He has the best build for both sumo and conventional but there are people that lock at with the bar above the knee he locks out a bit higher than mid thigh
@@grantsmith505do you realise who that is and the fact that he’s probably the greatest deadlifter of all time? He’s old now this isn’t him in his prime, but the upper back rounding is fine and often optimal for a heavy deadlift. Search Ed Coan.
Couldn't agree more. You figure things out along the way. Doing different variations helps to gain feelings of every single movement in a deadlift. Tensioning everything before pulling works miracles.
.. let me add this… and squeeze ur glutes as hard as u can, prior and through the lift… maybe this is “obvious” to many, but, it wasn’t to me and really made a difference…
I'm assuming that the majority of Squat University's target audience knows who this man is. The one's making the ignorant comments are just that, ignorant of who the man is and the wealth of knowledge he has. Forgive them for they know now what they know not.
@@jedinxf7 No its not. Its a hobby if you want to get technical. I competed in powerlifting for 10 years of my life. I would be hard pressed to recall 10 people I would call an athlete. Now olympic lifting? That is a sport.
The people who are trying to diminish Ed Coan here in these comments are just ignorant. Let's get a few things clear here, okay sure in this video he looks extra small because he's wearing a large shirt and long shorts and the guy in the back ground is a really big man (Ed is 5'6). Just look up 'Ed Coan greatest lifts" on youtube and you can see what a specimen this guy really was. There is a reason he has been widely considered the GOAT in the powerlifting community. Does his body proportions favor his lifts? Perhaps he is without a doubt gifted, but if you watch WSM the competitors are all giants because generally speaking, bigger bones means you can have bigger muscles and therefore be stronger and able to move more weight around. Ed Coan was able to put up numbers that even many giants struggled to accomplish. Despite being arguably the greatest powerlifter of all time Ed Coan has always remained a humble, modest and kind man and we could all learn a thing or two from him.
It’s sad how people in the comments are probably either shaming him for being too short or complaining that they have a disadvantage for being taller than him. What’s it gonna be? It’s a lose-lose situation for this guy even though he’s just trying to help. Are we supposed to be a positive sphere where we all embrace our differences and work on our individual weaknesses and turn them into strengths, or are we just gonna turn into defeatists and complain about genetics whenever we get the chance?
People see things differently, most are joking. So what have you done for mankind lately. Clowns taking things to seriously, have a look at the planet and the state it is in, we have more serious concerns to worry about than the comments here 😝
If you can get your reps in at a heavier weight with good form, then yes, 135 is too light. If not, then no. Deadlifts usually aren't done high-rep. They're great for building strength by overloading the central nervous system in a low rep, high weight strategy. The bodily stress and complexity of deadlifts make it near impossible to keep good form in a high rep plan. Don't risk it, keep the rep range low. Toning is simply a matter of body fat percentage. The muscle built from lifting does help increase your proportional lean mass, but it's ultimately a matter of diet and nutrition to shed your body fat. You don't tone in the gym, you tone in the kitchen.
@@brocksteele7475 thanks bud I had a bodybuilding buddy older who is pro 45 years old and is in tremendous shape 5'4 212lbs benched 400lbs squat 600 but he's geared up too I was fat and he got me to do everything high rep even deadlift started at 225lbs for 20 reps
Haha eddy forgot which way gravity is pulling and that knees exist. You cannot pull heavy away from the middle of your foot and you cannot be so upright in a DL bc your knees exist
So that's why his bench was comparatively loe next to his squat and dead. His arms go down to his knees and his legs are child length, checks out. I thought he was good and he definitely is a great powerlifter but seeing him next to others makes me less impressed cause really his skeleton was the thing that allowed him to get as far as he did.
Yeah... Physics and leverage tend to disagree with you. Longer limbs = more leverage. More leverage = easier lift. For squat and bench, i would agree with you.
6’9” crew checking in, if you’ve ever seen me set up you’d know this is true. Yes we have more muscle to pull with but the execution is very tricky! Definitely had a few bad back injuries until I learned how to do it right :) going to deadlift now!
I’ve always felt this lift is so overrated with high risk and low reward. I never see the old guard like Arnold going ape shit over it and I honestly totally avoid it
Depends on goals imo. Great for strength training, but really mid-low tier for hypertrophy (unless you do a variation like an RDL where you have a great range of motion and an actual target muscle). I don't think it's an overly risky exercise; I'm pretty sure most people just don't know how to brace their torso and/or ego lift (if they were to learn how to brace and choose not to ego lift, I'd bet that like 98% of the risk decreases).
The same rules apply as any other lift. If you’re gonna push too hard and hurt yourself on the deadlift, you’re probably gonna do the same with the squat or bench. Compound movements need to be done properly.
@@ice-xv1hi you must not be very experienced. I've coached myself to 800lbs for dead stop reps, a handful of people to 600lb deads, and tons of people to 405-500lb deads. Not a single injury occurred. Trap bar is fucking dog shit from a functional and hypertrophic standpoint compared to conventional deadlifts. Most common reason people go to the hospital? Lower back pain. Most common cause of lower back pain? A disproportionately weak posterior chain and core. Deadlifting properly will literally bulletproof your back. Hinging is an anatomical function and you'd have to be retarded to not train it.
Bro that small amount of movement and that much weight.. ..His Heart almost gave out.. . I hope he gets treated cause a Lot of people are going down nowadays....
the idea that one guy who is 5'5" can give advice for ALL heights, arm/leg length ratios, is a little ridiculous. this is such a compound movement that its almost two different things for people who are a foot different in height. also polumboism
