can. Gonna go for the following: Bodyweight: 180lbs Bench Press: 250lbs Back Squat: 335lbs Clean: 235lbs Deadlift: 375lbs Front Squat: 250lbs OHP (3x5): 125lbs
Only one that I have a little worry about is bench press and maybe bodyweight. But I think if I can stick to no processed foods (does milk count as a processed food? Oh well, processed foods minus milk then) then I should be able to cut some fat.
Milk isn't considered processed food but a lot of people have lactose intolerance of some degree and therefore avoid it. If you feel fine drinking it then by all means it's fine.
Thanks everyone! Should be loads of neat pictures and videos coming soon. I might have to adjust my goals for the year, I'm now only 8kg away from my goal total haha
Congrats. Quit rugby for a few months/years and qualify to fucking olympics srsly. You are like 20-30kg short at 105 and like 5kg at 94. Is this a national meet, like you are the best u105 in USA?
B 93.32 130 137 141 137 170 175 176 176 313 (20th place london 2012)
You could do either if you learn to weight cut properly, 8% bodyweight is really easy (and you can push it a bit more)
I would dismember babies to make raw powerlifting an olympic sport. Given it still won't happen, you must attain my dream.
On January 19 2014 14:51 decafchicken wrote: I just got my first compliment from my coach after 3 years. Think about how demoralizing those three years have been lol.
It seemed to be working pretty well haha. GJ dude!
I found out that bouldering is awesome. So I've done that 1-2 times a week so far, depending on other activities. Also doing some lifting. Not totally sure of my goals, but I try to have physical activity 3-5 times a week.
EPT![[image loading]](http://bangtees.com/image/cache/data/like_a_boss_500-500x500.png)
(Though my squat is higher than any of the girls, im so strong yeah)
