@@mihailmilev9909 That since the hips rise, shoulders move back to just in front of the bar and bar moves back over mid foot, it makes sense to set up in the position the bar will leave the floor
@@samman18You idiots underestimate whats achievable naturally. This guy got tested randomly out of competition and passed all of his drug tests while maintaining strength. More proof he is natty than not so I take the side of the evidence.
I never really knew what big weight was until I started down the road at wanting to get better at the deadlift. My friend and former coach happened to be one of the best on the planet and pulled 880 after a double hip replacement. Some people are super human.
@@tamas9402An accident. Deadlifting doesn’t have any chance of messing up your hips. If your hips were to get damaged deom a deadlift, then your spine would have to have been crushed down to dust.
Wouldn't be much stronger believe it or not. Funny enough powerlifters and strong men have different builds for this reason. Powerlifters are weight classed so he would just lose a ton of relative strength actually. Where as strong men would greatly benefit from having some extra chest fat for a log press for example giving them extra space to rest the log.
@@warlocksunited2e580 I know what you mean and you're right, I should have articulated better. It would just mean he would preform worse because it's gonna be harder in a higher weight class relative to how much strength he would gain from it,
Right. He has one of the if not thee most sound deadlift right now. He hammers technique hard. Many may have more weight than he does however not so sound of a technique.
That wiggling into position and making your arms long are underrated cues. I also like to think of making myself as tall as I can while I'm wiggling myself and taking the slack out of the bar. Has worked wonders.
@@clipsssviral th-cam.com/users/shorts6CNAI4vSx98?feature=share Theres all sorts of videos that teach different ways. The slack is the space between the bar snd the weights on the bar, and that clinking noise is him pulling out the slack. Pretty much, in a deadlift your body should be as tight as possible BEFORE you even lift. Pulling the slack out of the bar is one of the key steps in getting tight. Theres different ways to learn this, though.
Thanks for the explanation of the cue "long arms." I've always made a fist and punched them downwards as I start my deadlift, but I never knew the purpose of doing so.
Finally someone pulling conventional and the comments now focus on his arm length. What should he do? Should he row the weight to prove himself strong enough lol
@@meerkatmatrix I feel like that contradicts "making your arms longer." I feel like you would need to roll your shoulders forward to make the arms longer. I've heard engage and/or tuck your lats a lot but don't quite get it. I've also heard not to squeeze shoulder blades together, and other people say to do it?? Been working out for a few years and haven't been huge on deadlifts because I suck at them and feel like I'm not doing them right. I just started getting back into them a few weeks ago and really trying to nail down form. Sorry for the long text...
when I lift heavy weight ofcourse the back get curved a bit not much but my friends really demotivate me because of that so I came to see how it actually happens man. Life.
It's quite hard to do the arms long and keep the upper back tight so I'd say it's quite an advanced but great queue to stop people doing SLDL as you often see, at least in commercial gyms
I have long arms which has always helped me with deadlift. What doesn't help is my adolescent Osgood Schlatter bump on my knee. Scraping my shins on the bar is one thing but hitting that bump is something else
Its easy with the right leverages. You would have to imitate that stance whether it be putting yourself in a sumo. If you have really short arms it would be hard to follow these tips the way russ does it. Youd be more optimal for bench
One thing that I don't agree is pulling shoulders back. WSM Mitchell Hooper talks about this in his seminaras and he is known for his strong deadlift too. That is one thing that changed my game. Othervise this tutorial is amazing👋
@@mihailmilev9909 you can lift heavy no problem as long as you're doing with good form. Lifting heavy is great for hypermobility because it strengthens our muscles. I have been told though not use a barebell as there's a chance of the joints getting locked and to use free weights dumbells and kettlebells instead. Do your own research about it. Talk to your physio or doctor of you have access to one
@@iBlackForce_NRG my bad bro, I forgot that the testing is done frequently, accurately and accounts for all sarms, anabolic steroids and peptides. You are an idiot
@@iBlackForce_NRG you are just that dumb. How many times did Lance Armstrong get randomly tested? He has never failed a drug test despite doing literally tens of thousands over the course of his career.
lets be honest he has a nice build for deadlift and there are lots of lifters with great or even better techniek. But the same as Jamal browner the power isnt all broccoli, chicken and rice. I think many other lifters are underrated. And Jamal is also a IPF lifter in the tested federation.
