How To Fix Excessive Back Flexion (rounding) In The Deadlift! Deadlift With a Straight Back!

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[BrendanTietz]

It’s worth noting that some flexion is completely normal on a heavy pull especially conventional! I have a whole video on how I purposefully protract my scapula and allow upper back rounding in my deadlift! This is aimed at people who have uncontrollable excessive flexion that causes unnecessary fatigue, injury or lack of strength progression.

There is a difference between cueing a purposefully rounded back and controlling it vs uncontrolled back flexion. However even at the highest level some guys are stronger and ok pulling with excessive bleeding like John haack! On the flip side you have Chris Weist who has almost no back position change. Neither are right or wrong, both found what’s worked for them.

I think you should learn the basics and how to pull a clean deadlift before you bend the rules! Imo that will lead to the most long term success and allow you to evaluate what’s truly strongest for you.

[pennenbakje]

Absolute legend coming in clutch before my deadlift workout.

[tazsazzad]

Love the Jake from State Farm add in lmao.

My deadlift is good until I go heavy and then I forgot what to do or something. Going to implement your tips and see what happens. Thanks for a great video!

[larsheinen]

The timing on this video couldn't be better for me. Starting this week I will be focussing more on powerlifting, so also deadlifts. In the past I always had trouble with my back rounding during deadlifts (I'm 6"5 with long legs). Thanks for the video! Will defenitely be implementing these tips to improve my deadlift. :)

[davidly]

Thanks Brendan. Great video, as always

[nicolasklug]

Very valuable knowledge bombs. Keep them coming Brendan !

[DaddyLongLegs]

I have this issue at 6” 5 however the only real thing that helped me was widening my stance.. I simply cannot arrange my lanky limbs 😅

[Doggomorph]

Let's goooo pushing the floor away with the legs firm on the floor would allow the slack pull to happen easier

[thevendetta]

My lower back always starts rounding in the following cases:
1. heavy weight
2. too many reps/ high fatigue
Do you think my lower back is too weak or my hip extenders? My hamstrings are not that strong on some machines but my glutes are strong. However i never train lower back and feel its just giving up when the weight is too high. The first reps with lower weight are fine but the more fatigue i have the more it starts rounding going into cat mode.
Edit: When i try to pick up heavy weight i notice that sometimes it just wont „get up“ from the ground if I dont round my back. The upper part of the lift for me (hip thrusting part) is really easy most of the time. I can always finish the rep easy no matter the weight. My deadlifts start slow and then end fast.

[charlesallen]

I think I actually used to do this during my powerlifting classes I high-school and No one ever corrected me. That probably why I used to fear back problems later on In life

[benjaminwetscher]

Q&A question: How often can you expose your body to the same stimulus before it gets stale and does not trigger any new adaptations? Let’s say you hit a new pr and 90% of that pr would still trigger desired adaptations. How many times could I hit that number before I have to progress to something heavier? Same could be true for higher rep sets. Not a native speaker but I hope you‘ll get my idea.

[elishaseeber]

Question for Q and A: Top Three favorite Powerlifters.

[jamesj]

I watch your videos then Kristen's videos right after lol

[joshhealey]

Small world. Uses to workout at IA where Sam Calhoun trains.

[iamjoker]

Do you program the Pause deadlift as a replacement to your Comp deadlift or do you put it in a secondary day? Thanks!!!

[brotski]

Great info! but i'm curious to how important it is as i'm seeing John Haack deadlifting record numbers (almost 900 lbs) with a rounded back, does this mean he would be capable of even more if he would fix it?

[iambadd]

I've noticed the RDLs are not done all the way to the floor, is there any benefit of resetting between each rep and doing more of a stiff legged deadlift vs romanian?

[sranradojcic]

Do you think your slack pull/hip shoot is more important for pulling with a dl bar? Or is it optimal for power bar pulls too?

[finleyashforth]

Brendans traps might be bigger than dereks from mpmd

[Soso-ipmg]

Why is it so much easier to keep my back straight with snatch deadlift at the same weight that with a conv deadlift my low back would slightly round? I'm not even that focused on bracing with the snatch while on conventional I'm focused on the full dozen on cues and it still rounds.