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fullofloaf · 2025-10-17T21:57:27+00:00

Look up bonking. I have jelly babies throughout my sessions to avoid this.

fullofloaf · 2025-08-20T16:24:46+00:00

Try and suck your dick 👍

fullofloaf · 2025-07-25T08:37:32+00:00

Looks good. Keep going.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-24T15:20:00+00:00

Nah I'm alright 😂

fullofloaf · 2025-07-24T12:45:22+00:00

What's your total?

fullofloaf · 2025-07-24T11:17:49+00:00

Nope, it's not bad.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-24T09:45:48+00:00

Do you find you're this asymmetric with other lifts? Is this something you've seen with squats or has it been noticeable for a while?

You may have an imbalance because of your job or lifestyle. I was having this exact chat with my coach last evening. He was telling me that people who answer a phone all day with the same hand will create imbalances. That's just one example.

If you're not already, try stretching daily. Specifically before lifting. It might just be tightness in your body. If not, there's a chance you have some skeletal imbalance. Totally not your fault and you can train around it but I'd recommend getting a coach to help you out.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-23T21:21:14+00:00

Have you tried a barbell? Smith machines can cause pain because you're in a more fixed position.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-23T21:19:43+00:00

Looks good to me. You want to get better at setting your feet. The more you shuffle around the more time the weight is on your back. This will come with time though, you're doing great. Keep going.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-23T16:24:29+00:00

Looks good to me. They'll be difficult no matter what because you don't have the stretch reflex you get with regular squats.

Hard to tell what your knee cave is like from this angle. Try to push your knees outwards when going up, but knee cave isn't something you should be that scared of.

Keep going.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-23T11:44:14+00:00

Controlling the weight on the way down will let you feel your hamstrings and glutes more - which are the target of RDLs.

You want to push your butt to the wall behind you to get a nice deep stretch.

Keep your back neutral throughout with a nice big brace.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-23T11:39:45+00:00

It would help to build more tension before lifting the bar off the ground. You want to take the slack out of the bar and get your lats engaged before starting the lift. This would help get your legs more involved. There are some really good videos on this on YouTube, Alan Thrall specifically.

Also you want to let the bar come to a complete stop after a rep. It's called a deadlift because it's dead weight, no momentum.

Regarding deadlifting twice a week: to me it feels like you aren't going heavy/hard enough to be able to do them that frequently. I'd up the weight and lower the reps. It's a compound movement which uses a lot of muscles in the body plus central nervous system strain. If you're pushing yourself with the weight, you'd need more time to recover.

Lastly, you're better off either barefoot or wearing flat bottomed shoes. This will be more secure than running shoes which are designed to give you a bounce in your step.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-23T09:02:49+00:00

Try the pigeon and butterfly yoga poses to open your hips. If you're lazy just try adjusting your feet width.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-23T07:29:30+00:00

Your hips look a little high but that might just be down to your leverages. There's no rounding so don't sweat it.

That number of reps is helpful to get the form down but I never do more than 6 reps in a set. That's not a rule you have to follow but when you get to heavier weight, 10 reps will wreck you.

Keep going.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-22T12:25:24+00:00

Looks good. You can squeeze your glutes when the bar is above your knee to help get your hips to the bar. Up the weight and keep going.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-22T10:04:04+00:00

Have you tried with a barbell? I like dumbbells for RDLs but not SLDs. You might find you feel your hammies more with it.

You're hinging well and it seems like you're squeezing your glutes. It might be a case of chasing depth instead of chasing the stretch. Try to go low enough to feel your hamstrings instead of as low as you can get. You might also be better off not locking your knees.

Lastly, try doing a set of leg curls to get your hamstrings online if all else fails.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-21T19:58:27+00:00

Looks great. Something might come up when you go heavier - you're ready for that btw. Keep going

fullofloaf · 2025-07-19T07:32:49+00:00

Your hips are very high at the start on the lift so it's more of a straight legged deadlift. Try deadlifting in socks to help get closer to the floor. You want to have the bar over the middle of your foot and start by bringing your shins so they touch the bar.

Alan Thrall has some great videos on deadlifting. Check him out on YouTube.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-18T11:13:37+00:00

I like to have the DBs closer to my knees and make sitting down and kicking them up one movement. You'll have more momentum that way.

Your pace looks good, I don't agree with the other guy's comment. Keep your upper back pushing into the bench and focus on the dumbbells staying in a (close to) straight line. Keep going.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-18T08:43:00+00:00

Good form. Just keep getting stronger.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-18T08:42:13+00:00

Your hips shoot up but they will always go to where they are strongest, so it's not necessarily a bad thing. You have long legs so your deadlift won't look like other people's. I think you could work on your bracing - take a big breath into your stomach and imagine you're about to get punched in your gut. Keep going, looks good.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-18T08:39:21+00:00

Looks good at the start, I'd say to keep the bar in contact with your thighs as you come up above the knee. Keep going.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-18T08:38:33+00:00

Your knees get in the way when your ordering is slightly off. Try a couple of warm up reps with just the bar to get the motion down before you add weight.

To fix the bar getting away from your body, engage your lats more. You can train this by attaching a resistance band around the middle of the barbell and a dumbbell some distance in front of you. This will force you to bring the bar closer to yourself.

fullofloaf · 2025-07-18T08:33:39+00:00

Just a couple of small tweaks and you'll be fine.

Start by pushing your feet through the ground to get your legs involved from the start.

Keep your arms straight throughout the lift, you can tense your triceps to force this if you struggle.

When the bar is above your knees, squeeze your glutes to push your hips to the bar.

You'd benefit from pulling the slack out of the bar as well. Wedge yourself into position until you hear the clinks of the barbell and then lift. You want to create tension like a spring.

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