I wish there were 10 of you so you could take on more clients. One of the most informative RU-vid channels out there. I’m a fan of your insta stories as well. Thank you for the content you provide.
invaluable information!! some people pull the slack out at the final stage when you squeeze the chest up. I have tried that before.I have also tried chest up and slack out first and then set my hips. i found the latter one less stressful on my upper back and ithe slack seems to be pulled out more easily. like the way you do it! btw very explosive lfit!!!!! great video!
Brandan: could you please do another video about keeping the knees forward in the deadlift? There are not many videos out there about this information. Not sure if there are any out there to be honest. Loads of people could really benefit from this information. Thanks
Super helpful! For toe positioning I've heard if you stand straight with your feet at hip width and flex your glutes as hard as you can and let your feet turn out naturally with it then wherever your toes end up is the optimal foot position for you. Is that true at all? It sounded weird but works perfectly for me.
Brendan, I absolutely love your channel! You have so much knowledge, it's incredible.. Which books would you recommend for learning more about lifting in general and programming? Thank you so much!
You do a great Job going into the Detail of pulling the slack Out. Together with correct bracing i think its the most important Part of deadlifting, yet often its not really mentioned in Tutorials. Also please Help me with this: i cant brace at the top, because my Hook grip Takes to long to Set Up. At which Point exactly would you advise me to breathe and brace?
This may not help if you've got a big belly. I personally do a 70% ish brace at the top and once Im done with my setup I take in the last 15-25% at the bottom. The reason I don't got for a full "100%" brace is because packing in that last bit of belly breath often does more hard than good in my case b/c it takes too much of my attention from other cues. If you take in your breath and feel as though you're about to pass out within seconds you may be focusing a tad too much on your air intake and not enough on the abdominal/oblique contraction around that breath. You'll know your brace is tight when your abs and obliques are burning after a heavy deadlift session. Lastly, as you deadlift more your setup should become faster. /watch?v=0AHLcqs5v7c helped me a lot.
I think I have a problem with tensioning in the deadlift. The first rep of my working sets are always a grinder because i haven’t created tension well.
Hey man I love your content so far and I would like to know if you did individual athlete coaching? I’ve hit a bit of a nasty plateau and have decided to take the plunge with coaching instead of just screwing around with some cookie cutter programs. Would be great if you could respond back with details. Thanks
The biggest problem I have is when I focus on wedging my hips under the bar, it goes up easier but my butt starts tucking under and I feel a lot of pressure around my SI joint.
I went in today and tried to focus on both, brining my hips in and locking down my lats. I was weaker than last week, when I was bringing in my hips and pulling with a loose back, but it did feel safer in my lower back. Idk, I guess I'll keep tinkering with it
This is old but hopefully you see this. I recently got the glute activation down on the deadlift and i think before I've been focusing too much on the lumbar extension, because i could never feely glutes in a lift. Now i feel my glutes and my lumbar is less extended but it feels slightly flexed. However, overall the lift feels much tighter and explosive and more stable. Would a slight lumbar flex in this be detrimental even if the lift feels solid and controlled?
It’s not hard if you’ve been doing it awhile. 315 is pretty minimum when you pull the slack out because even 225 will move off the ground just because you’re so locked and tight
My back stays flat I feel tension on glutes and hamstring I m pushing with quads and I never felt back pain or strange soreness even with beltless deadlift.BUT... my bar path is not straight line.Is like the bar travel back t me in a j path;;;Can this be bad;Is there generally a way t track problems by the way bar travel of the floor?
Akle flexion ? One thing you didn't seem too address was what i consider a large number of lifter's issue. Lack of ankle flexion. Which obviously leads to poor knee placement and poor lo back alignment. Thoughts from anyone ??
A very in-depth well explained vid (much appreciated) I particularly like the way you compartmentalized (broke down) from approach to finished lift. This was very informative as I’m just starting to incorporate deadlifts (I’ve rarely done them and I’ve been lifting 15+yrs) into my program. I like your approach as you really go deep with your explanations. I can tell it’s not bro science or bro gym lore. Makes me appreciate your vidz more; very inspirational. Keep up the good work.
