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dgjesu3 Posts: 104 Joined: 2006/11/13	2006/12/29, 05:24 PM Basically over the passed month, I've slowly been incorporating the best powerlifting exercises. I've been deadlifting, but not very heavy. Before I do so, I wanted to ask the proper form of a deadlift. I watch many videos of guys deadlifting a lot of weight, but their back is completely curved, and seems to me they are using mostly their whole back. I know you should be using a lot of legs, and just want to make sure I perform the deadift correctly so I don't injure myself. Also, I know conventional is feet shoulder width and hands outside legs, and sumo is the opposite, but what does each deadlift do differently compared to the other. Thanks, I don't want to become one of those people who does every exercise EXCEPT the most important ones, such as the deadlift.
	2006/12/29, 05:30 PM sumo focuses more on hips...very similar to squat in muscles used conventional is more back...most people pull more with this style watch andy bolton lift 1004lb ...or other big time lifters....nothing more inspiring or best way to learn proper form....youtube is a great resource for this nowadays..
dgjesu3 Posts: 104 Joined: 2006/11/13	2006/12/30, 05:45 PM Thanks. Now at the end of the lift, are you supposed to push your hips and chest out forward to finish the lift? I've seen many people do it, and others don't do it.
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/12/30, 08:43 PM The final position should be a position that you could hold with little energy. For me, this is a reclining military posture. -------------- Iron and chalk.
homegym1 Posts: 75 Joined: 2005/08/12	2006/12/30, 09:34 PM chest up but down back goes befoe hips and never curl up if you thimk your doing this DROP THE WEIGHT
ecle5c Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/07/10	2006/12/31, 03:01 PM How exactly do you curl what you deadlift? Doesn't even seem possible. Even if you were trying to curl it wouldn't do much.
josmit Posts: 107 Joined: 2005/06/09	2007/01/14, 01:07 PM He is refering to curling your back, not arms. Curling your back with that much weight could do some serious damage.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2007/01/15, 05:45 PM You don't curl anything....you lock out....good way to tear a bicep....or pull somthing -------------- Get your bicep curling, cut off shirt, matching workout outfit wearing,flexing in mirror "toned" wanna-be ass , out of my squat rack! Don't talk to me, only thing that should be moving is the bar.