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Teaching the deadlift

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[Maurice Lyons]

Excellent tutorial, can't wait for "So you think you can deadlift?"

Question: Why are you stumbling back when you reach the top of your deadlift?

[reubke1]

He's probably stumbling because he's probably used to deadlifting much more weight. sort of like when you show someone how to bench with just the bar, it feels like nothing.

[John Punt]

Agreed. Is it really that necessary to exaggerate the dropping the bar like that?

[jferguson6008]

when you first go to pull in a deadlift there is some slack in the bar. So when you do a deadlift pull up on the bar to where it is tight and then follow through with the lift

[fizzypop01]

"Ok, remeber what i said about the nutsack" (6:53)

[ExtremeMetalMike]

unnecessary effort is needed to lower it down. this is a demo/tutorial on the pull, not the lowering so it is not necessary. if you need a tutorial on lowering it.... just reverse the motion of the pull.....

[ExtremeMetalMike]

it was explained in the video, you want to pull/lean back as hard as you can and since there's ~135 on the bar and Dave weighs ~240, his momentum and weight moving backwards can't be matched by the bar weight. When the bar weight increases to and above body weight then the stumbling should stop

[benchfordeath]

momentum carries him backwards because the weight is so light

[Jeff Hebert]

I think it's because he is driving up and back during the lift and the weight on the bar is not enough to counter balance his 300 pounds falling backwards, hence the step back.

[maximilliankolb]

Damn, Dave is LEEEEAAAAAN!



[zack726]

I'd think it's because the weight is so light, and Dave is so well practiced, he is pulling back as hard as he would with a heavier weight, but the counterbalance (the teeter-totter) isn't there, so he stumbles back.