Topic: DL Form Check

[Mr.WWII]

http://youtu.be/yDUvl6TcVew

for those who don't know.. I've been dealing with numerous injuries for a really long time. This is my first time DLing anything even remotely challenging in well over a year.

[Steven Low]

First one, knees straightening too fast. THere's multiple things wrong with the second one.

Watch just the end of the bar. IN a proper deadlift it should go straight vertically. You will see some deviations as it comes forwards and backwards.

Coming backwards too soon = knees straightening too fast
Going forwards too much typically means you didn't sit back, or didn't get the knees out of the way soon enough.

Make sure you keep the bar pinned against your legs the entire time, but you gotta time the mechanics right

[Joe Brock]

Scrape your shins! 

You look pretty squishy (as in form, not makeup.)  You might be served by filming at a lighter weight and getting a little more speed in those pulls.  Steven hit the nail on the head, timing is the only challenging part of the deadlift's form.

If it helps, I actually think "pull the bar BACK" during them.  It forces me to retract the scapulae and drive the weight into my heels a little better.  Sometimes, form correction comes from feeling an exaggerated correction of what you're not getting right.

[Mr.WWII]

Knees def do straighten out too soon.  But
 

Scrape your shins! 

dude, you should see the blood stains on my pants and bar, I literally dig the bar into my shins lol. I guess ya just can't tell from the vid

I'll work on the knees and timing and repost

[Joe Brock]

Something else to consider, try dipping your butt slightly closer to the ground during your set-up.  The bar is set over your feet perfectly, but as you start the pull, your hips (which have less stress on them) are kicking back (knees straightening out too soon.)  My biggest issue with DL is my grip, so I'm just throwing out "cues" that have helped some of the other guys that lift with me.

One of the guys that I lift with has an almost identical DL.  He also makes the "S" shape with the bar that you do when he goes to set it back down.  He started using a sumo stance, and actually gained about #85 in one session with the different stance.  I'm not saying switch stances, but the concept of sumo requires you to stay more upright with your back.

If I was using bumpers, I don't think I'd ever lower a bar again as long as I live.

EDIT: TONS of DL tips.

[Mr.WWII]

Something else to consider, try dipping your butt slightly closer to the ground during your set-up.  The bar is set over your feet perfectly, but as you start the pull, your hips (which have less stress on them) are kicking back (knees straightening out too soon.)  My biggest issue with DL is my grip, so I'm just throwing out "cues" that have helped some of the other guys that lift with me.

One of the guys that I lift with has an almost identical DL.  He also makes the "S" shape with the bar that you do when he goes to set it back down.  He started using a sumo stance, and actually gained about #85 in one session with the different stance.  I'm not saying switch stances, but the concept of sumo requires you to stay more upright with your back.

If I was using bumpers, I don't think I'd ever lower a bar again as long as I live.

EDIT: TONS of DL tips.

I like sumo but at this point it bothers my knee too much, so I gotta stick to conventional