Longer torso, shorter arms. Duh. Switch to a trap bar, set your hips lower, closer to that of a clean pull. Do the deadlift and it will be way more comfortable. If you do this a few times and it feels good, go back to the barbell and do the same. Squats is easier for people with shorter femur and legs in general, narrower hips, pulling exercises usually easier for those with longer arms shorter torsos.
Your limbs seem average, I assume your legs are approximately the same proportionally as your arms. Deadlifts engage your entire posterior chain. You probably just aren’t at a proper level of calibration with your neuron and brain muscle connection. Back flat, feet planted and focus force in middle, engage and tighten core and exhale, gripping as tight as possible and lifting first with hamstrings and completing the lift by thrusting your hips forward and engaging your lower back, lats and traps
Tbh the problem is that I don't get how to execute this exercise. Plus, my hamstrings hurt quite a lot. I had a PT for a few sessions and he told me he had never seen that before.
Deadlift quickstart guide for beginners >feet shoulder width apart >grip bar >tighten shoulderblades down >straighten lower back >without changing angle of lower back: leg press the floor away >when bar gets over your knees: tense glutes to bring hips forward >continue until standing straight up
ezpz
In deadlift the most important thing is to keep is to keep the right distance between shins and bar. I suspect that in most cases that's why people complain that DL fricks their back. Another mistake might be that you're pulling with your back too early. You gotta move you're ass up all the way and only when that's not enough anymore pull with your back.
Go watch the rippetoe video on DL.
>good at
>bad at
This tells us absolutely nothing. Post weight and reps moron
Yes you're right. I'm just saying I do these first two exercises correctly (= my form is good) but I struggle with the deadlift
Longer torso, shorter arms. Duh. Switch to a trap bar, set your hips lower, closer to that of a clean pull. Do the deadlift and it will be way more comfortable. If you do this a few times and it feels good, go back to the barbell and do the same. Squats is easier for people with shorter femur and legs in general, narrower hips, pulling exercises usually easier for those with longer arms shorter torsos.
I have wide hips, see my picture above
So?
You probably have stubby little arms
I let you judge by yourself
Your limbs seem average, I assume your legs are approximately the same proportionally as your arms. Deadlifts engage your entire posterior chain. You probably just aren’t at a proper level of calibration with your neuron and brain muscle connection. Back flat, feet planted and focus force in middle, engage and tighten core and exhale, gripping as tight as possible and lifting first with hamstrings and completing the lift by thrusting your hips forward and engaging your lower back, lats and traps
Not OP but have the same problem, thanks that seems genuinely helpful
Tbh the problem is that I don't get how to execute this exercise. Plus, my hamstrings hurt quite a lot. I had a PT for a few sessions and he told me he had never seen that before.
Deadlift quickstart guide for beginners
>feet shoulder width apart
>grip bar
>tighten shoulderblades down
>straighten lower back
>without changing angle of lower back: leg press the floor away
>when bar gets over your knees: tense glutes to bring hips forward
>continue until standing straight up
ezpz
Thank Mr Skeltal.
Deadlift is from the floor. RDL never touches the floor and should be executed like a reverse stiff leg deadlift.
Yes but in both cases the problem is that my hamstrings (or something next to the knee) hurts me SO much that I can't even start the exercise
In deadlift the most important thing is to keep is to keep the right distance between shins and bar. I suspect that in most cases that's why people complain that DL fricks their back. Another mistake might be that you're pulling with your back too early. You gotta move you're ass up all the way and only when that's not enough anymore pull with your back.
Go watch the rippetoe video on DL.
In my case I noticed 2 problems: 1) I struggle to understand the succession of movements I'm supposed to do 2) My hamstrings hurt a lot
>bad at deadlift
what do you mean by that? what are your numbers ?
When I do the RDL it hurts in the back or my knee, I don't know whether it is the popliteus muscle or the hamstring but it hurts
Why the frick did you not mention in your OP that you were talking about RDLs?
Because I'm confused about the difference between Deadlift and RDL
then look it up maybe?