Face away from mirrors. Once I started lifting in my garage where there are no mirrors my awareness of body positioning and bar path changed drastically. Over time I even started to unfocus my eyes during the lift so I'm not actually looking at anything and all of my attention is on the movement. This my be a pretty specific example but hopefully someone out there can use it to their advantage.
@@Gavrilooo I used to stare in the mirror and for a beginner its beneficial. But over time as an intermediate lifter you can "feel" your body and what feels optimal like little tiny cues/minute changes that you can mentally think and might actually be able to do better away from a mirror and thats what i do now.
One tip that I’ve heard years ago is to imagine falling backwards as you drive weight up and back with your legs, rather than simply driving the weight up vertically. Doing the deadlift as a PUSH exercise. Leg drive, leg drive and more leg drive while bracing my upper body all the way to lockout. Remain calm, and use the same exact setup routine for my light, moderate and heavy sets (don’t get overly hype on the heaviest set). Make sure the bar actually slides up my shin (keeps the bar as close to my body) as I push the weight up. These are tips that helped me ensure my lower back remain safe and ache free both during the deadlift and the day after. If my lower back even semi ached, it meant I did the lift wrong. What I don’t understand is why so many individuals teach the deadlift as a pull exercise when it should be taught as a PUSH. Most "teachers" will say get in position and stand up with the weight rather than "use your legs to push the weight up." When I hear pull, I think of using my upper body/back/arms. When I hear push, I think legs and more legs. The game changer was when I learned to use my legs to drive the weight up; I deadlifted an empty bar and actually felt my legs doing ALL the work from the starting position all the way to lockout. EDIT: One's form may look right but if you're not using the proper muscle (legs) to drive the weight up off the floor and to lockout, then I'm doing the lift wrong.
strawberryyogurt0 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BWHn4xmDGA8.html I want your take on this video from Barbell Logic, about legs and hips and squatting the bar
I think the "falling back" portion is the pulling the slack cue isn't it? I think Brian Alsruhe said to basically pull yourself into position and being a spring that's waiting to explode, as in get into position and then actively use the leg drive like in a leg press. That really helped me.
@@@spyrosm3137 ... I would follow the advice from others on the deadlift as long as it does NOT hurt your lower back. Too many newbie users in the comment section for deadlift videos saying they hurt their lower back even though their form was good, kept their back neutral/straight, watched multiple deadlift "form/technique" videos. It's usually because the video itself never, never, never ever emphasize the fact that the deadlift should be a leg exercise first and foremost. Even the barbell logic video never emphasizes using leg drive (or that the deadlift is a leg movement first and foremost). In their 7 minute video, I think they may have mentioned using your legs for only a few seconds. The most common teaching cue (that I hate) in various deadlift videos is to "drag the bar up your shins" or "PULL the bar" or "PULL the weight up" which I think is a recipe for disaster. The reason the bar moves from a deadstop to your knees to thighs to lockout is because of your leg drive all the way from start to lockout. Too many deadlift video don't put enough emphasis on the leg drive and you wonder why people get aches/pains after a deadlift session in their lower back or the day after. You could even practice the motion in your living/bedroom room and I bet #1 would "stress" your lower back while #2 would not: (1) Get into deadlift position and drag an imaginary bar up your shins until you're standing up (without ever even actively thinking about using your leg muscles directly). (2) Get into deadlift position, engaged your lats, abs, and drive your feet/push your feet hard -- actively using your leg muscles to get the imaginary weight off the floor. With regards to the video, it's as if he's giving the same advice I always hear watching various deadlift videos about not having the hips too low (i.e. hips should be at the level where it hinges) and not squatting the weight up because the deadlift is "not a squat." Note: Not sure why he posted a picture of Ed Coan doing sumo (more upright) vs his model doing a conventional deadlift. Even though the deadlift is not a squat, I think a beginner would be wise to either start with the trap bar deadlift or learn to squat the weight up only because that'll get them to actually put emphasis on using their leg drive to get WEIGHT off the floor. The deadlift is only a back exercise because it requires the lifter to isometrically lock the weight with their upper body to prevent the load from bending the person's spine. But in order to get the weight up off the floor and into lockout position, it's a leg exercise. Legs, legs, hips/glutes to actually move the weight from point A to point B.
@@@banjosquid9492 ... The "falling back" tip is actually different than the cue that is in the starting position where one pulls the slack. It's a tip that was imparted by a coach onto a female lifter and his clients. The "falling back" cue is after you've already gotten the bar off the floor. This was years and years ago that I heard from the female that was pushing 400 to 500lbs plus pounds on the conventional deadlift (yes, I'm using the word "pushing" as opposed to "pulling" to emphasize using the leg drive). The falling back" tip help to drive up her deadlift weight.
@@@banjosquid9492 .... I was just browsing some exercise videos and came across sort of the "falling backwards " tip that I was talking about, @ about the 1:00 minute mark. This seems like the only deadlift video on youtube that talks even remotely mentions falling backwards. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cXHxB3ub_9U.html I don't like how the model was essentially using mostly back to get the deadlift up. Not sure why the coach didn't correct his form. Not enough leg drive.
