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@@daniroadto900lbsdeadlift4 ... which is the point of sitting back. So therefore we critique someones conventional form by comparing it to sumo. Smart men
@@Northern85Star ye but he doesn’t do that.He tells you to do that but he himself doesn’t do it that way. There’s a name for this I can remember off the top of my head,where you show/describe a technique,but when you actually go to do it you do it a different way.
@@fabiangonzalez-cortes8894 if your hips are so low that it looks like you are sitting then you are most likely not engaging the right muscles. You need to have a lot of tension by pushing your hips back further and really engaging your hamstrings. If you are untrained/new to lifting, this can feel very uncomfortable and almost like your hamstring is too tight. But over time, like every exercise, it becomes easier and the muscle gets stronger and more accustomed to it. Check out a deadlift guide from someone like Allan Thrall or Omarisuf
I really don't see the problem in squatting the deadlift up. More better for your back. The guy in the video doesn't state why the form is bad, but that you will lift less.
@@joys8634 I do think that form is a bit incorrect but that's not the point If he thinks it's not a good form, then he should make a deadlift tutorial, put some good effort in his stuff. If he's worried that other people may adopt what the other guy is teaching, then he should do videos giving cues that cover those issues someone else may be lacking. Is all the same, people are gonna watch the video anyway. This trend of going around trashing other people's videos putting themselves above the rest is so petty, not surprising at all though
The biomechanical points you made sounded interesting but unfortunately I just don't think 1 minute is a long enough time for you to fully explain them. Would be interesting to see a longer video on it
chris duffin has tons of extremely in depth deadlift videos and is one of the most technically proficient and strong people on the planet check him out
Literally the second I saw him I thought “this guys about to give some terrible advice”. I have no idea how I knew, not a clue, but I could just tell 💀
@@austing7254 yes he does bud. His hips start too low because he thinks it's a stronger starting position for his back, but then under maximal loads his spine starts to flex and his hips shoot up mid lift.
This kind of stuff messed me up in the early 2000s. Squat feet straight ahead completely upright without leaning over at all was another one I could never manage.
Early on I got that squat advice from an incredibly jacked trainer in the gym (obviously I'm gonna take his advice, the guy is huge and squatting like 500 lbs right?). Within weeks I'd hurt my hips so badly that I couldn't squat for over a month. People have different anthropometry, there's no one way to squat, and if you're not ACTUALLY qualified to give advice on a subject maybe don't?
Yeah that's just use the hack Squat now. Literally must have gone to a few personal trainers to get Squat form right but always hurt my lower back. Doing hacks has really helped keep pressure on the legs and not the back
@@George-nv1ri I feel it/hurt my knees when squatting. I only “hurt”(not really hurting my back but muscles getting tight in my lower right back) my back when deadlifting
@@doctordeath2551 yes I also had knee pain to begin with, you need yo strengthen legs up before squatting heavy and also get your hamstrings strong. Deadlifts imo will always put some pressure on your lower back, I've tried them many ways and never fully stops that feeling I your lower back. They are a great excersise but I can see deadlifting fucking my back up long term even with good form
@@regulus7754 I agree about the straps but lifting with a mixed grip is too easy and feels weird when going up for me. Over hand is the best way IMO just pure raw power.
I love all the people trying to say that "all the strongmen use this form" when they actually don't. Easy to spot beginners when they're unable to notice at what position a lifter is in when the lifting actually commences.
Yea they clearly start off their lifts in a squat to brace the weight, something I started doing to find my leverages, and then correctly pull using hinge form
There’s several elite lifters that do use the squat technique though. Eddie Coan used it, Eric Lillibridge used it as well, and Konstantin Konstantinovs to an extent as well. Leverages are really person dependent, so having a one size fits all approach doesn’t seem to be the best approach imo.
Honestly, I prefer your videos without the music. I personally do not like the tik tok style videos and I think usually the music drowns out your voice and message.
I got a little bit angry when I was trying to help a woman to do deadlifts at the gym, and the supposed instructor AND I think owner of the gym came up ad gave this shitty advice to her, to squat the damn deadlift. I just sat back and thought to myself: "well, I'll just keep doing what I know and ignore everyone else, unfortunately... I'm still young, but I know a few things, but c'mon, a guy that got a degree on PE saying such things makes my blood boil lol
You should have asked the instructor why he think it's a good idea to squat the weight so the hips shot up and creates two separate movements. I bet his ego would implode.
