Thread: Am I deadlifting right?

the muscles you should feel it in is the hams, and the ass, so I guess your doing ok Just keep your back arched.. your erectors probably got stronger, which is why you do not feel it there anymore (remember the only fuction of the erectors during deads is to keep the back arched)

Yes make sure you are arching your back. It seems like you are keeping your back sort of vertical which would make you use your legs more. If you can post a vid of you doing them and we'll critique.

I think you are doing a conventional deadlift and what youve seen other people do are SLDLs or Romanian Deadlifts.

The lower your set your hips, the more you load the quads. I don't think you are nessecarily doing them wrong. There are tons of different ways people deadlift, just do what feels comfortable and safe. As long as you are keeping everything tight you are fine IMO.

lets see a video if possible

i think you're doing fine. you technically should not feel much in your back. if you are, you would most likely flexing your spine during the movement, which you definitely do not want to do. you use your hip to drive the bar up, not your spine.

Originally Posted by wilwn

i think you're doing fine. you technically should not feel much in your back. if you are, you would most likely flexing your spine during the movement, which you definitely do not want to do. you use your hip to drive the bar up, not your spine.

I always keep my spine neutral and I will feel it in my back, especially when going for reps. It is inevitable, the erector spinae are involved whether you flex your spine or not. I do agree that they can be "felt" less to an extent by playing around with positioning.

Thanks for the feedback guys. Both my bro and old man have had back problems in their lives so I've always been super cautious (not a ponce either though- I try to go heavy as I can without getting stupid with form)- belts, wraps etc. As a rule I lift with my legs parallel to the floor and with my lower back arched (inwards) and my head up, facing forward.

I feel it in my hams, glutes and lower back and although its an overall power move, I suppose I still expect a super flush/swelling like you get from isolation moves or from other heavy litfs like benching, rowing or squatting etc. I do at times feel my lower back has been worked because it's fatigued (so I have to sit down) but I don't ever seem to get a pump as such in my lower back- is this common?

Thanks

As a rule I lift with my legs parallel to the floor and with my lower back arched (inwards) and my head up, facing forward.

This sound good. The way you do them sound OK to me.

I suppose I still expect a super flush/swelling like you get from isolation moves or from other heavy litfs like benching, rowing or squatting etc.

Nah you won't, it just feels like you've done a shitload of work, but you'll feel it all over the next day.

Originally Posted by fufu

I always keep my spine neutral and I will feel it in my back, especially when going for reps. It is inevitable, the erector spinae are involved whether you flex your spine or not. I do agree that they can be "felt" less to an extent by playing around with positioning.

true the erectors are worked wheter you flex your spine or not, but if you don't flex your spine they are worked isometrically, if you do flex your spine they are worked dynamically. You erectors work to keep your back straight or arched during a deadlift.

Originally Posted by KarlW

Nah you won't, it just feels like you've done a shitload of work, but you'll feel it all over the next day.

I must be doin' it right, then.