RDL vs Deadlift Difference In Form & Muscles Worked Demonstrated

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[@petrnovak1964]

classic shoulder before bar dedlifter. get better

[@Nutritioneering]

Your shoulders should be slightly in front of the bar when setting up a conventional deadlift to maintain proper form. If your shoulders are even with the bar, it means that your hips are too low. As a result, your hips would rise as soon as you start pulling, which is not proper form. However, on a sumo deadlift or trap bar deadlift, your shoulders should be in line with the bar. This is because these variations result in a more upright body position.

[@danielleblake1358]

@@Nutritioneeringin the video, your shoulders are definitely too far over the bar, which means if you increase load, you’re likely to have more lower back rounding as well as less stability thus higher likelihood to possibly injury your back/ fall forward.

[@Nutritioneering]

@@danielleblake1358 I have never injured my back in 24 years of deadlifting. I also have no issues with my back rounding when pulling close to 500 pounds with this form. The notion that your shoulders need to be directly over the bar at the start of the conventional deadlift is not a hard rule. In some situations, it is incorrect. It depends on your body proportions and technique. I have relatively long legs and a shorter torso, so my hips tend to sit higher, and my back lean farther forward. If I were to drop my hips to put my shoulders over the bar, my hips would rise as soon as I pulled the bar, defeating the purpose. There's nothing wrong with having your shoulders slightly in front of the bar if your hips are in the right position.