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Remember Law of Inertia... Start slow off floor and hold position.If you plan to round more than the smallest degree in aggressive max attempts you have to train for it. Meaning, "I always round my back when I deadlift or I NEVER do."
I think of my first pull w heavy loads as a information processing issue. Interference is created by the stubbornness of the weight or @ least my perceiving what the weight feels like. ( Really heavy and damn near bolted to the floor can be really tough mentally) If that anxiety interferes w my slow start than my posture can distort. If I stay over the bar long enough more and more motor units will come to my aid and the bar WILL move. Three attempts without the bar moving is going to make your back stronger than one rounded lift locked out. Just my philosophy, thoughts?
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Yes! And this is exactly how I hurt my back deadlifting 475 last year. I didn't have patience and wait for it, staying over the bar and pulling pulling pulling. I rounded just the tiniest bit (and I never round when DLing), and I got it up - but POP! goes the weasel, and I couldn't squat or DL at all for 2-3 weeks, and took another few months to return to full strength.
ReplyDeleteWhen I pulled 492 a few weeks ago, I forced myself to wait with locked spine, processed all that heaviness that was happening, and eventually the damn thing moved.