I guess if they just put on college videos like Alan Thrall's tutorials on how to dealift, and the catch phrase "DO NOT MOVE THE BARBELL"... the whole fitness industry would have less people doing shitty things at the gym like that
The first part of the video made me cringe. Also your sumo deadlift form is great. But shouldnt your knees locking out be last or at least at the same time when your tallest in the lift? I.e your back and knees locking out at the same time.
I remember seeing a video of Stan Efferding deadlifting. One mental cue he suggested was to think of the lift a little like a standing leg press as well as a pull. When I deadlift and imagine trying to push my feet through the floor I feel a lot stronger. (Btw I agree with Matt, this guy's advice isn't good).
I would also recommend imaging you are pushing through the heels and driving your feet back given you are mostly using the posterior chain provided those mechanics
@Matt Thor doesn't sit back and stay there. It's just a setup for him. He sits back, raises his hips up and then drives up with the bar. Eddie hall does the same. HUGE difference between their's and sadik's pull.
I use to squat deadlift aswell. I stopped when I plateaued at 315. I believe the best deadlift form is by "barbell medicine" After I changed my form I hit 365.
I was impressed by that. I don't know who the hell taught him to deadlift that way, but he does it well. It's impressive how he's able to make deadlift a quad focused lift
@@roderickclerk5904 except no good deadlifter has ever pulled like that. It's inefficient. I pull mid 800s and pulling with that form I'd probably max around 600. Defeats the purpose of the lift in the first place; to train the posterior chain. Only athletes you'll ever see pull like that are olympic weightlifters, but they're training for carry over to their specific competition lifts, not to jack up their posterior chain or build a bigger and stronger deadlift.
@@bloatmax4420 In football and baseball we do barbell lifts to help out general athleticism not finding the best leverages to lift the most weight. Our S/C coach doesn’t allow crazy arching because the bench should be an arm exercise primarily (we still had 12 guys benching 315). When we squat we squat upright, ATG which put more emphasis on the feet/calves for balance (still had 10 guys squatting 500 junior year). When we deadlift/powerclean we get down in a lower position putting more emphasis on the legs (still had 7 guys deadlifting 600 junior year). Could these have been higher, maybe. Could we have had more guys lifting higher weight, maybe. I would say in general our football and baseball teams were pretty strong even though our barbell training didn’t revolve around absolute numbers. We had very little injuries during the season and almost no non contact injuries. And we had very good athletes and a lot of players that played after highschool. So our strength program did its job
It’s cause back in the day people figured being in the gym everyday was a waste of time and wanted you to contribute in like blue collar work instead. Nowadays you can make a living being a gym rat online so the whole gym culture has changed drastically.
Thing is, a lot of elite lifters use the sitting back cue. It’s not just RU-vid coaches. Not only do they recommend it, they actually use the technique as well.
@@petersoar2886 and by doing one of the worst exercises on your back wrong for a decade you’re more than likely going to have disc problems. But either way leave it to a 22 year old influencer to teach us all how to lift
@@thegentlemansclubshow2277 why though? His core is braced and he's doing it controlled. He likely won't ever get strong enough at the deadlift to get hurt. Something tells he doesn't even deadlift anyway and just made up the technique on the spot. He's wrong, but he probably won't get hurt, lol. You and I are much more likely to get hurt doing it right and actually getting strong over a decade.
@@petersoar2886 my thoughts are that with him sitting out like that when he pulls up on the weight it’s applying too much pressure to the lower vertebrae that over many years would cause some bulging. Of course deadlifts cause issues done right anyway like you said. I’m no scientist though, I just pick up heavy shit and put it back down
Them: "sit back" You: "You wanna get your hips closer to the bar because it's gonna lower the distance between the external load and the axis of rotation, therefore lowering the moment arm and improving your leverages." Speaks for itself.
Deadlifting with lower hips isn't necessarily bad advice. Most olympic weightlifters lift this way. I'm guessing deadlifting with higher hips is more of a powerlifting thing. Also the ability to deadlift with lower/higher hips depends a lot on body type: the size of your arms, legs, torso.
