So I was doing deads like Ronnie Coleman in his video ...

[jeremys]

I keep my shoulders rounded forward. Decreases the ROM. I believe "lockout" is demonstrated by the hips.

woops. maybe i explained it wrong. yeah. i meant keeping the shoulders 'back' meaning behind your hips..if that makes any sense.

 

[spatts]

OH! Behind the bar...gotcha.

 

[CipherLock]

Cipher, you can lock out without locking back. In PL terms, locking it out is just being able to hold it with control at the top. If you pull it then fall backwards you don't really have control. Pull, show control in an upright posisition, lower. That's locking out the deadlift, to me.

thanks for taking the time to clarify