I'm 5 10, I can't be that much upright at the beginning. My hips and the upper back are almost parallel at the beginning. Are these plates bigger than the normal 45
I only recently started to get the hang of pulling the slack after a deload week followed by light 1st week of strenght training. The weight literally just POPS off the ground compared to having loose lats and jerking the bar
@@robinyourheart9461It’s funny man; they don’t realize all his shit is staged, and he will never be able to compete against these true and elite powerlifters 😂
It also helps when your arms are so long (or legs are shorter) that when you stand up, the barbell is at mid-thigh and your starting position is more upright. I could never get to that position with my levers, when I stand up with the barbell it's so much higher. And my starting position is more front leaning than upright #jealous 🙄
I have a question, every time I do a squat I’m not able to go to 90 degrees without easing my heals and if I don’t raise my heals I lose balance and I’ve tried every squat variation like open to or strait forward and wide open stance and closed stance
I think it may have to do with ankle mobility. Here are a few shorts that show good exercises/stretches that help with ankle mobility. th-cam.com/users/shortsm6J-9oQ9lHQ?feature=share th-cam.com/users/shortsW0qCrpz3oiE?feature=share Hope it helps!
Sounds like you have limited ankle dorsiflexion. While working on that you could invest in some squat shoes or just put a small plate under your heels when you squat. Good luck!
If it's not ankle mobility then you probably have long femurs and there's nothing you can do about it. You can widen your stance, lift your heels with shoes but ultimately your form will never be as good as it would be with relatively shorter femurs. You will place more load on your back because your torso is less upright. Try elevating your heels with angled blocks (the ones people use to stretch calves). They will elevate your feet even more than the thickest weightlifting shoes. Is squatting suddenly easy and fun? Then you indeed have short femurs. If you are training for fitness or muscle building exercises like the leg press or lunges are much better for you because they take the weight of your (lower) back. While doing that you can continue to work on your ankle mobility for at least 6 months and keep trying squats. If it doesn't work you're just not built for squatting.
Stretch your ankles like crazy (specifically work on dorsal flexion, like the first response to this comment says). I used to do the same thing. And holding onto something in front of you so you can pull yourself forward as you descend and trying to push your knees as far over your toes as possible can help a lot. If you pick your favorite ankle stretch and do it for two sets of 30 seconds (really pushing the stretch so it is uncomfortable), do that at least 5 days a week and you can get enough mobility to squat deep.
Listen no matter how far someone makes it when it comes to the gym, a lot of this shit is subjective. The gym has so much to do with your anatomy, genetics and overall leverages. What works for an elite powerlifting will not work for majority of people. When I give people tips I tell them to do what makes them comfortable and where they feel the strongest. Im able to pull 500+ with my technique and I wouldn’t dare tell someone to use my technique.
I agree, but these particular tips are pretty objective. The only really subjective things with DL is grip style, grip width, feet placement, and hip height
I think you're pushing them back too much, try pushing them away from your ears and then down while you're touching your lats. If you feel a strong contraction in the lats then you're doing it right and you can do the same with the bar in your hand
Think of putting your lats in your front pocket. Then pull with your lats super tight at the bottom to pull the slack and pull. Also make sure you’re pushing with the center of your foot and not off the heel or toes
3 tips xD.. i have his program routine btw .. i suggest watching allan thrall basics .. Than feeling the 3 tips or get the wrong idea of setting up for a deadlift And its the consistent program routine that makes you more stronger
His deadlift technique is perfectly executed
Look at what happens to his hips, shoulders and the bar before the bar leaves the floor....the body has to autocorrect for heavy weights
@@ck-rd2ce interesting
@@ck-rd2ce what does this mean about his technique tho?
@@mihailmilev9909 That since the hips rise, shoulders move back to just in front of the bar and bar moves back over mid foot, it makes sense to set up in the position the bar will leave the floor
@@ck-rd2ce I mean, do you deadlift as much as him or even close? If not, you aint really qualified to correct him
Big Russ is an inspiration. His physique has continued to develop through the years. Shout to him for lifting so long, relatively injury free.
and theres a possibility hes natural
@@greigite5191ah there isn’t brother. This guy lifts world records , you think he never used any PED? Everyone is on in that segment
@@debsaye3360 yeah at the world record level you’re not natural
@@greigite5191 wdym????? hes def not natty
@@samman18You idiots underestimate whats achievable naturally. This guy got tested randomly out of competition and passed all of his drug tests while maintaining strength. More proof he is natty than not so I take the side of the evidence.
Step 4. Be an absolute beast!!
I never really knew what big weight was until I started down the road at wanting to get better at the deadlift. My friend and former coach happened to be one of the best on the planet and pulled 880 after a double hip replacement. Some people are super human.
