ROFL same here. good thing i didnt read your post before watching it.

he bloody pressed it. wtff

http://www.t-nation.com/strength-training-search/video

another source of information. the deadlift tutorial was pretty good imo

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_articl...to_the_deadlift

another good deadlift article by rippetoe. particularly useful info for those who has already tried deadlifting. pretty advanced read i might say..

A general milestone would be to squat your bodyweight, 1.5 bw and so on. Its a progressive thing.

Keep your back tight, chest out and roll your shoulders back. Bring up the barbell by thrusting your hips forward. Barbell should be touching your calves and thighs at all times, or at least as close as possible. Don't look in the mirror, find a spot a couple of feet in front of you.

think your grip should be slightly narrower too, grab it around shoulder length.

And kudos for posting vid!

Belieeve me not many forumers do that. Your back was slightly rounding towards the end there. Might be an issue when you try with heavier weight.

Edit: you don't bring shoulders back, rather squeeze your shoulder blades together and downwards

This post has been edited by mikehuan: Jan 11 2012, 12:05 PM

Why lift like a powerlifter? Sure you get to lift more but your objctive is to isolate your chest right?

If you find it hard to balance its your arm strength or stabilizers. Go do db presses for a few weeks and your balance should improve

um, first off im honored you called me out, but im nowhere near the other 2 guys lol. but thanks, made my day

both look spot on tbh, cant find anything wrong with them form wise. although it looks kinda easy for you, form tends to break near your limit so thats where you need to have it evaluated imho.

good going!

Yeah definitely add. 5x5 is decent just follow the program and you will be fine. Shoot for 1.5 bw or 2 x bw

Because you injured your back before. Your other lifts way ahead. I keep track of your journal so I know lol

IMHO, and at a noobs perspective, your previous weights wasnt heavy enough for your body to start recruiting your chest muscles. your lats were more than enough to do the job. However, once it got past that, your shoulders starts to droop forward as your lats couldnt hold it back. your body automatically squeezes the chest to support your back to keep it straight.

again, its just an opinion, i dont have a vid to look at, and tbh there are lots of things that could have happened other than what i mentioned. a vid might be of more help

RDL's when done right would affect your hamstring more, and lower back. there arent any pro/cons to compare one exercise to another, as they are done for different purposes. as in case of conventional, its more of a back exercise, and RDL is for hamstrings.

as for dumbbells DL, im not sure how similar it is to a squat as ive never done it before, so i cant really comment. will give it a go in my next session and get back to you. however, i dont think using db's for DL is a good idea as the DB's would automatically go to the sides once it lifts off. maybe emulate a trap bar DL and place your DBs at the sides instead?

No surprises there. Form breakdown is pretty norm when you chase prs. You should analyse which part of the lift your form broke down on and do some assistance work. Very often fixing the weak link translates to consistent pr breaking lifts

Gratz on your new pr!

well done! everything looks spot on. DL especially

first two exercises best be done in a cage though. always think what would happen if you fail a set.