Help with Dead Lifts

[pfunk]

...I think your form is good on the first reps. The bar gets further out in front of you on the second and third reps. Like they said above, with deadlifts, it's sometimes better to regroup on the bottom for every rep you do

[Suzanne]

Ok wil work on that That's why i wear pants on DL/rack pull days i have tore up my quads on rack pulls wearing shorts so i will work on ripping up the shins

[pfunk]

Ok wil work on that That's why i wear pants on DL/rack pull days i have tore up my quads on rack pulls wearing shorts so i will work on ripping up the shins

yay, either that or some long socks...which would be hard to do with vibrams on. One of the reasons I got the Merrills (http://www.amazon.com/Merrell-True-G...0378255&sr=8-2), the soles are vibrams but the toe compartment is not individualized and is easy to wear socks with them.

[Suzanne]

I think it went much better this week. I slid the bar right up my shins. I also wore my chucks which give me an extra 1/2-1 inch so bar was a bit lower down my shin. Seemed to go up much easier.

Thanks!

[fudo myo]

listen to pfunks setup. but on leg days if you throw in old school hack squats with the bar behind you being pulled from the ground it will help reinforce balancing different and on deadlift day youll start to feel like your falling foward if your not pulling up from a deeper start.

[Suzanne]

listen to pfunks setup. but on leg days if you throw in old school hack squats with the bar behind you being pulled from the ground it will help reinforce balancing different and on deadlift day youll start to feel like your falling foward if your not pulling up from a deeper start.

Have never done those will ahve to give them a shot! thank you

[pfunk]

you know what else I do that feels great, especially for my upper back, is the wide-grip (snatch grip) deadlift. You also get lower to the ground doing them, like a deficit pull, so a bit more rom on the movement. I'm doing them today, with 60% of my max, so explosively - but I will be wearing straps which I ususally don't because it's hard to hold onto it with a wide grip.

And I'm going to try somethin a bit new when doing it today. When fully standing with the wide grip, the bar should go accross your hips - just above your privates. So I''m going to ty and explode up, smash the bar with my hips and end it with a high-pull. Almost like a full snatch, but without bringing the bar overhead.

10 sets of 3 at 60% (325#s) with less than a minutes rest between sets. Should be fun!

[Suzanne]

So I tried the barbell hacksquats, well I either do the right, my arms are too short or some other structure issue, flexibility issue. I look like an idiot lmao



But I do think form on squats much better I kept weight lower and stopped at bottom of each rep

[Suzanne]

I meant for on DLs better. I guess I shound't talk on the phone and post at the same time

[pfunk]

I really like barbell hacksquats. I like to think of them as an improved and more natural leg extension exercise.

They work well with me, go up smooth, but I've tried to introduce them to a couple of buddys and they have a hard time with the movement. With one of them, it always crashes down on the back of his heels. The other person was getting it stuck on his hammies on the way up.

This mainly works the front of the quads, and particularly the "tear-drop" muscle that you aim to get to droop past the knee. So you finish this movement by leaning forward (and the weight being behind should help from making you fall forward). So you squeeze tight your legs at the top - like you do at the top of the leg extension when seated.

I do these in the rack a lot, with the bar just behind or a bit above my calfs, so I can emphasize snapping it up and sqeezing my quads. If I were you, I would try different heights in the cage to see where it becomes smoother for you.

Also, the movement on the way down doesn't do shit - so you don't have to focus on bringing the bar down along your legs. Just after you stand straight, try to lower the bar with it further back and see if you can do it without the bar guiding down and touching the back of your legs the whole time.

[Suzanne]

I really like barbell hacksquats. I like to think of them as an improved and more natural leg extension exercise.

They work well with me, go up smooth, but I've tried to introduce them to a couple of buddys and they have a hard time with the movement. With one of them, it always crashes down on the back of his heels. The other person was getting it stuck on his hammies on the way up.

This mainly works the front of the quads, and particularly the "tear-drop" muscle that you aim to get to droop past the knee. So you finish this movement by leaning forward (and the weight being behind should help from making you fall forward). So you squeeze tight your legs at the top - like you do at the top of the leg extension when seated.

I do these in the rack a lot, with the bar just behind or a bit above my calfs, so I can emphasize snapping it up and sqeezing my quads. If I were you, I would try different heights in the cage to see where it becomes smoother for you.

Also, the movement on the way down doesn't do shit - so you don't have to focus on bringing the bar down along your legs. Just after you stand straight, try to lower the bar with it further back and see if you can do it without the bar guiding down and touching the back of your legs the whole time.

Great Thanks

[georgeman22]

Yes that is the best way to do that. But when you do that you put your ass a little high keep your ass down and focus on your work out.

[georgeman22]

If you follow this your workout will great.

[TheRage93]

First and second video was good form. Third video bad. Drop ass a little more. Bar close to shins. Neutral head position. And keep tight? Keep core tight. And low back tight.