Cailer, clearly you're doing something right because you can definitely pull some good pounds off the floor. However, I think an easy way to stop loosing tightness through the lockout would be to keep your pre, and post workout shake, plus a gallon of ice water in one ice cold container. Additionally, I think adding Indestructible rubber infused plastic, Extra storage cups, and a Key Chain Holder w/carabiner to this container would really benefit your workouts. Honestly though I'm very sorry I'm not sure where to get one of these things.
Cailer, yours is an excellent primer on conventional deadlifting. Before the sumo style became commonplace, we used to have these incredible 3-lift meets where we'd see the stocky shorter guys get off to big leads in the bench press (it was the first lift performed originally), then maybe add to their leads in the squat . . . then the lankier dudes would come roaring back to try to catch up and win with their bigger traditional deadlifts. If you watch old meets, you'd see this with lifters like Vince Anello, Lamar Gant, Jon Kuc and many others. It made for very great comps for viewers. Alas, the sumo style "escaped" in a matter of speaking so we ended up with sort of two versions of hip and leg strength (squat and sumo dl) and it sort of did away with the classic confrontations. Now, the stocky, long-torso'd guys could do both lifts using more legs, less back. It changed powerlifting, not for the better either. One last thing I find interesting about your deadlift, in particular, is you don't have the typically very short back length relative to your overall height that many of the great traditional deadlifters of the past had. Anello might be the best example of this with what looked like about 4" between his sternum and navel. Again, great instructional video! Brad
Brad Reid oh no, I actually have a very short torso! And funny you say that about meets. All through high school i was always very behind after squat and bench. Then I would win the meet by like 50lbs because i could deadlift so much more than everyone lol
Ah! Well that helps explain your exceptional deadlifting leverage. It just doesn't "show up" as much on you in your videos and this could be owing to you having a relatively wide shoulder carriage. If you look at many of the great Oriental Olympic lifters, others too of course (the great Greek lifter, Pyrros Dimas comes to mind), what you will notice is they often have the exact opposite physical characteristics: long torsos/short legs. For the sorts of sub-maximal pulls they do in snatches and cleans, the relatively longer back levers allow them to accelerate the bar very fast. But, they are almost always sub-par conventional stance deadlifters. Thanks for the reply! Brad
Sumo is a form of squat... and like he just said, conventional is the best measure of overall strength and it is what most good pullers do most of the time even if they pull sumo in meets that allow sumo...
Great vid Cailer! Very informative. Us tall dudes need to use that leverage we got. I'm 6'6 247lbs. Trained deadlift for like 4 years straight and all through that time form was garbage. Learnt it well from some powerlifters and your word were pretty much the exact same as what I was taught
You're my biggest inspiration Cailer! Going through your videos to brush up on my form and basics before I attempt to pull heavier, I can't give you enough credit for wanting to get out there and lift my best even though I'm not a giant. Cheers!
Just wanted to say thank you. I just started lifting about 7 months ago and hired an awesome trainer at my local gym. The only downside of having a trainer with you for every workout 4 days a week for 6 months is that you start to count on them to never let you make a mistake. To constantly correct you. Now that i'm working out alone i dont have that crutch. Your videos are a huge help.
Literally i've seen houndreds of tutorials!! I swear that's the only one that fucking worked and made me deadlift without a rounded back...thanks a lot brother!!
Some coaches say that conventional deadlifts are used to build strength, and thst sumo should be trained by powerlifters as part of a sport skill like any other sport.
Please make videos about your technique for squat and bench. Even though they are not world records but i think you know the technique better than or equal to most elites
For some months I often see you on instagram with your phenomenal deadlifts, but I did not imagine you were so good either! Usually the two things do not go hand in hand. Congratulations, and now you have a new member;)
I find the was the most succinct deadlift tutorial I've seen to date. Find it interesting you, Duffin, and Coan pretty much coach with the same few cues. Also I totally agree with the most common issue being people having their stance too wide
Just deadlift 373 kg...that should do it. Yes, he has long arms an it's very obvious he has all the correct leverages for the king of strength lifts, the mighty deadlift. Dude certainly has wide shoulders and long arms, but I sure as hell wouldn't guess he dedlifts 373 kg conventional. What is he...barely 100 kg? Wha the hell is he "eating"? And, with that kind of built he should've become MMA fighter, for that is the alpha male sport number 1 and much more money and fame in that game. Mentally, not everyone has what it takes to become a powerlifter....much less MMA fighter. This dudes reach and ape index gotta be out of charts, Jon Jones territory.