Hmm I wonder why he needed two hip replacements...
peds pushed him over the top and the rest of his body coundnt keep up. And voila here comes the problem.@@tamas9402
@@tamas9402 gear if people don't know
@@tamas9402An accident. Deadlifting doesn’t have any chance of messing up your hips. If your hips were to get damaged deom a deadlift, then your spine would have to have been crushed down to dust.
Best tutorial video for deadlifts I’ve seen for a while
Ok, step one: grow arms 3 inches, got it!
Right?! You mean I can't do this with pencil arms? 😂
I think he meant to grow his arms 3 inches longer, not bigger.
Lol I think you mean get on a cycle. Not natty
@@rickey9493you can probably deadlift 550 natty
@@rxonmymind8362you can if they’re long
Dude his form is impeccable on top of his body being perfect for deadlift. Could you imagine if he was a 300lb monster what he would be pulling?!
Wouldn't be much stronger believe it or not. Funny enough powerlifters and strong men have different builds for this reason. Powerlifters are weight classed so he would just lose a ton of relative strength actually. Where as strong men would greatly benefit from having some extra chest fat for a log press for example giving them extra space to rest the log.
@@CayleLutz yes he would lose relative strength, he would still lift more weight
@@warlocksunited2e580 I know what you mean and you're right, I should have articulated better. It would just mean he would preform worse because it's gonna be harder in a higher weight class relative to how much strength he would gain from it,
@@CayleLutz yeah thats true👍
The form is beautiful
Very professional tips. Especially engaging lats to pull slack out of the bar, very key.
His leverages are flawless. That helps a lot haha
Very few people are best off with a perfect form like this tho, his leverages are just perfect lol
Right. He has one of the if not thee most sound deadlift right now. He hammers technique hard. Many may have more weight than he does however not so sound of a technique.
Deadlift is quickly becoming my favorite activity in or out of the gym and this was very helpful. I can definitely tighten it up.
The review u did at the end was much needed...
Good work!
His deadliff form save my life
That wiggling into position and making your arms long are underrated cues. I also like to think of making myself as tall as I can while I'm wiggling myself and taking the slack out of the bar. Has worked wonders.
What does pulling the slack out of the bar mean?
@@clipsssviral th-cam.com/users/shorts6CNAI4vSx98?feature=share
Theres all sorts of videos that teach different ways. The slack is the space between the bar snd the weights on the bar, and that clinking noise is him pulling out the slack.
Pretty much, in a deadlift your body should be as tight as possible BEFORE you even lift. Pulling the slack out of the bar is one of the key steps in getting tight. Theres different ways to learn this, though.
Thanks for the explanation of the cue "long arms." I've always made a fist and punched them downwards as I start my deadlift, but I never knew the purpose of doing so.
Truth is long arms and dedication.
800 coming soon champ 🏆 💪🏿
great technique, love it
Finally someone pulling conventional and the comments now focus on his arm length. What should he do? Should he row the weight to prove himself strong enough lol
Just shows that people will hate no matter what
Regardless if he didn't win this year, we still love you Russ.
Tucking my lats is what stopped me injuring myself as a noob, golden advice right there!
What does it mean by tucking the lats? Like squeezing them? Flexing them?
@@codystroys pulling my shoulders down and back
@@meerkatmatrix I feel like that contradicts "making your arms longer." I feel like you would need to roll your shoulders forward to make the arms longer. I've heard engage and/or tuck your lats a lot but don't quite get it. I've also heard not to squeeze shoulder blades together, and other people say to do it?? Been working out for a few years and haven't been huge on deadlifts because I suck at them and feel like I'm not doing them right. I just started getting back into them a few weeks ago and really trying to nail down form. Sorry for the long text...
@@codystroys I've never been good at explaining😅 only other way I can think to explain it is to pull your shoulders toward your butt lol
Thanks, i must try these TIPS tomorrow for chest and back/deadlift training 💯💯💯💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🔱
Perfect form, truly textbook dl
I have a long torso and shorts limbs but I’ve been trying my best to focus on these for every rep and it’s starting to make a difference
I'll put these things into action tomorrow 👊🏾
What impresses me the most is knowing that he manages to beat the weight of the category, he is very bulky
Off season he is about 200lbs. Hit cuts down to 182ish for competition
This man is a different breed.