Can you go in-depth about breathing. When you take your deep breath, when do you reset your breathing? When do you exhale? I find that my second breath, my belt bracing feels not as good as my initial breath, do you have the same problem? I find bracing and breathing is huge, can you elaborate more on that. Thanks for the great tips.
A couple of the things you mentioned have helped me too,, leg drive and particularly resetting between sets. I also think adding variations on a second day helped me A LOT too, deficit, rack pulls, chains and bands, trap bar, all great. I was weak off the floor, so the deficit, full stop, and even other quad stuff like front squats all helped.
From personal experience, definitely keep that neutral head position. My neck is still hurting a few weeks later from a lapse when I was looking up too much, which was putting way too much of a load on my neck and traps.
One of the things that helped me is to realize im not picking up the weight but pulling down through the floor. Best way to imagine this is if the bar was welded and would not move. You are standing on a wooden plank and the objective is to break the plank by pulling down trying to drive through it. If you were trying to break the board you wouldn't think pick up on the bar. You would snug close and pull down through the floor to try and break it. This helped my mind get the right feel. It was especially effective pulling sumo.
I have that problem with deadlift, I started recording my lifts and noticed that my deadlifts look more like a stiff legged deadlift, which explains why it’s difficult for me to pull 335 but not so hard to squat 315. Gonna work on that now, thank you for the tips and advice!
Hey Joey, just wanted to thank you for all the tips and free advice you constantly share! It is greatly appreciated. Keep up the phenomenal content! Also, any chance of you making a video about your tattoos???
I feel like plyometrics are amazing for the deadlift. And i really like the old westsides method of having a speed day to practice technique since you use lighter weights that day.
ok you might have answered this already in an early vid but how do you deal with forearm pain from lifting heavy weights...i've noticed since i started pulling more weight rows, dead lifts, etc...i've gotten more forearm elbow pains...any suggestions??
I'm no expert but what had helped personally is doing more hypertrophy work for my forearms. Hammer db curls, reverse bb curls, wrist curl variations, and grippers has definitely helped me out.
I use straps when that's an issue. I deadlift for my glutes and back, not my forearms. So if forearms are a limiting factor, I just take them out of the equation.
Don't stop squeezing your thumbs until the set is over, as it hurts more once you do. Otherwise...just takes time to kill the nerves so you cant feel it lol
When I deadlift I do that too with my hips. It makes me so much stronger. Get tight pull slack out and just up. This is how deadlifts are supposed to be, but people have created a lot of different ways like sumo and mixes because people are stronger in different ways
What about the people that do touch and go like myself that don’t let the bar slam down on the ground for the most part if I’m doing touch and go I try to control the bar down and I really don’t let it slam even at the heavy weight I have never seen the point in slamming the weight down whether it’s one rep or 20 if you can control it on the way down I feel you get more benefits out of it then when you slam it down but that’s just me
I'm a beginner lifter. I was told that i should do 3 x 12 on everything. But with increasing my deadlifts i am just out of energy at the 8th rep or so. Is this bad or should i just get lower weight and do the 3x12 easier?
Straight male here but damn this guy looks tasty. in all seriousness, though, one of my biggest problems was wanting to break the back to early in the lift, because straightening the legs while bent over felt kind of awkward. I've found that looking at the ground instead of looking way up, and incorporating pause dead lifts at the knee really helped to keep my back down, and also to properly use the glutes to lock out.
Did you really advise to drop your hips lower than where the bar breaks up the floor ? You said everyone's different, but that's an uncommom advise, usually the top deadlifters say the hips must be in place when you initiate the lift, the hips must be "silent" etc etc. I don't know if it really helps using the leg drive more, because the bar hasn't move, or maybe it's more of a mental/body thing but it feels weird
Leo G. I didn’t say for you to drop your hip. I say I drop my hips as I’m setting up and getting tight, but when the pull actually starts my hips are in a “regular” DL set up height. That’s just the way I pull and this is all based on my style and what has helped me.
I like that you emphasized stop and go reset between reps. It's called a deadlift because you're lifting dead weight on each rep. That's why touch and go is BS.
Ive always done touch and go but I slowly touch the bar to the ground I think it builds a stronger body because of the amount of time the body is under stress
It does increase TUT, however, the hardest part of the deadlift is getting it off the ground, so the more reps we can get pulling from a dead stop, the easier that will become.
Off topic,crazy that Arnold is so iconic across all disciplines(pl wl bb sm etc) even today when his abilities have been far exceeded.all you have to do is invoke the name "Arnold" and even the youngest lifters around the world know who you mean.hes jesus!
This video from Barbell Logic contradicts everything you and many said about the quads and the legs overal and how they helped them, many said that they even treat it like leg press..ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BWHn4xmDGA8.html. Here they say dont squat the bar and dont sink the hips too low
@@SzatStrength I might as well just say that I love your content. Please DO continue to put videos like this out. As a response to your comment, something that really helped my deadlift was to not yank on the bar. Just get into position, pull de slack and then pull the bar. You wont be as explosive but you can maintain your position way better, and for me that works perfectly!
