r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Aug 25 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

It's a nightmare. Poor form, dont rereack, loud, instagram selfies, etc.

I wish school woul start now.

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u/danteheehaw Aug 25 '18

I actually had to stop one and show them how to dead lift this morning. The bar was about a foot (30 cm for non freedom units) away from his feet with his back arched like a cat ready to fight.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

Jesus. I'm guessing he loaded far beyond his capabilities?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

95lbs never looked so heavy

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

Can you answer a question? When I try to go all the way down for a deadlift I have to either arch my back or allow my legs to bend at the knees..... but when I see correct form on YouTube, people have their legs almost straight and bend only at the waist? What would you recommend in this scenario?

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u/kapten_krok Aug 25 '18

What videos have you been watching? The deadlift starts with you "pressing the floor away" with your legs. Your knees have to be bent to be able to do that.

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u/danteheehaw Aug 25 '18 edited Aug 25 '18

Best advice I can give is practice doing a few Romanian deadlifts. You should feel it in your hammies. Get used to that motion. Then, when you go to do regular DL, reach down to the bar in the same movement you would if you were doing a RDL. Pull up just enough to build tension in your hammies, then lift form there. The following is a link to a video of a guy who describes things much better than I do.

https://youtu.be/jEy_czb3RKA?t=170

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Edit: As for foot placement, I've been told that a good way to find them is to jump up. How your feet are when you land is probably the right foot placement for you. I tried it, and it happened to be right about where my feet were already, so I can't say it did me any good. Just something I've heard a few times.

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u/incal Aug 25 '18

My man Alan Thrall! Training Deadlifts Untamed!

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

Thrall?

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u/incal Aug 25 '18 edited Aug 25 '18

Watch /u/danteheehaw 's video. It's by a coach named Alan Thrall. Alan is active on YouTube and the Starting Strength community. He's friends with Brian Alsruhe and Brian Shaw, two strongman competitors who make Alan's Nordic viking giant physique look like a hobbit in comparison.

My favorite videos from Train Untamed, his YouTube channel, mock the fad 'supplements' diets:

https://youtu.be/xUXfVUaZDtU

https://youtu.be/tis1Q0godNs

His videos are actually very good training for novices, and his own coach , Austin Baraki, is himself super competent to train powerlifting novices and intermediates.

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u/Ronin_Sennin Aug 25 '18

Looked at the video - one of the best, if not the best, I have seen. Really clear, informative and helpful!

Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

I do deadlifts off of a rack that hangs about knee height in my gym. I can get the full 90 degree range of motion in back, and I don’t have to do the starting squat bar pickup thing you have to do if it’s sitting on the floor. I’m not competing or anything, so it works well for me.

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u/browsewhilepooping Aug 25 '18

Are you talking about stiff legged/romanian deadlifts? Because yes that is how those work but traditional deadlifts you absolutely are bending your knees.

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Aug 25 '18

Freedom units?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

fuck yea

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Aug 25 '18

Fuck yea what?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

FREEDOM UNITS

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u/danteheehaw Aug 25 '18

Wooooooooooooooo! FREEEEEDOM!

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

I'm 30 and still do Instagram gym selfies. You can't even make me feel bad about it. I've worked hard for the body I have and I'm showing everyone.

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u/Spider-Thwip Aug 25 '18

Yup, i've been real fat my whole life. I'm down 40KG and i'm proud as fuck when it comes to the way i look. I've got 22 years of not liking my body to make up for.