Textbook form! 👌🏾
Would love to have this technique! One day
Honestly u can never understand these until u do it right the first time, took me years to
He is beast lifting those amount without straps is beyond impressive
when I lift heavy weight ofcourse the back get curved a bit not much but my friends really demotivate me because of that so I came to see how it actually happens man. Life.
lifting for 10 years and I'm still being taken to school. Great tips.
thank you .tomorrow is my power lifting compitition
Good job Russ
And remember to say lightweight baby
meanwhile theres a 15 year old
kid doing 8 plates
Must be sumo...no way in hell any 15yo kid is pulling 8 plates conventional
@@Luckygun6513it is indeed sumo
@@rickvanderveen2947 knew it ...I see kids pulling 700 like nothing in sumo but can't deadlift 500 convo
@@Luckygun6513that's just because of different leverages it doesn't make them any less strong 😂
Hey Anatoly is gonna slip up on this guy
Watching this deadlift, it definitely looks efficient.
I can only dream to have such perfect form like Russ.
yup started adding the 1st cue and pulled 500 pounds no belt. It allows 0 slack in your arms allowing me to use my legs even more
It's quite hard to do the arms long and keep the upper back tight so I'd say it's quite an advanced but great queue to stop people doing SLDL as you often see, at least in commercial gyms
Bro very very nice tutorial. Very well done.
deadlift like jamal it works been doing it every since he broke his form down, ez lifts now and honestly zero back pain whatsoever. no lie.
ROCKSTAR TECHNIQUE!
Awesome thanks
I have long arms which has always helped me with deadlift. What doesn't help is my adolescent Osgood Schlatter bump on my knee. Scraping my shins on the bar is one thing but hitting that bump is something else
Incredible.
Thanks a lot
Its easy with the right leverages. You would have to imitate that stance whether it be putting yourself in a sumo. If you have really short arms it would be hard to follow these tips the way russ does it. Youd be more optimal for bench
That was so hype at the end I love the culture
Very strong
One thing that I don't agree is pulling shoulders back. WSM Mitchell Hooper talks about this in his seminaras and he is known for his strong deadlift too. That is one thing that changed my game. Othervise this tutorial is amazing👋
I never could. My hypermobile shoulders would literally pop out of the socket and sublux with that cue
huh. I didn't think of that.....
I have really mobile joints too. Should I not lift heavy then?
@@mihailmilev9909 you can lift heavy no problem as long as you're doing with good form. Lifting heavy is great for hypermobility because it strengthens our muscles. I have been told though not use a barebell as there's a chance of the joints getting locked and to use free weights dumbells and kettlebells instead. Do your own research about it. Talk to your physio or doctor of you have access to one
That’s impressive
Then there's Jamal browner who did 500KG recently and only celebrated with a big smile
Sumo**
Everybody isn't the same
True happiness comes from personal goals
Hats off man.. Perfect ✌
my goat
And dont forget the pre-load. I prefer having my hands facing the same direction( knuckles facing outward).
Thank you
Step One: Have a good anabolic stack
He's an IPF world champion powerlifter that gets tested regularly lol
@@iBlackForce_NRG my bad bro, I forgot that the testing is done frequently, accurately and accounts for all sarms, anabolic steroids and peptides. You are an idiot
@@iBlackForce_NRGtested which means not natural, just has a limit on what he can take, tests aren't very good.
@@zemm9003 that made absolutely no sense. He gets tested at random throughout the year to ensure he’s natural. Just like most professional sports
@@iBlackForce_NRG you are just that dumb. How many times did Lance Armstrong get randomly tested? He has never failed a drug test despite doing literally tens of thousands over the course of his career.
I think their is no difference between Squat and Deadlift💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
lets be honest he has a nice build for deadlift and there are lots of lifters with great or even better techniek. But the same as Jamal browner the power isnt all broccoli, chicken and rice. I think many other lifters are underrated. And Jamal is also a IPF lifter in the tested federation.
I'm 5 10, I can't be that much upright at the beginning. My hips and the upper back are almost parallel at the beginning. Are these plates bigger than the normal 45
I only recently started to get the hang of pulling the slack after a deload week followed by light 1st week of strenght training. The weight literally just POPS off the ground compared to having loose lats and jerking the bar
Increíble ❤🎉
way more impressive than some bow legged kid sumo deadlifting 1000 lbs for 6 inches off the floor
Alls good until u hear “can I clean here” and Anatoly shows up
... wtf is with these Anatoly bullshit
@@robinyourheart9461It’s funny man; they don’t realize all his shit is staged, and he will never be able to compete against these true and elite powerlifters 😂
Thanks
Love the game
My dude!
All 3 rules are basic building block principals to do the deadlift.
