Deadlift Form

[emjlr3]

so i don't know if anyone remembers, but a while back i asked about my deadlift form, since my back soreness after them was real bad, and people basically said, to much back, not enough legs

so i ended up hurting my knee a few months ago play b-ball, so i took a few months off of deads and squats

i started back up a few week ago, with the new deadlift form

i go down to just about a parallel squat, and pick it up fluidly

but what I have found is that, since my legs are so much weaker then my back, I have had to drop a lot of weigh so I can get the bar up

right now I am doing reps at like 315-355 or so, down from 425-455 where i was at before i hurt my knee

it is hard, since my legs are weak, but I rarely have any soreness my back at all afterwards, so I am not sure if my legs are limiting my back too much or what

what do you all think?

[emjlr3]

bump :(

[betastas]

It sounds like you're squatting the bar up. A deadlift is definitely not a squat. There are lots of good videos on youtube of some of the greats doing deadlifts - take a look at those. You should only bring your hips as low as you need to, otherwise they'll just end up shooting straight up as soon as you pull.

[Sleepy Guy]

You might want to look into sumo deadlifts as well. Most do not lift hard with their legs in a deadlift. I just tend to use more legs.

Do you have a trap bar at the gym? This will help push your legs harder by forcing you to use more legs. My trap bar numbers are about 65lbs higher then my deadlifts.