How to Set Your Back During the Deadlift with Steve Ross

[@jerseyjim9092]

Great tips. I finally convinced my wife that she needed to lift and your tips on the various lifts have given me some new tools I hadnt heard of before to help dial in her form.

[@tomives1936]

Excellent video! I found use of the arrows very effective in relating the effects of the chest, arm, and lat movements in setting the lower back.

[@brusselsbarbell924]

Glad it helped you!

[@ekkihp.4488]

Very good and vivid!

[@bernsteinpaintinginc.8351]

Great cues and coaching; this will really help me!

[@brusselsbarbell924]

Awesome!

[@Matthew-pf9mj]

Fantastic!

[@blakecoughlin6091]

Great tip! Could you do a similar video of setting the back for the squat?

[@willemgijs3803]

Just push your shoulders back

[@brusselsbarbell924]

I’m on it

[@joejaloszynski875]

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[@dickjohnson7845]

Nipples always point at the floor during a squat, 3-4 feet out in front of you.

[@Stolenhalo719]

So much good information. I can't wait to practice it!

[@Spaced_Out_Bill]

Can't wait to try this!

[@michaelcraelius1082]

Thanks Steve, this video really helped !

[@SidMascardo]

Dope video! Already sent this to 2 friends who have trouble enabling thoracic extension 👍🏼

[@ironsavior1171]

I Tend to over extend my lower back, ans advise?

[@brusselsbarbell924]

Stop the extension a bit short of what you usually do.

[@josiahwright7114]

Focus on having a flat back. Lots of people think extension means "all the way."

[@drnagrom]

Nice

[@Pedant_Patrol]

Which wall do we ppont our nips towards? They're four in my gym.

[@ovathere93]

Try the one towards your left. 😉

[@duanewolfe2321]

When you are gripping the bar, twist to a 180 and try to point your nipples to the wall behind you. Then lift!

[@inconnu7582]

Is it possible to curb the lower back too much ? Not to have a rond back, but the contrary. I think, if we try to curb the back a lot, this is can cause some pain. What is you opinion on that ?

[@brusselsbarbell924]

Overextending the low back is not what we’re looking for and is a bad idea. You’re looking for hard, rigid extension, not overarching.

[@Ryan_Haydon84]

@Cis White Male with Extra Privilege Right. I’d love to see him do that with a heavy deadlift

[@inconnu7582]

@Cis White Male with Extra Privilege If you look some weigtlifting, you can see that a lot of people overarching But I am agree with you

[@inconnu7582]

@@Ryan_Haydon84 I have never said that I am doing that. It just that some people overarching to much, that's why I have asked this question.

[@jamesgoodwin7742]

What if you don’t have the structural mobility to get into this position? My femurs seem to be blocked by my pelvis when I squat to just above parallel

[@brusselsbarbell924]

Hard to say without seeing your deadlift first.

[@randyrustybuts9566]

try setting ones anterior tilt of the pelvis in a deadlift it will raise the chest naturally

[@Liftercode]

Basically raise head

[@simonadventures3727]

Are there more than this SS-Gym in Europe? Or is it the only one? Just wondering ...

[@brusselsbarbell924]

There are a handful of coaches over here but we’re the only SS Affiliate Gym in Europe.

[@simonadventures3727]

@@brusselsbarbell924 So is there any "overseas certification" program or do you have to take an extensive holiday in Texas to get certified?

[@brusselsbarbell924]

Everyone has to go to the seminar and pass the platform evaluation as the first step in the certification process

[@Kickboxer7267]

Some say rip cage down for optimal bracing and you say chest out. What is correct? So confusing

[@dadbod488]

Appreciate the tips 👍🏻 however, when I pull heavy (what I consider heavy, anyway) I cannot keep my hips that high. Am I doing something wrong? Or am I just weak? Lol

[@brusselsbarbell924]

What do you mean you ‘can’t’ keep your hips high at the start of the pull?

[@HooDRidEWhiteY]

I'm an average powerlifter and strongman. The high hips are one of the only disagreements I have with the Rip/SS model. I've tried it their way dozens of times, and can never find the groove. I pull with my hips low(er). I'm in the 585-600 range.

[@dadbod488]

@@HooDRidEWhiteY well you're definitely stronger than me (just broke the 4 plate barrier) so thank you for easing my mind a bit. P.S. strong lifts, my friend 👍🏻

[@dadbod488]

@@brusselsbarbell924 I guess the best way I can explain without visual aid is to say that when I begin the pull off the floor, my kneecaps are slightly beyond my elbows. I hope that makes sense, I'm not always good at explaining things haha

[@brusselsbarbell924]

@@HooDRidEWhiteY I get it, man. There are a lot of very strong people who set up differently before their pulls. I’d venture a guess that regardless of how much lower you start with your hips, that your positioning looks like this when the bar actually leaves the floor.

[@ioncasu7495]

Also, my back rounds during pulling-the-slack phase...

[@brusselsbarbell924]

While pulling the slack out, shove the chest through the shoulders. You may also need to think of pushing your belly down between your thighs to set the low back a little better.

[@justinberber9848]

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[@jonnyharding3646]

I appreciate that everyone is different, but when I deadlift looking forward (as demonstrated) it causes real shoulder and neck pain and stiffness. I have to be looking at the ground when I start the lift.

[@brusselsbarbell924]

An eye gaze at a spot on the floor/wall about 10-15 feet away will work well.

[@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy]

A Starting Strength coach who looks healthy!

[@brusselsbarbell924]

I’ve been called severely underweight

[@sb-hb6if]

I would find this way more helpful seeing him do that with a heavier deadlift

[@brusselsbarbell924]

It was my day off.

[@sb-hb6if]

@@brusselsbarbell924 ha! sorry I wasn't trolling just genuinely struggle once it gets heavier to keep this together

[@dandoesntknowsstuff1769]

It’s amazing he can stay so lean on a diet of chocolate and hefeweizen.

[@brusselsbarbell924]

Don’t forget the waffles

[@jedimind5337]

squeezing the back is a good cue....squeezing the chest up might get you off your rib cage and pelvis alignment

[@jedimind5337]

@David Booker rib cage aligned with the pelvis that keeps the abs braced to maintain a closed circuit from head to toe and to prevent strength leak and injury

[@Matthew-pf9mj]

Hhwhat?

[@mikeoxlong91111]

That's a tall dude

[@ShepherdsChapelonYT]

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[@yomomshouse100]

Wrong.

[@yomomshouse100]

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[@yomomshouse100]

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[@yomomshouse100]

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[@andrewtanczyk4009]

@@yomomshouse100yup, I can’t stand dealing with those heretics that believe you can lose your salvation. They have no understanding on the doctrine of grace and preservation of the saints.

[@lsmartin2691]

Are you sure we should be taking advice from this guy? Look how high his butt is. Get your butt down man.

[@brusselsbarbell924]

Can you explain why the hips should be lower?