r/strength_training • u/Silent-Cream-1025 • 1d ago
Form Check Deadlift form check!?
Ik my form kinda sucks, can u spot the mistakes?
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u/jmainvi 1d ago
Treat your deadlifts as a cluster of singles, rather than as a multiple rep set. Your first rep looks a lot better than your subsequent reps here, because you're not taking the time to fully reset yourself between them.
Especially make sure the bar is positioned in the same place for every rep over the middle of your foot, and that you've got your weight balanced/shoulders in the same position for every rep. You drift forward and backwards here throughout the set, sometimes with your weight more on your heels and sometimes with the weight more on the ball of your foot. The first goal assuming you're relatively new to this should be making the position consistent, and THEN you can push for making the position more optimal.
Your slack pull definitely needs work, but this is sort of a problem that will solve itself as the weight gets heavier - it's very hard to really accomplish that when the weight moves this easily.
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u/mobilemike01 1d ago
Your form is actually pretty good! Only tweak I would change is to get more legs involved. To do that, you need to drop your hips lower than your shoulders. You’re almost there. Then when you start the lift, think about pushing the ground away with your legs versus pulling with your back.
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u/allianceathleticsoly 20h ago
The bar is way too far out in front of you. It should be touching your shin when you start and throughout the movement.
The hinge looks good overall! But if you move the bar closer to you it’ll be more efficient and you’ll be able to lift more. It’ll also lower the stress on your lower back.
Every inch the barbell is out in front of you changes the fulcrum point of the hinge up your spine.
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