Yeah but oly lifters don't train the deadlift as a competition movement. They use it to increase their clean strength so of course they're going to sit their hips in a position that mimics their clean
They deadlift that way to keep tension on the legs to mimic a vastly more complex lift. Theres so much more to a clean than a deadlift and most of it isn’t helping them deadlift more weight, its helping them clean more weight. Name me one deadlifter that scoops, bends their arms and shrugs near lock out because its their strongest position
I also learned the hard way that it's not the best way to deadlift. I had deadlifted with heavy hip hinge for years... and when I had to start "squatting my deadlift" in order to make my deadlift numbers transfer to cleans and snatches, I noticed that it feels so weak. I think he might have got the idea through some kind of chinese whisper that it would be a good idea for everyone, regardless of their goals, sport or background.
@creatine addict True, it's concerning how many people jump on steroids before they even learn how to lift and they do pretty much everything in the gym wrong thinking they do everything right. I see all the time people who are as big as myself or slightly bigger and doing all kinds of crazy shit and I've been lifting natty for 11 years.
@@SolomonsProxy yes and that's quite different from it being a lower back exercise lol. Your lower back is contracted to do bicep curls (standing upright) but it's not a lower back exercise bud.
The most important part about increasing your deadlift is to train all the constituents separately as well. If you only deadlift to increase your results, it doesn't matter much how you position yourself. You'll reach your natural peak execution and that's it. Once you train the separate aspects on their own, you'll find your optimal position.
That's terrible logic. And trust me I hate sumo deadlifts but I can guarantee you Matt is stronger in any kind of deadlift position than the guy in the clip.
@@austing7254 both train for completely different disciplines so of course Matt would be stronger . They’re probably around the same weigh class as well. So I’d hope a power lifter can out lift a bodybuilder of similar overall weight. But, I’d like to see Matt vs a power lifter who disagrees with his pov. That would make more sense.
That’s common knowledge and you can only do it on the hex bar because of where the weight is distributed. Hex gives you more freedom of starting position, you’re standing in the middle of it so you can sit low and just stand straight up. Can be 70-30 legs back, 50-50 whatever you want. Conventional has the bar in front and so there’s a much smaller acceptable range
I'd like to see him pull a serious weight with that technique, great leg finisher with 5 second eccentric on a leg day, but you're not moving serious weight. Also takes away from the whole point of a deadlift being a posterior chain movement, and the lower weight removes a lot of the systemic load you should receive from the proper movement.
Dont forget Sadic is a bodybuilder. Hes not looking for heavy hes looking for GOLD. If this style gives him results it works for him. The guy picking apart his lift is a powerlifter.
@@prstation1363 yeah but he is turning a pretty good hamstring, glute, and spinal erector movement into a shitty quad movement. If you wanna get some good quad work in go squat, lunge, or do leg extensions.
If I’m ever in a deadlift competition, I will follow what the 2nd dude is saying. If I want to engage more muscles for longer, I’ll do what the 1st guy says, I’ll do more than 1 deadlift, I won’t use a belt and I won’t use mix grip and I will not get even remotely close to my deadlift max lift. Mix grip is for when ur seriously gonna pop a fucking haemorrhoid and prove a point. Edit: to be fair 1st guy is basically squatting, that’s a bit too much sitting :D
I deadlift with the tighter form like guy you clipped had shown. I feel it less on my back. I guess there are other factors such as body type. I’m more stocky, so I don’t really get the benefit of a wider stance and a higher hip without getting the back involved.
He's really only explaining what way to pull is better for him and treating it as a one size fits all. His explanation isn't bad or even necessarily wrong, but it's not the best way for everybody
You feel it less in your back because you're not using your back. The guy in the first clip is "squatting the deadlift". Deadlifting is a hip hinge excercise and you're supposed to feel it in your back. You'll never be able to move as much weight by squatting the deadlift.
@@cimi93x you dont deadlift when bodybuilding thats not a good excuse. at most romanian deadlift is used by body builders but not deadlifts because there are better alternatives for hypertrophy that aren't as fatiguing.
It depends on your goals I think. You see a lot of weightlifters dropping their hips way low for deadlifts as that is the form they typically use when doing the snatch and clean and jerk.
@@mattvena226 and to add to this that’s not “deadlifting”. Just because the weight is on the ground doesn’t mean it’s a deadlift. The clean and jerk or snatch is a different lift than a deadlift.
