Mark Rippetoe: Deadlift Alignment Pt. 2

[sugmegpls]

Nice and upright? I dont get any stress on my back if im "nice and upright". :( He also says in the first part 1 of these vids that people have a tendency to drop their ass..well how in the world am i supposed to be nice and upright if im not dropping my ass...confused.

[xGENERALxKILLx]

My back hurts but 345x2 at 160 is pretty good weight

[Weightbuddy]

Mark is soo right, its a fucking back exersise. I hate it when people tell me put more legs into it! i bend down till shns hit the bar and then chest up..perfec form each time. @ 180 pulling 330x5 i think im doing somthing right.

[mattormat1]

:28 - :30 "I can't help him he's gay he's built wrong" (scratches head)

[youngthugga87]

all he says is right but does that mean that if you have a shitty deadlifter structure you can't deadlift? based on my experience no you can't at least not the regular deadlift I personally do the sumo and I can lift much more weight with less risk of injury

[armenianderick]

What is avg reach?

The reason i ask is because im about 5'8-9 and have about 66-68in reach. How is my build for deadlifting?

[Chrisman50]

@armenianderick Reach is usually your height LOL. Measure arm length, as short arms = broad shoulders.

[MightyJoeBlack95]

He's just a shitty deadlifter.

[mrcsharp12]

A man once told Rippetoe that he could deadlift, but rippetoe said no.

[SGTcrackey666]

"if we got a guy"

Love how he saids that :P

[sugmegpls]

So do i want a high or low angel on my back in relation to my hips?

[milesbennettdyson]

@sugmegpls As it seems from the video, you only want to do deadlifts if you can get the correct posture; if you can line up all the parts right while watching yourself in the gym mirror and it looks relatively like Rip says it does, I'd imagine it's probably okay.

[chanakack]

the worst teacher i have ever seen!..how can you TALK about an exercise that critical to do without hurting your spine? you have to demonstrate

[theskorpian]

@chanakack They did that afterwards, it just isn't shown in this video. Learn how to work youtube.

[chanakack]

@theskorpian ..... oh a private lesson for you i guess because it suppose to show here and that's how you tube works..stone age idiot telling me how to use you tube

[temponebl]

Well, I am tall, Long back, and long legs, I can get the bar passed my knee's I am screwed

[onceuponthecross]

fuck i am that goofy guy!!

[stinkeroftheyear]

This makes since. I am short, so I think this helps me out a bit.

[tyciol]

This more than anything helps make clear the reasons behind bodies which are or aren't ideal for deadlifting in terms of alignment for the spine and stuff. That concept is sort of confusing when people besides Rippetoe talk about it.