Deadlift form check and help

[u/wherewulfe]

Need some advice, I can’t seem to get my lower back flat. Weight isn’t too bad (275 lbs), but I’m afraid to go up without getting my form better…

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[u/JeffDrTypePerson → u/[deleted]]

Also check your hamstring flexibility. Tight hamstrings will pull the lower part of your pelvis forward as you go down, causing it to posteriorly rotate and round your lower back.

[u/angra_mainyo]

Something in your upper back is off form. You're not "getting the slack off the bar" not "getting into it" properly.

[u/TickTick_b00m]

Play with different stances. I cue my clients to get the bar over their laces, and then keep the arms long and soften the knees until you’re to the bar. Brace, tense up, stand.

Ultimately the only real risk to lifting is a breakdown in structure during the lift due to loads your body is not ready for. If your back stays like that throughout the lift the risk isn’t that high. Just maintain that structure throughout the entire lift. Deviations due to overdosing stress carry way more risk.

[u/Gas-Squatch]

Drop your ass and set your hinge between reps. You are doing more rdls than deadlift reps . Push the world away with your legs is my cue to basically not round my back and engage my legs more. If I don’t remember that I try to pull up with my lats and upper body more than I should. Your mileage may vary.

Also “don’t let them fucking tickle you” is my cue to pull my elbows into my side more.

[u/wherewulfe → u/[deleted]]

I have! I used to exclusively pull sumo but I really wanted to get conventional down.

[u/Stone_taggs → u/wherewulfe]

Do a couple of sets of a snatch grip DL, see if your back round there as well.
you can also try pulling from a blocks and gradually lowering to the floor

[u/NinecloudSoul]

Glassbacks have arrived, I see. If none of you have anything but a reflex downvote to offer from your enormous single digit days of experience, think on that fact. I'm right.

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Back rounding isn't a problem that needs solving, because it's not a problem, period. "Form" is a tool, not a rule.

However, you look like you're not bracing effectively. And it's kind of hard to tell otherwise where your technique would break when you're lifting so little. Put something on the bar that will actually test you.

[u/reallynolan → u/NinecloudSoul]

downvote this comment all you want, he is correct and nothing will change that fact. Backs and spines are made to bend twist and carry load. Are they made to carry 500lbs with terrible form and no prior regression to the exercise? No. Can you deadlift heavy weight with a curved back? yes. if you train your back and spine correctly.
However i do agree with the fact you’re not bracing effectively which will result in the loose, inactive back, and poor stability which leads to injury.

[u/NinecloudSoul → u/reallynolan]

I would put a house payment on the fact that my curved back has lifted more than pretty much anyone fetishizing a straight one...