How to Deadlift With Mark Rippetoe | The Art of Manliness

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[felixtrujillo]

You can tell Mr. Rippetoe loves teaching. I love his comment on dropping the weights before the full movement of the exercise, "that's for P****'*!", it almost looked like he was offended by the question. A true Master of his art.
Will definitely be watching more of his videos.
Thanks for the upload.

[dons]

I'm 32 and have had a slipped disc in my lower back for 10 years now, and avoided dead lifts because EVERY time someone tried to show me the 'correct' form (ie piss poor form), I ended up setting off my back. So I avoided it entirely, and you genuinely wouldn't have known it. My physique was cover worthy, but at the cost of the most important aspect of all - actual performance.
I'd built up so many muscles AROUND the problem area, even on other sections of the back, that I had to be careful how I sat, how I laid down, how I bent over, even how I banged, and doing anything from a game of simple soccer to a quick surf had the potential to 'set' my back off and cause the disc to bulge into my sciatic, requiring a week or month off the gym while I let the injury 'heal' itself back into submission, and calmed the bulge back down.
It was one such injury occasion from surfing recently, that found me at an osteopath who sent me this video (and series) and enforced that I MUST dead lift, no excuses, to build that back area up and overcome the issue. What's the point of looking good and feeling good (temporarily), if you can't actually do anything because even the slightest miss-movement can cause pain and injury, he suggested.
So tonight I went to the gym, secluded so as to not make a fool of myself, and put this video advice into action during one of my injured stints. And with only very light weight, on around the 10th total rep, I finally felt (with PROPER form) how the entire body actually engages, almost intersecting RIGHT into my weak lower back section, to the point where I could SWEAR I even FELT and heard the bulging disc area 'pop' itself back into place, and immediately the pain went away, like I normally have to wait a week or month for.
I can't wait to smash deads now that I actually know how to do them. And thank you from the bottom of my heart to my osteo, AOM and Mark for making this possible. This is what the internet SHOULD be used for.

[roccopraglowski]

I feel like my testosterone levels went up just listening to Mark...

[steezmonster]

I love how Mark gets to the damn point. I learned how to deadlift using videos from Ed Coan, Alan Thrall, Johnnie Candito and all those great YouTube authorities and was able to piece together the most important things from them. This video pretty much covers all the important stuff in a short and sweet format.

[HouseOfShanks]

This guy is by far my favorite guest you've had. No BS, straight to the point.

[KCProcter]

My favorite part of this (after the practical, helpful advice from Mark) is that Brett doesn't argue. He recognizes that he is in the presence of a master and doesn't debate the expert instruction.

[vivekunnithan]

As one of the many victims of a pulled back, this is hands down the most useful tutorial I've seen so far; great insight by Mark Rippetoe. Thanks a bunch for this video :)

[keithkevin]

Absolute best deadlift tutorial out there. No questions asked, if you are learning or wanna fine tune your technique then this is the only video needed. I have probably shared it with a dozen or more people.

[digfire]

everytime i point my toes out a little im gonna say "engage external rotator hip muscle"

[TheMrhole]

Mark Rippetoe teaches Freddie Mercury of Queen how to deadlift.

[youtubenatty]

This should be REQUIRED VIEWING for EVERY LIFTER

[thefitcoach]

I too had the habit of dropping my hips; performing a squat/deadlift so I've made adjustments for the better. Lastly thing, your comment on those who drop the bar - love it.

[yawriats]

Hey Brett, many thanks for all the great work and information you have been providing over the years. As a young father, your site has helped me grow and will continue to help me grow into a well rounded Man in this day and age. I can't thank you enough.

[philfriden]

thank you for the good lesson, i now realize I've been doing deadlifts wrong for a long time, appreciate you taking the time to make these videos

[jattalalay]

A personal trainer came up to me telling me to lower the hips where it basically was a squat. Most PT's doesnt fully understand the mechanics and teaches you to drive your shoulderblades back aswell as keeping a thoracic extension troughout the movement.

[georgechahine]

This is absolutely brilliant. So many videos on youtube and coaches teach the deadlift completely wrong by lowering hips way too much. The majority of the work is done by the hamstrings and one should feel the tension in the hamstrings before the movement.

[rlsuarez]

Great video. I've been following a lot of strength training videos including Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe. Mark didn't hold back. He gave his best on these videos. It's because of videos like this that I'm now a subscriber for Art of Manliness. When I went to your channel, I never realized I needed this kind of information. Thanks Brett!

[Mark-Hall]

Brett this is about the best thing on YouTube. We are all fortunate you went to Wichita Falls and recorded these sessions. Thank you.

[grandmasterbriggiddy]

Mark Rippetoe is the best coach I've seen on YouTube.

[iloqin]

I love how simple the instructions are, definitely comprehendable.