@@vicenteochoa6498 I think you misunderstand, I'm not claiming cleans or snatches are deadlifting. I am pointing out that how weightlifters deadlift is typically done with low hips to train for cleans and snatches.
@@a.julian3770 It’s important to keep in mind that weightlifters also train the clean and snatch pulls w/ a extended spine which requires submaximal weights. This is not good pulling form for cleans or snatches either.
@@a.julian3770 I think I'm more appropriate term for that would be called a clean pull. I also noticed that his position was great for the first pull of a clean but I highly doubt that to he's teaching
When I deadlift I have a really high hip position but it feels really strong for me. Start position really comes down to your own personal leverages. Love your content!
I'm 6'5 with a lot of torso. Man I feel like I almost have to get my hips in that similar position so that I can get my shoulders a decent amount more upright than my ass and low back. Otherwise I'd be fucking starting off looking like I'm about to do a row
I have the same problem. I’m 6’5 with a big torso and not too long limbs. If you start with the hips lower you’ll be using leg drive more which makes it harder to get off the floor If you start with your hips higher you’ll have to either push your knees more forward or round the shoulders a little bit/lean forward more in order to reach the bar. You’ll be able to get it off the ground easier but lockout is harder. To top it off, I find both forms puts you at risk. The first one chance of sciatica flaring up and the second one chance of your lats getting sprained. That’s just me tho
That's the big issue with a lot of these guys on RU-vid, and using other people's content to create content. Neither of them are wrong, but neither explanation is a one size fits all. Everyone's anatomy is different and everyone will have to pull/ press at different angles. Most of what these guys post are opinion based and they try to treat its as fact for others to follow. Always try something different until you find what's most comfortable for you
There have been weirder proportioned lifters excel at deadlift, you can find a good enough position. Just film your self and try posting it on a subreddit if you're struggling.
Well the issue with with videos like this is that no two people deadlift the same. If you have soem crazy proportions you might need to sit down more. I find I get a lot more hamstring activation from sitting back a bit then starting the deadlift. Yes, I’m not as low as the first guy but I’m also not super high in my position either. Being too high with your hips also just turns it into a stiff leg deadlift with almost no leg involvement so that can be an equally damaging que.
@@frankytanky5076 what I've found that seems to be beneficial for a lot of people is moving your hips with the bar. So basically if the bar is going up your hips should be going up as well. And the best way to find the position is on the eccentric and just moving your hips down until it hits the floor finally.
I’m a weightlifter so when I teach a deadlift (clean pull), I cue butt down as the man suggested. Regardless of where your butt starts, you will only be able to break the bar from the floor once your shoulders are at least in line with the bar. Therefore starting with your butt low means you will always put as little pressure on your back as possible. I realize for maximum weight powerlifting this is not ideal, but I disagree this is bad form for most people just trying to get strong with the least risk of injury.
1) Starting with your butt (too) low means you will inevitably exert unnecessary energy getting yourself to the actually demanded hip height to break a sufficiently heavy bar off the floor and risk throwing yourself off position/balance in the process. 2) This has nothing to do with injury risk and you sure as shit won't reduce that risk by making your movements unnecessarily inefficient. 3) "As little pressure on your back as possible" is a strange goal while doing an exercise that clearly targets the back (and for good reason). Is sitting on a sofa a safer way to deadlift, too? It sure puts much less "pressure" on your back.
@@canererbay8842 As I explained in my original comment, doing a "clean deadlift" will not allow you to deadlift the maximum weight possible if that is your goal as a powerlifter. However, it does minimize the stress on your lumbar spine by virtue of lowering the moment on your back, which lowers the risk of injury. For most people, who are not competitive powerlifters, I think it makes sense to do "clean deadlifts" because conventional deadlifts are needlessly risky.
@@youngKOkid1 You didn't explain anything. You just made uneducated assumptions and claims. 1) You don't need to be a competitive powerlifter to want to do an exercise efficiently and "maximum weight possible" is not an unworthy extreme. There are smart ways to reduce the absolute load on the bar for *load management* purposes and they include pauses, tempos, lack of belt/sleeves/wraps/whatnot etc. "Squatting your deadlift" is not one of them. 2) It does not shorten the moment arm on the spine. If anything, it lengthens it because you're sitting back and putting the load further away from you in the front. Anyway, a sufficiently heavy bar will make sure the hips are at a proper height and shoulders are over or just in front of the bar (if you don't want to scrape the shit out of your shins along the way) at the moment of lift-off whether you want it or not. This is apparent in weightlifters, too. Look closely and you'll see hips rising before the bar leaves the floor if they set up by sitting back. That set-up may be a good way for a given lifter for other reasons (cues, ritual etc). 3) You have no idea what you're talking about on injury risk. Deadlift is a perfectly safe exercise and powerlifting is a much safer sport than most other popular sports. It has nothing to do with the absolute length of the moment arm on the spine or the "pressure on the back".
