Is this the correct way to do dead lifts?

[Davegrun]

I started doing them today, i can barely put up 110 on the bench for now, because i only weigh 129, but i had no problem doing 145 deadlifts, that is if i was doing them correctly. I felt a lot of pressure in my lower back, but no pain at all. I did 5 sets of 5, and between each rep, i put the bar on the ground and waited like 2 seconds, (Don't know if you are supposed to do all reps in a row, or put the bar down each time), also, if i can lift a ton more than i can squat or bench press with the dead lift, does that mean i am still doing it correctly?

 

[bigguns15]

It would be very hard to judge your form without seeing it. There are many from Elite that could critique a video if you have access.

 

[satchboogie]

do them stiff legged. see if you can do that much weight then.

 

[endpoint]

put the bar down each rep.

i have always been able to deadlift more than i can squat

 

[audiophyle]

put the bar down each rep.

whoa, this is a new one for me. Are you supposed to completely drop all weight onto the ground, reposition and then pull again? I've just been tapping the weight to the ground and then pulling again, not letting the entire load rest on the ground. Maybe this would explain my lower back pain?

 

[bigguns15]

whoa, this is a new one for me. Are you supposed to completely drop all weight onto the ground, reposition and then pull again? I've just been tapping the weight to the ground and then pulling again, not letting the entire load rest on the ground. Maybe this would explain my lower back pain?

I pause on every rep as well. This is how it's done in competition, straight from the floor. The hardest part is getting it off the floor so the more practice I have doing that the stronger I get.

 

[spatts]

A deadlift comes OFF the floor. It has NO eccentric. You pick it up. That's it.

Anything else: keystones, RDLs, SLDLs, etc..are VARIATIONS!!!!!!!!

If you want to know how to deadlift, do not take advice about how to do RDLs or SLDLs, you could hurt yourself. Likewise, if you mean you want help with SLDLs or RDLs, then please be specific. This probably has to be my 2nd biggest pet peeve next to the 6 pack crap.

/rant

 

[PancakeFiend]

geez, here i thought you were supposed to keep a steady motion the whole way through instead of pick up and drop. allright looks like i'll be resetting next time.

 

[spatts]

You can do deadlifts for reps, but you don't have to drop it slowly and then fire up right when you hit the floor. At maximal weights, that's a great way to hurt yourself. If you come down under control, get your set up, and pull again, that's different. What really gets me fired up is when someone is asking about a deadlift, and someone tells them to bend their back and pull straight legged to isolate their hams more, or some crap like that....that's not a deadlift, that's a SLDL. Telling someone to pull a "deadlift" like that is not cool.

It's just a matter of definition, but in this case specificity = safety.

 

[PancakeFiend]

Ok thank you. That pull w/ your legs straight seems like a recipe for disaster...