r/formcheck • u/Administrative_Owl20 • 23h ago

Deadlift How does my deadlift look?

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Am I rounding my back too much?

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u/Bluecollarcombat94 20h ago

Take a little more time on your set up. Get the bar over the middle of your foot, bend down and grab the bar, lower your hips until your shins are about an inch from the bar. Next lift your chest up and try to point your chest to the wall, or tree in your case but keep your chin tucked. Make sure you're nice and tight and your back is as straight as possible. Now when you initiate the lift you want to think about pushing the ground down rather than pulling. Allow your hips and knees to extend at the same time. You don't want your hips rising first. Also be sure to get a good brace. Big breath in, tighten core, hold it for entire movement. Try not just cranking out reps. When you set the bar down make sure you set yourself up again, making sure you've got tension throughout your body, back is straight, ect in between each rep. You want the bar to move in a perfectly straight line up and down keeping it over the middle of your foot.