Longer arms=better deadlift, longer arms=weaker bench/OHP. It's all a trade off. It's best to just work with the body you have and avoid making excuses.
this was a all time great upload. Cailer should the does and don'ts of deadlifting. many times we just jump into lifts without focusing on the bad habits that will impede out progression.
I like how you describe in it the beginning, how Conventional is the strength base and sumo is the sports skill of powerlifting. It's a really easy way to think about it and helps to program for someone trying to compete. 👍
i would suggest allan thral's video as well for the deadlift! it's really help full, especially where he talks about 5 steps. i tried it and my form is very nice now!
Great video I shall be applying this knowledge,I've been deadlifting a few years now and it nice to go back to basics especially from somone who deads like you,nice oe :)
this video is gonna make my deadlift better, I have definitely been too narrow , because im small, but less than hip width or just inside. hmmm! Thank you!!
great video! I'm 6ft 6 so always assumed I'd need to set my hips as low as possible and stand a bit wider to help get lower to straighten the back but my hips aren't that wide. I'll be watching this video on the next deadlift session! cheers dude :)
Nice video. I didn't think I was going to learn anything new, but I've been looking up to help prevent the upper back from rounding (overcompensating I guess). I'm going to try it this way next week.
This is brilliant, I hope you make a video on hook grip at some point soon as many people like myself have started trying to use it and aren't confident on how we should be setting it up
the best cue i found for myself when convtional deadlifting is: your hip is in the right postion if you feel a bit of tention in your hamstrings and glutes.
Watching some of your more recent deadlift videos you look like you added an extra phase in your setup where you straighten your legs before you get to the starting position, and you are doing that in between every rep? Can you talk about why you are doing that?
Paul Andrews As no one has answered this I may as well... yes, the setup for deadlift is the same even if your body has drastically different proportions. If you have short arms, especially in combination with short torso & long femurs, the result will be that your back is close to, if not completely horizontal in your starting position. A derpy PT is likely to tell such a person that their hips need to be lower, which would be wrong. Because if you did, your hips would shoot up as soon as you tried to lift it anyway. Conversely , someone with long arms/long torso/short femurs... would have a very upright starting position.
@@jorgenschroen5440 the short legs & long torso would make you very upright, but the short arms would bend you over. The result would be a medium , very textbook looking deadlift. Your squats would be super upright though and you would be amazing at squatting big weights for low or high reps.
Hello Cailer, can you comment on your ques to break off the floor? Do you drive through the heels, push the floor way from you, spread the floor, etc.?
Can you make a video on how to sumo? Answer some questions, "How wide should you go?" And "How far should you point your feet out?". Also if going too wide or pointing your feet too outwards is detrimental for the lifter in a way of injuring yourself.
Lorenzo Coy-Galindo u think he'll only add 20lb of weight to his max with 20lb of extra body weight, if he bulked up to 242 and trained for a year he could prob get 1000
I have a question that I am hoping you can answer. How would you recommend on incorporating hook grip into my deadlift routine? My main grip is a mixed grip but I do use double overhand for my warm up sets. My goal is to pull the same weight that I usually pull but with a hook grip instead. Should I cut out mix grip out completely and start fresh by using a hook grip? Any feedback would be great.
Cailer, my question is with your initial movement upward. Everything tight, no slack anywhere, got it. But do you explode up or do you gently increase strength over a second or so?
Love the focus on the essentials! Especially that you just explain what it feels like; the physical cues and where your focus is throughout the lift. These 54-step-deadlift pseudoscience RU-vid coaches could take a lesson from you. Looking forward to your take on the squat - and already a big thanks for the vid ;)
great content brother..really helpful.. but can you give any advice to guys with the meniscus tear? and I would really appreciate if you tell some more about knee movement/ position.
I am just an amateur, but I prefer sumo due to my low back !!! However thanks for the info, I follow you on instagram, you are a beast !!! Keep breaking word records !!!!
