Gus K yes!! His cues are so helpful! This is great stuff too.

Based on this video, I would add a step after #3: Scapula over the barbell

@@MrScoodles That doesn't really need to be cue'd if all else is done correctly.

Mladen Erak I'm about the same. Struggle is real.

The benefit is that you will get a fat ass and a thick back. Perfect beach muscles.

How are your arms mine are average

I know your struggle. I’m 5’9 (tall for a female)…long femurs AND short arms. My dl isn’t my best lift.

Daniel Kunkler thank you man! Honestly I don't either which shocks me because I'm not some super genius or anything. Wish guys like Greg nuckols or Mike I. and them would do more videos on KZfaq! However I do what I can! Glad you appreciate the content!

John Smith glad I was able to cover it for you!! I have a full deadlift tutorial on the conventional deadlift coming out very soon also!

MrStahlberg thank you so much! Glad I could help and glad it's a bit refreshing

Janus715 Hahahahaha dude I see too much of that. I try to be as pragmatic as possible. I don't care for over the top minutia and fancy words. I just want people to be able to actually take what I talk about and apply it instantly! Thanks for the love man

Or perhaps woman? Just saw the name!

blaktrumpet thank you so much man! And yeah I see that often especially in female trainees for whatever reason. Ironically the loss of position usually causes them to lose leg tension at some point too. The glutes tend to shut off a bit because of the overly forward position they get tossed into. Very correct in your analysis! It's funny how strengthening your back has become voodoo when the literature shows it's the most important muscle to have strong along with your abs!

Long torso long arms short legs then you need to sit down

Mario John they're coming!!!

Mary Frazier I'm glad!! I need a resource to talk a bit longer and more broad about things that I can't make full videos about. It'll cover that grey area for me!!!

Dluu22 I've literally texted him like 3 times in the last few days making fun of Canada so he'll come back LOL. He just replied today saying he's definitely back next week. We're gunna bang out a bunch of them!

hannakurt hahahahaha thank you for all the compliments and glad I am improving! Sometimes it's so hard to condense the info down but I'm learning! I have realized there is a sweet spot for fitness KZfaq and that's usually right around 6-9 minutes!

My Opinion LOL definitely quitting fitness related endeavors to become an artist. I think I have a future

I'm not even gunna lie, to draw the proportions correctly took me 5-6 tries 😭😭😭😭💔

Sankalp Arora not necessarily. I've seen guys pull the slack out but stay in front however if you do this while leveraging back like the way I do yes you'll instantly fall into position!

Asif Munir no definitely not universal! I actually squat slightly behind mid foot and deadlift slightly behind it as well! Most sumo pullers definitely need to be way closer than mid foot too! The rule here will actually fix that too. A lot of people will find they need the bar further or closer to achieve the shin touch and scapula over the bar. If you feel stronger at 3/4 definitely stay there! I do mine like just a tad past mid foot

Although ironically the size of traditional 45 lb plates or 20/25kg plates has made the deadlift start position somewhat arbitrary I do think it's best to learn from this position. Most people will progress their deadlift to this much weight very quickly, even smaller females and so it makes sense to practice from this position. I would say find bumper plates since they're always all the same diameter or elevate the plates. Also it's worth noting in my time as a PT I never had anyone between the ages of 15-45 utilize less than 135lbs for more than a few sessions and usually we got to that weight the first session. This may seem crazy however usually if someone is strongly correcting technique you can achieve that kind of weight pretty quickly. That's not to say you should expect that without someone who really knows what they're doing next to you. However the point being it's possible and can happen much quicker than you think. The only time this wasn't true was with a couple outliers in females who had very light body weights 105lbs or less or men with unhealthy bone densities. Progress at a SMART pace, do not push it beyond safe capability but do think progressively and know your body is more capable than you think. Technique technique technique! It's everything

Brendan Tietz thank you so much for this detailed response! It's good to know what I should really be lifting with correct form. I'm 5'1 113 lbs and thought that weight is achieved over time with strength. I didn't know that's expected with correct form. Is there any correlation with the weight you can squat with the weight you can deadlift?