@@Gilgamesh827 I highly doubt he even knows what a clean pull is. He's just teaching an inefficient deadlift and no, it's not a perfectly fine way of deadlifting, for powerlifters or anyone else (unless there's some unusual specific reason for a given person). Clean pull is a different exercise that requires the bar to be further in front than in a deadlift and it requires a different movement pattern for the knees among other things.
@@bakotako no, a clean pull you want to have your shoulders over the bar, keeping your back angle the same until you're past the knee. The knees want to almost straighten when the bar is at the knee. From that point you want to then begin to aggressively make your back angle vertical, while rebending your legs slightly (which is unconcious and happens on it's own with good technique), then forcefully extend the legs and hip the moment you contact the bar and shrug. This guy just squatted a deadlift
Exactly what I was saying when I first saw his clip! I remember Eddie Hall saying how trash it was to “sit in the chair”. I think I’ll listen to the 4 year record holding 500 kg deadlifter. 😂
I mean Eddie Hall says to "drop the hips" too & I think taking advice from one of the top guys is never a bad idea. Honestly though, in my opinion I think both ways are correct, it depends on your goals. Are you looking to pull as much weight as you possibly can? Or are you focusing on the actual hip hinge movement from more of a hypertrophy point of view?
Eddie Hall has a very rare body structure tho than 99,99% of people, very tall, very wide hips and very heavy. Makes sense for him do use that cue but for a normal guy? I m not Sure about that...
@@johnnyp.601 But that's why there's ape index to worry about and to take into account, personally I have long arms, so I can basically "sit back", just depends on anatomy and your body
5 feet 6 inch "tall" 125 lb. a few mostly none muscles dude here! I destroyed this bad form. I win the bad form award! I did 5 reps with 1-arm deadlifts. 150 lbs. 2 30 lb. dumbbells STACKED on 1 45 lb. dumbbell on a 45 lb. dumbbell. No belt and bulge when bent over there for a week or so bent over next to my belly button was there! ROFLWAFFLE so I don't do those anymore, so I don't DIE!!
He’s trying to teach a beginner with simple advice. A beginner would not understand anything you are saying. It’s why coaching is hard. He also is focused on hypertrophy not trying to spread out and move the weight 3 inches with a mixed grip. It depends what your trying to get out of your deadlift. His form isn’t great because the weight is light so he sits a bit much. He definitely knows what he is doing. There are way worse deadlifts from people with way less success you could break down.
Even with feet shoulder width apart it's still a 'hip hinge' movement not a squat movement. If hypertrophy is the goal then it's still hugely beneficial to the back and hams. Do a squat to hit quads!!
You don't teach beginners with incorrect form. He's teaching a squat with the bar in your hands. If a beginner listened to this, if he ever wanted to progress they would eventually have to relearn the movement.
i dont think theres anything wrong with this. different movement than powerlifting style deadlift. goal isnt always to move the most weight, could be a variation someone is working on leg drive, or trying to pull with less posterior chain.
You generally don't wanna deadlift this way unless ur a weightlifter improving ur cleans and snatches. General population powerlifter or not it should be a hip hinge movement not a squat movement.
The "wrong" part is the fact it puts far more pressure on your lower back while also removing your own leverage. Hips too low = harder to lift and more risk of injury
@@kiraPh1234k maybe you should stop ego lifting and you won’t mess up your back. I deadlift the same as the influencer guy. Low hips, lot of ankle flexion and calf activation, upright back, and ive never hurt myself even when doing 525 lb and I barely train deadlift (it’s not that great for athletics solely on its own anyway)
I mean, the first kind of deadlift is formally called clean pull, which is specific to Olympic weightlifting. Both forms are right. It depends on your goals.
A deadlift and a clean pull are completely different movements, what he does isn't close to a clean pull. He's performing a deadlift, just with weird form.
