Kelly Starrett back at it agin talking more about top down load ordering.
Today’s focus is on the deadlift.
- get tight , bend over
- spinal position first
- start where you finish
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Kelly Starrett back at it agin talking more about top down load ordering.
Today’s focus is on the deadlift.
Interesting video. I was wondering whether you were going to get into upper-back tightness, it's a debate that I've had with some other lifters and trainers. Do you have any thoughts on this? (i.e. the tightening / retraction of the scapula?)
I find that when lifters typically tighten up the upper-back, when they begin a heavy pull, the upper back comes apart. Furthermore, when you're pulling heavy, by tightening the upper back it actually creates a longer pull.
Respectfully,
Kenny
I go by what Mark Rippetoe had to say about this topic.
"I do not coach a scapula retraction as a part of deadlift form. I focus instead on spinal position, which must be held in rigid thoracic and lumbar extension. It has been my experience that normal anatomical position is the best position for both the spine and the shoulders, since the traps are going to do the work of transferring force from the back to the arms anyway. A heavy deadlift will pull the scapulas out of retraction at some point during the pull, and they will end up where they would have been had they not been retracted in the first place."
via: http://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/showthread.php?t=7235&page=1
"I will never coach anybody to deadlift with a flexed t-spine, no matter what their training goal."
via: http://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/showthread.php?t=17486&page=2
"If your upper back is rounding during a pull, it's not holding a good isometric contraction."
via: http://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/showthread.php?t=7308&page=1
Also: http://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/showthread.php?t=17486&page=1