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Old 04-07-2009, 05:02 PM
Riddick2112 Riddick2112 is offline
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Originally Posted by _Wolf_ View Post
You are squatting your deadlifts up. Why have you not been listening to what Eric's told you in the past. Jeez...you're STILL deadlifting only 135 lbs??? IF you incorporated better form you might be able to pull much more.
wolf have you read the rest of Doug's journal??? he WAS pulling much more only he was puling it badly! he had some major form problems to address before he started loading the bar. just because someone tells you how to do a certain thing doesnt mean you can immediately put it into operation perfectly. it'd be much easier if any one of us was there in the gym coaching him as he was actually training but we arent so it is gonna take a bit longer but he'll get them down. they are already light years ahead of where they were before. keep in mind too that Doug is one tall mo/fo and his legs are gonna have to crouch down more than most simply so he can grab the bar.

those last few reps looked the best to me. imo, you're not too far off Doug. you need to get your shoulders over the bar, not behind it, that's what's causing you to 'sit' into your deadlift too much. watch your video again and pause it just at the start of each rep, take note of your shoulders in relation to the bar, on the reps where your shoulders are back behind it, you're squatting the lift, on the ones where your shoulders are over it or slightly in front, you're really close to nailing it. and be careful how hard you thrust your hips forward at the top, you dont want to hyperextend your spine in that position. save that hip thrustng stuff for when you're with your woman ;-)

i just viewed your video again. right at the very beginning, just before you turned to look at the camera (:41), you were really close to the proper starting position, after you turned to loook straight ahead again, you leaned back slighty, sank your ass down and spoiled it. watch that and freeze it at :41. Your shoulders are in front of the bar, your butt is in proper position and your back looks pretty set.

btw how about that guy doing the 1/2 reps on the leg press in the b/g!
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