I do deadlifts exactly the way all the videos and advice say, neutral back position, tense abs, neck in line with spine, bar close to shins (mid shoelace), etc. but I still feel this tension/discomfort in my lower back. I injured my back (not herniated disc, just pulled a muscle) a few months before and don't want to do that again. Any tips or resouces?
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Film yourself from the side doing a few deadlifts with clothing on that allows you to see what each joint is doing and see if you can find any point where you’re doing something wrong
you are dropping your hips too much. When you start to pull the slack out of the bar with low hips your back will take over.
Keep you hips HAAIII.
And tense your AAASS.
>Don't go so low
>You need to go lower
Fricking kek. Anon, just focus on your hamstrings and keep your back neutral. It's that easy.
This is a moronic take. You can injure yourself with baby weights or even a fricking bad gesture with your own body weight.
>You can injure yourself with baby weights or even a fricking bad gesture with your own body weight
not on deadlifts, even if the bar travels foward a bit its not much of a difference in resistance (partly because you would also travel forward with the bar). Squats (sharts) are where you can snap your shit up with even just 3 plates
Maybe try getting down lower, maybe your lower back just needs to be a bit stronger for what you're having it do. Film your form, you might not be getting low enough before starting the lift, leading to your back pulling more of the weight than you want it to. If your form looks good when you film it try doing some light jefferson curls or light-ish back extensions once or twice a week.
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let's see some pictures or a video
it's practically impossible to snap your shit up sub 5pl8
I’ve seen a big (>220lb lean) bodybuilder give himself a hernia warming up with 3 plate
Nat but I got myself a hernia doing 40% of my max. Fricking belt got stuck under my ribs.
Weak lower back. 3x8-15 back extensions with a short hold at the top on the GHR machine will fix the problem.
Try going light to work on former then gradually increase weight while paying attention to your technique.
Need to see a video, but I'm guessing that you're using all lower back and have not yet learned how to properly push your feet through the floor and hinge to incorporate glutes/hams as well.
It's why I had to change from conventional to sumo after numerous non-deadlifting related injuries to my lumbar discs. I can't pull over 500 conventional without my back giving me signals that it's not happy with what I'm doing, but sumo allows me to pull just under 600 with zero lower back pain.
Sometimes it's just learning the proper cues better to fix an issue, sometimes you'll have to modify technique entirely based on injuries or anatomy. But a video would be helpful.
PS - if you strained your QL by any chance, get ready for it to give you on again/off again grief for a long time, that shit took forever to heal for me, and when it flares up every few years, it's a good month before it stops hurting completely when I lift.
This. Anyone who has worked a real job and read the safety manual knows you're not supposed to lift weight from the floor with your lower back. This applies to deadlifts. It's a hip hinge movement, you shouldn't be directly using your lower back to lift the weight, that's why everyone injures themselves.
Protip, everyone's body is slightly different and if you do lifts
>exactly like my x youtuber says
you're counteracting your bodies natural mechanics and you will hurt yourself. this is a common occurrence in the lifting community and it's rarely talked about.
Which is how so many people giving advice can both be "right and wrong" about any given topic. It's because it is right, if the chosen audience fits into that criteria, wrong for anyone not in that criteria.
If I can give you a small example, have you ever done a floor chest stretch? Where from the floor arms stretched out you lift one side of your body off the ground and stretch your chest muscles. You do this with your arms at a 45 degree angle usually. In my case i do this at a 50 degree angle. For years I stretched around 45 degrees and my pec minor never stretched. My personal body is slightly different, it needed a slight variation.
Now take that logic and apply it to every lift you ever did. You should not be doing a lift exactly like someone else says. You should be taking the fundamentals of their arguments and learn how it applies to your bodies individual needs.
People iit are overthinking it. You need more time with the bar. Just keep on trucking.
One thing that helped me the most was imagining I am doing leg press in the first part and focusing on back angle staying the same until knees
deadlift technique breakdown (in order):
>grip the bar
>set feet
>stratch the upper back
>pull back shoulder blades
>straighten the lower back
>pull the slack out of the bar to balance yourself and the weight over the middle of your foot
there
inb4
>i want to dynamic start
lol i hope you get injured like you deserve
OP here. Thanks for the replies, plan to film myself then poast here for analysis.
Stop doing moronic shit like a woman.