Mastering The Deadlift: How To Increase Your Weight With Perfect Form

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I look way too up which I will finally start addressing next time I deadlift. I’ve strained both front and back of my neck way too many times. I don’t know why I never addressed this sooner. Better late than never.

Dumb question, but do you initially push with your legs?

Man I love deadlifts, I’m 185 pounds and started doing deadlifts in July, and couldn’t even get 300 pounds off the ground and now can rep 345 for 5 reps with good form at a shoulder width stance

Does anyone else get hip pain when they try to set their deadlift closer to parallel (squat-esk)

Nice

Why don’t you demonstrate the lift doing 315 lbs instead of 135 lbs . Every guy will have great form at 135 lbs . Pointless tutorial

Great vid I’ve been heavy lifting for the first time in a while and the deadlift is quite a tough exercise I was terrified of how poor form can cause injuries but I watched vids like this constantly during training to perfect my form keeping your shins close to the bar bend over then push until your shins touch the bar putting hips into position push your chest through straightening your back legs to the side next to your forearms lift up keeping contact with the legs and following it down I’m still trying to find my weight 65kg seems like a challenge but I may try heavier although my abs are rather weak so I might have to continue with weights I’ve used to get my and used to these compound lifts

Thanks man , much help

The U.S. Army uses a “trap bar” (hex bar?) for a Deadlift in the Army Combat Fitness Test.
Is there an advantage in using this trap/hex bar for those of us who want to achieve a certain continuing general health goal, but are not interested in testing the upper limits of our abilities?

Ty for the video!! 🙏 What’s the song it ends w/ called?

Perfect form for one person, might not be perfect form for the next

Needed tips on dead lifting and knee to immediately search for SU! Loved this video I’m going to watch the others too 🙏🏾

Saw rounding his back all the time

Someone told me once to keep my head down, looking to the floor and in line with my back to avoid too much stress on my spine. However, I see you guys here emphasizing to look higher, right?

yeah, ima snap my back

Thankyou so much! This was wonderful😭🙏🏻

Useful to see the differences between conventional and snatch deadlift for a beginner :)

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wich program are you use

thank you so much for this video. quick question can my toes be pointed out?

Love this

will deadlift cause sloped shoulders?

Man after discovering Matt Wennings several months ago, all my lifts went up in the best way possible.

Cómo están en Instagram ?

This is really helpful at first I started deadlift I use too doo with really good/ decent form but recently I fcked up the form even today I did it cause It's back day but surely I'll try it next time with these tips

What clean deadlift for ?

I don't believe in squats and deadlifts, there are easier, less risky exercises that can accomplish the same.

What’s the correct position of the hands to grab the bar? Same direction (point in) or one pointing out and the other in? Thanks for your content!

The lats work by pulling on the humerus in adduction, less by shoulder extension. if you roll shoulders forward and down your lats will be in a much stronger position to hold your arms in place. Combine this with flexion in your upper back and you have a very strong position.

If you try to make your upper back ”straight” while pulling back into your lats, you will have most of your upper back muscles in a shortened position , good luck using the force of your scapulae to hold a heavy deadlift without risking injury. Do not pull your shoulders back. Keep a steady position and push from the floor (which also deadlift panda talks about).

Tip 1 will make you weaker, not stronger. Your reflections on these dudes tips aren’t even the same conclusions.

Mitchell Hooper (which is the worlds strongest man and a very successfull physiotherapist) explains this clearly in his seminars.

Thanks so much for this comparison - and to your guests. I’ve been watching “tutorials” and yours is the only one that compares different disciplines - totally get it now! Thank you

Theseasonorg explains whole bible God bless

This video is bible material.

Can you please do a video regarding the deadlift and different body proportions?

Can everyone regardless of body proportions do the DL safely and effectively from the floor?

I don't know if I need to perform my DLs elevated, because I try and follow all of your instructions, but I still feel my back working way too much and don't feel much in my glutes. I have long legs and a comparatively bit of a short torso. Or perhaps I need to switch to sumo?


I've learned a lot from all your tutorials regarding the deadlift (and thank you so much for that!), but I'm struggling to figure out, how not to overload my low back and instead work my glutes and grow my strength safely.

I hope you see this and send some help my way! Keep up the great work!

Do you have any videos on lumbar spinal compression issues? I’ve been doing the bracing, but any time I lay on my back for bed, I wake up in pain. It takes a couple hours before I can even bend over even with the core bracing. Quads especially my rectus seems very stiff constantly and can’t get it to release but I feel that is what is pulling me to a more anterior tilt

Great video. That intro was cheesy as hell lmao.

Waste of time as there are far better tutorials on YT

@squat university do you know how to write programs?

Does anybody realize that this guy is the fourth best strength coach in the world and my man is putting out free Contant, which is helping thousands surely you can start selling programs for everyone to benefit I check your website there’s nothing

I think that bit about pushing knees out will be really helpful for my deadlifts. Thank you!

not relevant to the video I know. When I squat on the side of my knee something shifts and 'pops'. I can see this happen and I get no pain when it does. Is this something I should be worried about? I avoid squats atm because I do not know the cause/ if it can cause me harm.

Please make a video on barbell sumo squat......it would be a great help

Sir, I don't fell quads in squat . Please fix this

The hurt and pain in those eyes!!!! 🙏

Mitch Hopper would disagree with a lot of these tips

Every thing is OK what they said BUT i would explain it diferent way like like they never exaggerated the power of legs the muscle mind conection toward the legs because the whole thing start from the leg not shoulder it is second part that what i am missing

is dead lifting beneficial for runners

Have you reviewed the proper form for the Olympic hex bar?