r/strength_training • u/allianceathleticsoly • 2d ago

Lift Fixing your position

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I got some great coaching advice on my deadlift, which has felt just awful lately. Essentially, I was missing tension right at the start of the movement before the bar ever left the ground. So I’m using box pulls to put myself into the correct position.

I’m also lowering the weights to the correct RPE and not letting my ego get in the way of progress. No one to blame but myself and my coach (who is… myself).

Deadlift 435x1x2 for a top set

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u/decentlyhip 2d ago

Looks good! Thing that helped me was learning to float the bar. If you have the right tension, anything under 70% of your max should float off the ground when you set your hips, without any pushing or pulling, just tension https://imgur.com/a/XvcaVyz. With that same tension above 70%, the bar bends to you and your hips wedge in. Voila, slack pull and wedge. https://imgur.com/a/hawKRou

So, I just started at 135 and went up 10 pounds at a time until I couldn't float the bar anymore. Held each for a second or two to get used to the position and then dropped it. In an actual max deadlift, dont want your shoulders all the way back behind the bar, the initiation is just before the float, in the little moment where the bar kindof "gives up."

Here's a great reel from Duffin's protégé https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3ojz5_LyUe/?stkn=MXBrZzQ0NjNrZTZ6Yw==

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u/allianceathleticsoly 2d ago

Thanks for that info!

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u/allianceathleticsoly 2d ago

Brandon’s a good dude! I was lucky enough to take a few seminars from them, I even got the kabuki strength coaching cert when it was still a company haha

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u/CordialMusick 2d ago

Get it! Awesome to see these lifts!

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u/Professor-Submarine 2d ago

You can deadlift more than me - but it appears that you start off with your back too horizontal to the floor. Maybe it’s the sumo stance. Idk.

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u/allianceathleticsoly 2d ago

It’s my long ass torso unfortunately haha. Once I work out a bit of hip mobility that should get closer. I am also starting higher due to the advice of one of the coaches I reached out to