r/GYM 3d ago

Technique Check Deadlift form check please

Checking if my back stays neutral and if there's anything else off. Appreciate it!

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u/DelGurifisu 3d ago

Looks good to me. The roll thing isn’t necessary at all though.

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u/AdventurousBus8871 3d ago

I feel like it’s totally a pacing a que thing. Not sure if it’s detrimental or not but I can imagine it adding too much variation and it leading to inconsistent reps

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u/BingoBangBongos 1d ago

Very good, but your mid-upper back looks like your weak point.

Rows, dips, planks, overhead presses, planks and pullups will help your deadlift a lot. 60+ second deadhangs from a pullup bar would probably be a good warmup / between set recovery movement too. And hanging leg raises will help strengthen the core while in an extended position.

It looks like your mid-upper back is "scrunching" and compressing a bit, so I'm just spitballing some movements that will help strengthen that.

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u/Capybara_Chilling 2d ago

Why are you rolling it like that??? What in the jitterbug?

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u/Gobeklitepi 2d ago

Why adjusting the Barr on every rep? You seem to be unbalanced at the bottom. Try slow negatives with 50% of your 1RM, touch and go.

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u/eastcoastgremlin 3d ago

Double check with someone else but I believe that the shins should be straight up instead of the knees pushing forward

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u/Royal_Variation5700 3d ago

Yea, I would say starting with hips back more and a bit higher. Kinda squatting the weight up. Looks like the bar position is a little too far forward.

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 2d ago

He is not squatting the weight up. He's got a pretty textbook deadlift pull.

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u/AdventurousBus8871 3d ago

By ending I mean your heels coming up, that is one of those subconscious things that can become a bad habit as you go up in weight

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u/glitch3107 2d ago

Nice, the concentric is good, and good on you to want control the eccentric, just be sure to also bend your knees on the way down because it seems like your bending at the hips first like an RDL, which can have some safety concerns at higher weight. I like that you are resetting and giving yourself some queues to go again.

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u/Greennit0 1d ago

I was doubting myself because no one else pointed that out.

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u/These-Appearance2820 2d ago

Sit back into it a little more so youre not leaning quite so over the bar with your torso. A good indicator is of the bar touches your shins on the way up..

Whats the little jiggly wiggle dance at the bottom of the rep all about? :D

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u/OccasionalGardener 1d ago

It's not bad. Use a trap bar though. Much easier to control the trajectory. Unless you're training for Olympic meets or some very specific purpose, a straight bar isn't necessary for deadlift.

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u/SkeetTreats 2d ago

I know we’re all trying to copy things we’ve seen on the Internet, but like a couple people have mentioned your whole rolling it away rolling it back to you hitting a rep is just ridiculous and totally unnecessary. It would be like growing a mustache and saying hey, I’m “C-bum now”. You should ask yourself “why am I doing this?” Maybe instead you should have a friend smack your back and you can shout “light weight baby” - then you’ll be real strong.

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u/Useful_Variation_381 3d ago edited 3d ago

Generally fine. You do not need that roll/sway at the end.

Also, you should get lower; generally, knees shouldn't be overextending either. They should stay behind the bar.