A clean pull in weightlifting would have him lifting the bar past his waist line. Like in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1WuSiyM-knI.html
Nah bro, the Olympic weightlifters sit back down, but as the weight starts to move, their hips will also shoot upwards, unlike this guy who chooses to keep his hips low the entirety of the rep
Bro as a former athlete I agree more on the squatting deadlift/ trap bar deadlift more than vena’s advice simply because how much back soreness it accrues I litterally couldn’t stand that along with practicing every day
If I’m not mistaken all Olympic lifters at the pro level definitely squat into their cleans and snatches. Just like how their squats are high bar and get way pass parallel and yet keep their backs and chest straight up. Power lifters have different form . I prefer oly than power and it seems to be the more athletically demanding sport as it’s not strictly strength being tested. I digress!
You’re correct, but the intention behind their deadlifts, power cleans, & snatches is to get better at their specific Olympic lift(s). The shoes that they wear tend to be more aggressive in regards to their heel angle than most “squat” shoes in order to provide the leverage they need to get under the bar. Unless your intent is to also improve your Olympic lifts, then taking such a stance isn’t optimal.
I see what you're saying, I have to say tho sitting back like a squat can help you to get even tighter and get more leg drive. Martins Licis just sit back like that, and he got an over 900lbs deadlift. edit: it was at the rogue invitational a few days ago, you can find it on the rogue RU-vid channel.
Yeah even the guy that made this video made a generalization. Also Olympic lifting are almost kissing the floor with their butts before the lift begins. Obviously if you’re hitching or it feels uncomfortable then it’s not the form for you
don’t copy strongmen. they are incredibly heavy and usually can’t deadlift with ‘proper’ form because their leverages get compromised by such heavy bodyweight
@@homelander98 Well that's not true. Starting too low in both snatch and c&j will cause the butt to shoot up first, which is an error. There are lifters (even elite ones) lifting like that, but in general that's not considered good form in weightlifting. Depending on leverages, the ideal starting position (if we suppose all else is set up properly) would be at or slightly above parallel.
Martins doesn’t actually begin lifting from that position, he’ll rock the bar into himself as part of his set up but if you watch closely when he begins lifting the bar he’s in a more forward position.
This is absolutely not good conventional deadlift advice lmao. He’s teaching the mistake that tons of newbies make. If you sit back on deadlifts you will not be able to use any challenging and productive weight without your body throwing you off that position into the proper position you need to actually lift the weight. It’s simple physics. Even in a clean deadlift you wouldn’t start pushing from that sat back position, many weight lifters like to rock back this way to begin their rhythm but they never push out of it which is the key difference. You will need to come forward just enough to begin the push. Clean deadlifts are generally done under the capacity of a true conventional deadlift yes but even those aren’t as leg dominant as what he’s demonstrating because that’s not possible. Hinging is still a critical part of the clean and clean dead. And that’s irrelevant anyway because he’s no even demoing how to do a clean or clean accessory
@@SilverSlugs16 nah it’s fine,learning this style when your new is perfectly fine, you’ll learn to use legs and then gradually learn to hinge as your back get stronger. For newbies it’s not a big deal lol. It’s for newbies that’s the point, they have weak lower backs. As the back gets stronger then the hinge will be safer to do, key word safety. Weightlifters don’t learn deadlifts as newbies but have no problem doing clean deadlift, conventional deadlift, even snatch deadlift as they get stronger/experienced, they can adjust no problem. You act like it’s a hard adjustment lol, because it’s not. A perfect ex. is Clarence Kennedy, when he cleans his hips go low, but when he actually deadlifts his hips are higher. He may not be teaching the relevant style but this style will still get you strong enough for a real deadlift. Weightlifters are literal examples. So you’re absolutely wrong in the process of learning a deadlift, there isn’t just one path.
I would be reluctant to criticize someone else’s form unless they are being unsafe to them selves or others. You may not know what they are trying to achieve with their movement. They may be trying to target different muscles for different rep ranges or working on self perceived weak points throughout their baseline movement. In my opinion, “The best way” for a lift should always be followed by a goal description for the exercise.
Sadly, the first time I did a 400-pounds deadlift was exactly like this, squatting the weight. I bragged about it for 3 months until I get an actual coach to see my form. Save to say, he humbled me for the next 1 year of my life. I am curious to meet the coach of the guy in the video.