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Old 02-27-2009, 01:44 PM
Riddick2112 Riddick2112 is offline
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Doug i thought you were going to leave these at 135lbs until you got your form issues straightened out? you really need some more practice before you start loading the bar again! These dont look any better than they did 2 weeks ago, and now you have new habit of looking straight down to the floor during the 2nd half of the movement. pick something in front of you on the wall a couple of feet up from the floor and dont take your eye off of it through the entire set. i find this not only helps keep everything tight but also helps with mental focus and blocking out distractions if any. anyway, you dont need to look at the floor, the bar is gonna get back there regardless

the way i see it your biggest problem is still not enough bending of the knees on the way down and so your butt is stuck up in the air when the bar gets back to the floor (in essence a half assed stiff-leg DL), THEN you have to lower your butt back into the proper position to start the next rep and on and on it goes. the start position of your first rep was pretty good and that is where you should end up at the end of the 1st rep. i think your other major problem is you're not setting the back properly which is only going to get worse if you keep adding weight to the bar (a couple of your reps really made me cringe at how much your back rounded over!!!!!)

if you've read the chapter on deadlifting in Starting Strength, go back and read it again and re-read it again until you understand the mechanics of the movement and what it means to set the back.

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