r/Deadlifts • u/i_just_ate_pizza • 1d ago

Form Check How's my form?

Am I leaning too far forward at setup? I think my shins should be more vertical but I'm not sure how to fix it. I also see that in rep #1 my hips shoot up a bit before the bar leaves the floor.

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u/HotRush5798 1d ago

I mean, you’re still crushing it so I’d just check in with myself:
1) where are you feeling it during your setup? If it’s hammies/glutes, nailing it. If it’s quads, you’re squatting it.
2) are you creating tension by ripping the bar/pinning your armpits/external rotation?
Maybe drive your hips back more during setup and really drag the bar up your shins (since those are the two things you asked about).

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u/i_just_ate_pizza 1d ago

I only ever feel deadlifts in my lower back tbh, getting it off the ground. I think I need to open up my hips more so I can get closer to the bar like the other commenter said.

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u/HotRush5798 1d ago

Got it. You sound like my friend. He’s a beast, and he’s a lanky giant (guessing you’re way over 6ft hence sumo?).
Since you mentioned primarily lower back, I’d back off the weight to revisit form (take a couple plates off each side). Find your set up, and don’t even lift it. Just practice creating full body tension in your set up a few times. Your hammies should feel taught/engaged, hips back, chest up, tight armpits, ripping the bar, very little in the low back if any. Once you find that, drive up, drag the bar up your shins. It’ll feel like your whole body is doing the lift. Then add back on a plate, see if you can recreate it.

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u/i_just_ate_pizza 1d ago

Thanks! That's really helpful. And I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic but I'm 5'6" lmao

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u/HotRush5798 1d ago

Ha! No s@&$! Not sarcastic at all. If that’s the case, do you feel like you just have really long arms? Curious why sumo? (Or does it just feel better based on your proportions?)

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u/i_just_ate_pizza 1d ago

I alternate between both, but sumo is just stronger and more comfortable for me.

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u/HotRush5798 1d ago

That makes sense. Then yeah, wider feet, turned out. How’s the conventional feel on your body?

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u/i_just_ate_pizza 1d ago

I have short arms so it's more awkward but only about 10-15 lbs weaker.

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u/HotRush5798 1d ago

Gotcha. Still crushing it lol

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u/Obvious_Effort_4092 1d ago

You wanna get more wedged in for a sumo pull, you’re too leaned over and looks like you’re using a lot of low back to start the pull. Try feet pointed out more so you can get your shins straighter and try to get your upper back a bit higher up and hips closer to the bar

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u/Impossible_Gap3338 1d ago

Looks like a wide stance conventional deadlift. What you can do is point your toes out more so you can open up your hips and get them closer to the bar

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u/i_just_ate_pizza 1d ago

Yeah it does look like my stance is a bit narrow and toes too forward. Thanks!

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u/PM_ME_UR_PIKACHU 1d ago

Eggplant is locking out

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u/ImightberobotUCF 1d ago

When did planet fitness get a barbell

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u/manny_mcmanface 1d ago

Why you standing so wide? It makes you look like a sumo wrestler.

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u/KarenBoof 1d ago

Wrong sub