Tip #1, be a beast!
ty
Oh yeah, nice lift, so let me add a tip, you want to drive your heels into the floor
UK lifter.
Can someone tell me what kind of shoes does he wear in the last clip ?
Ed coan. His deadlift tip, please.
How do you make lats tight?
Whats the song in the background at the end sounded like a Ja Rule beat
Thats insane. I couldnt even count all the plates, you know its too much weight when the bar starts to bend.
It also helps when your arms are so long (or legs are shorter) that when you stand up, the barbell is at mid-thigh and your starting position is more upright.
I could never get to that position with my levers, when I stand up with the barbell it's so much higher.
And my starting position is more front leaning than upright #jealous 🙄
Knuckledragger form
Is the best
Russle will ask Anatoly if I can clean it here
What do you mean by long arms I didn't get that
**Finishes deadlift; jumps through the roof**
My bro bouces out of the lift
What are your thoughts on kinng nabil deadlift ? He pulls 750 @ 164
He doesn't deadlift. He pulls sumo
I have a question, every time I do a squat I’m not able to go to 90 degrees without easing my heals and if I don’t raise my heals I lose balance and I’ve tried every squat variation like open to or strait forward and wide open stance and closed stance
I think it may have to do with ankle mobility. Here are a few shorts that show good exercises/stretches that help with ankle mobility. th-cam.com/users/shortsm6J-9oQ9lHQ?feature=share
th-cam.com/users/shortsW0qCrpz3oiE?feature=share
Hope it helps!
Sounds like you have limited ankle dorsiflexion.
While working on that you could invest in some squat shoes or just put a small plate under your heels when you squat. Good luck!
If it's not ankle mobility then you probably have long femurs and there's nothing you can do about it. You can widen your stance, lift your heels with shoes but ultimately your form will never be as good as it would be with relatively shorter femurs. You will place more load on your back because your torso is less upright.
Try elevating your heels with angled blocks (the ones people use to stretch calves). They will elevate your feet even more than the thickest weightlifting shoes. Is squatting suddenly easy and fun? Then you indeed have short femurs.
If you are training for fitness or muscle building exercises like the leg press or lunges are much better for you because they take the weight of your (lower) back. While doing that you can continue to work on your ankle mobility for at least 6 months and keep trying squats. If it doesn't work you're just not built for squatting.
Stretch your ankles like crazy (specifically work on dorsal flexion, like the first response to this comment says). I used to do the same thing. And holding onto something in front of you so you can pull yourself forward as you descend and trying to push your knees as far over your toes as possible can help a lot. If you pick your favorite ankle stretch and do it for two sets of 30 seconds (really pushing the stretch so it is uncomfortable), do that at least 5 days a week and you can get enough mobility to squat deep.
Holy F he strong
No wrist wraps sick ass foo
Listen no matter how far someone makes it when it comes to the gym, a lot of this shit is subjective. The gym has so much to do with your anatomy, genetics and overall leverages. What works for an elite powerlifting will not work for majority of people. When I give people tips I tell them to do what makes them comfortable and where they feel the strongest. Im able to pull 500+ with my technique and I wouldn’t dare tell someone to
use my technique.
I agree, but these particular tips are pretty objective. The only really subjective things with DL is grip style, grip width, feet placement, and hip height
Legs use the legs it's not a back exercise only it's a full body workout.
when I push my shoulders back I get feeling in my back like its going into over extension
what am I doing wrong?
I think you're pushing them back too much, try pushing them away from your ears and then down while you're touching your lats. If you feel a strong contraction in the lats then you're doing it right and you can do the same with the bar in your hand
Youre over extending. Push ur lats in the back pocket, dont try to get chest up or squeeze shoulder blades.
Think of putting your lats in your front pocket. Then pull with your lats super tight at the bottom to pull the slack and pull. Also make sure you’re pushing with the center of your foot and not off the heel or toes
What shoes is he wearing?
Jesus is coming. Submit to Christ or perish;;
@@camilosanchez831 weirdo
Watched a video where a guy called this squating your dead lift, but now I just don’t know anymore
3 tips xD..
i have his program routine btw ..
i suggest watching allan thrall basics ..
Than feeling the 3 tips or get the wrong idea of setting up for a deadlift
And its the consistent program routine that makes you more stronger
But what about Hafthor’s deadlift? It’s completely different and yet just as impressive, if not more. That’s why you stick to what works for you.
Does not this overhand grip make disbalance of his shoulders ?
All these peoples saying they have short arms... excuses...
He have very long arms for his frame tho
Short arms are a limitation. Deal with it.