I'm not sure if I'm doing the dead lift right.
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blopmiyers
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I'm new to lifting, and I'm not sure if I correctly pulled off the dead lift. I say that because I don't feel anything in my lower back when doing it, only in my quads and hamstrings sometimes. Here's what I do,
1. Make sure the bar is centered on my feet
2. "Sit" grab the bar assuring it touches my shins
3. Put my chest up
4. Push with the legs and move my hips forward, squeezing my glutes
I only tried dead lifting with an Olympic bar, I didn't want to go to heavy at first.
1. Make sure the bar is centered on my feet
2. "Sit" grab the bar assuring it touches my shins
3. Put my chest up
4. Push with the legs and move my hips forward, squeezing my glutes
I only tried dead lifting with an Olympic bar, I didn't want to go to heavy at first.
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Would need to see a video to know if you're doing it "right" or not. But I would guess that you didn't feel anything in your lower back because you were just lifting the bar. The basic principles you have listed sound correct.1
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I'm not too comfortable posting a video haha. But I did manage to find a mistake I did in my form. What I would do is sit down like a squat. After watching a few videos I found out you have to bend more like a "bowing" kind of bend. Basically at first my hips were parralel to my knees. Also, I tried performing a dead lift with that "bowing" position and immediately noticed my hamstrings were tight and activated.0
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You're not supposed to feel lower back pain if you do it correctly, right??0
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blopmiyers wrote: »I'm not too comfortable posting a video haha. But I did manage to find a mistake I did in my form. What I would do is sit down like a squat. After watching a few videos I found out you have to bend more like a "bowing" kind of bend. Basically at first my hips were parralel to my knees. Also, I tried performing a dead lift with that "bowing" position and immediately noticed my hamstrings were tight and activated.
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Google the article "deconstructing the deadlift"0
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Take videos of yourself even if you don't share with anybody. It really is the only way to check your own form. Try to get shots from the front and side.2
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