 Hey everybody, today I want to talk about tight low backs when deadlifting. Sometimes you might not have pain, but you might have persistent tightness that is just uncomfortable, feels kind of restrictive. Two main issues that I see with this one. So first is I'm arching my back or initiating with my back too much at the bottom. So what that looks like, if I'm down here, one, I could put a lot of stress by over-rounding everything and I don't want this position right that doesn't make too much sense from a mechanics standpoint and it puts extra stress on my discs and on my back in general. What I'm looking for is something a little bit straighter, but oftentimes people will also over straighten this way and then when they start to pick the weight up they're initiating with their shoulders and they're holding a lot of tension in their low back really trying to compress everything, really trying to set everything. So I don't want either of those things and you have to be kind of tuned in to the detail of the position that you're in if you're gonna get it right. So the cue that I use when I'm coaching myself is I need to feel my heels in the ground. Okay, if I arch my back like this I feel a lot of pressure in the balls of my feet and if I round my back like this I feel a lot of pressure in my back honestly and even in my shoulder blade a little bit and that's great. If I find, let's arch again, a little bit more neutral position right here. Now I feel my legs. Okay, I feel my heels pushing into the ground and I can hang out here a lot longer than I can hang out in this position right. It's just a more restful position. It allows for more mobility. It allows for better stability. So if you're getting tight backs make sure you look at your position in the bottom of the lift and make sure you're doing everything okay. Once you can get the position then make sure you're initiating correctly. I want to initiate with my legs. I want to bring my hips forward. You should watch my video on bringing the hips because it's a funny one that pays homage to Grant Gartis, great coach. So I want to initiate with my legs and then I want to bring the hips. The only reason my shoulders come up is because I bring my hips forward and my body wants to stand up. That initiates with my leg musculature instead of with my low back musculature. So make sure you got the good position at the bottom and then make sure you're initiating the lift correctly if you're feeling your low back tight.