JeCar17 deadlift just happens to be an exercise where it's relatively easy to lift higher loads (135+ lbs). If you want to start lighter, try 25 lb bumper plates like he recommended. If you don't have those, you could elevate the smaller plates by stacking blocks or firm mats on both sides of you if you have them. Otherwise, it's ok to just use the smaller plates to learn. Most people's deadlift exceeds their squat by a bit. A guy with a 400 lb deadlift might squat 315. But everyone is different!

James Wax thanks so much for your response! Those are very helpful tips

Sumo deadlift is more similar to a squat in terms of muscles used

Ann Marie Irvine hey read my reply to JeCar17! Sorry I tried copy pasting it but it won't work. In short, I would try to elevate the weight and progress quicker. By doing a lower deadlift you're in turn making the weight much harder and also risking mobility limitation issues

Brendan Tietz should I start mAybe on the smith machine before free-barrin it?

Ann Marie Irvine no. Ideally use bumper plates. Without them, place the barbell on the safeties in a rack to get the correct bar height.

None, just tons of deadlifts and rows. Neck exercises are counter productive imo

@@BrendanTietz You have no idea how glad I am to hear you say that. My neck is really skinny (at least compared to the rest of my body) so I'm obsessed with trying to figure out ways to put some muscle on it. I hate neck exercises with a passion though - they make me feel like I'm going to snap something. Would you recommend also shrugging after deadlift reps every now and then? And would you say any specific rows are better for the neck (Penlay vs. bent over)? Thanks for the reply!

He's too big to get into proper position so he has to do that but if you watch from the side he ends up in the position I'm walking about anyway. Also that train of thought isn't logical in the sense that just because someone's achieved something great doesn't mean it couldn't be better. You truly can't argue physics. Also Cailer just pulled 926 @ 220 which is a better pound for pound lift and he pulls the way I mentioned. Both sumo and conventional. Using the logic you just used I could refute that point with Cailer

thanks for replying brendan, but i would disagree on that statement with him being to big tho, since benedict magnusson pulls the standard way like you explained and theyr about the same size, please do alaborate with me on this though, why do you think 9/10 strongmen pulls this way? i pull myself like you explain, but i find it interesting that they lift this way, yea i do know that the bar doesnt leave the ground untill they reach the perfect position but there must be a reason why they lift this way. i doubt its because they "think" that they get more quad activation.

rubenaunet late reply, but I find that the kind of dynamic setup Eddie uses where you lower your hips and then expolde up is mostly applicable to large weights on soft bars. As his hips rise he pulls the slack out of the bar and he leaves the ground with a good amount of momentum. With lower weight and especially a stiffer bar yanking it like that will throw off your position. A dynamic setup is also dependent on the exact stiffness of the bar. Eddie had a tough time with the elephant bar compared to Shaw because he wasn't used to the lower stiffness. Even with sumo you can see a lot of difference between how Woolam yanks the bar, while Wierzbicki pulls out the slack. tldr: dynamic setups are mostly applicable to huge weights on soft bars.

Yazo0o7F low is arbitrary, ask him describe low. He won't be able to because it's different on anyone. Imagine a guy who's 6'5" with long femurs trying to put his but as low as someone average height with short femurs. If you put your hips any lower than where the scapula ends up over the bar you literally won't be able to pull the bar up until your body deviates into a vertical position which causes a position loss. So in actuality I'm telling people to put their hips as low as possible while still being in a position with the scapula directly over the bar. That's just physics

Brendan Tietz thanks for the advice, makes sense

Yazo0o7F welcome bro! Just remember to question everything you hear! Even with me! If they can't concisely answer why or don't offer an explanation of why then it's most likely false or partly false.

Yazo0o7F in this case it was actually partially true to an extent but people must understand where "low" is.