Bracing is a way of life. Brace while you lift, while you eat, in church, in the grocery store, while picking up the kids after school, while voting for your next dystopian overlord, while owning noobs in online games, while namecalling in youtube comment sections. Always with great spine support and stability. 🥳
The advice about breathing at the top is a game changer for me. Christ knows why I was insisting on struggling for air at the bottom of the lift, just having the obvious pointed out has added 50% more reps onto an AMRAP and bumped me up 10 places in reference to last years local strongman comp. results.
I’ve always braced at the bottom as it took me several seconds to go through my mental checklist of setup and cues. Tried the brace at the top tonight, and I know you’ve said a few times that most tweaks don’t feel good straight away, but this felt like a fucking game changer straight off the bat.
I’m loving this series. I’ve already seen some improvement from it. Screwed up the first time and narrowed my stance. Didn’t feel good at all. Came back and watched video again an realized I’d went the wrong way. Should’ve went wider based on everything you’re teaching. Second workout I did and it went way better. Much stronger feeling. More posterior and less spine. Looking forward to trying this one. I think I brace pretty good already but I do it at the bottom with hips elevated. Going to make it a point to stand. Thanks again.
Incredibly useful video! I did well in my rookie season competing in powerlifting but know I am working on dialling in all the little details of each lift. Bracing properly is a big part of that and this fantastic demo came at the perfect time.
Kinda goes with what you say about bracing at the top, I remember a video I saw with Tom Platz that was stuck with me him saying imagine you are about to jump into water. That has helped so much!
This is really really healpful. I just have one question. How do you keep this brace hold when bending down? Say at the very start of the set, you have the core engaged at the standing position, then you go down to pick the bar, and that's exactly where I lose the brace, similar to the situation at 6:54
Excellent Cuing Mitchell! Can you clarify with a checklist of muscle groups that you're actively bracing here? So you take the breath in, and then is it front abs, obliques, low back and pelvic floor? All sort of working together to push inwards around your organs? Also, when you breathe at the top are you fulling relaxing each of those muscles as well? Or just a subset of them?
Hi! I hope you get to read this Mitch. But I wonder if you can explain in a similar way as you do here - Do you keep the brace somehow when you are breathing (if so what degree), or do you rebrace every time you breathe out+in? I can imagine squats with some slight forward torso lean at the top, like low bar position, would make you need to keep some brace, or? Thanks in advance if you do get to read this!
Thanks Mitch, these are great! I recorded myself recently and noticed my hips really shoot up at the start of a lift before I hinge. Do you have a good tip or a cue for this please? Or is this covered in a letter video? Cheers Darren.
You have told about how to brace while putting straps. But that too put unnecessary pressure on the head and wastes energy compared to the breathing and bracing at the top as you said. So how to bypass that. Because top breathing is awesome but with straps it's hard
A good cue someone taught me for singing to breathe into your diaphragm is to breathe “straight down” like you’re trying to suck the air into your toes.
Huge fan of the moose but if I wanted to see a bunch of everyday joes (maybe with little more money to be there) hang out and talk and barely work out I’d go to my local planet fitness…
@@mitchellhooperstrongman True Canadian response haha. Content was A+ though. For years, I thought bracing was the same as “flex your abs”. Emphasizing breathing into the back is a great cue.
"You're a crossfitter, you don't really lock out" 😂
Appreciate you putting these seminar videos up for us.
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This channel is gonna be huge in a few years. Keep going!
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Hi I’m from the future. You were right lol
Bracing is a way of life. Brace while you lift, while you eat, in church, in the grocery store, while picking up the kids after school, while voting for your next dystopian overlord, while owning noobs in online games, while namecalling in youtube comment sections. Always with great spine support and stability. 🥳
It actually helps when it's cold and jumping around isn't an option.
The advice about breathing at the top is a game changer for me. Christ knows why I was insisting on struggling for air at the bottom of the lift, just having the obvious pointed out has added 50% more reps onto an AMRAP and bumped me up 10 places in reference to last years local strongman comp. results.
So glad you are posting this series, it's been hugely helpful for me. Learning a lot about what I could be doing better!
That’s awesome! If you want to learn more and support the channel, becoming a channel member would mean a lot 💪
My breathing is WAY off on a lot of my lifts, this way really informative. I breathe exactly like the guy @ 10:03 before you adjusted him.
I've just found all these deadlifting seminar vids, absolute gold mine of information
I’ve always braced at the bottom as it took me several seconds to go through my mental checklist of setup and cues. Tried the brace at the top tonight, and I know you’ve said a few times that most tweaks don’t feel good straight away, but this felt like a fucking game changer straight off the bat.
Hell yeah!!
Awesome, really love this video. I'm actually listening to this as I'm warming up to deadlift.
I’m loving this series. I’ve already seen some improvement from it. Screwed up the first time and narrowed my stance. Didn’t feel good at all. Came back and watched video again an realized I’d went the wrong way. Should’ve went wider based on everything you’re teaching. Second workout I did and it went way better. Much stronger feeling. More posterior and less spine. Looking forward to trying this one. I think I brace pretty good already but I do it at the bottom with hips elevated. Going to make it a point to stand. Thanks again.
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This was really informative. Also good questions from the students
Incredibly useful video! I did well in my rookie season competing in powerlifting but know I am working on dialling in all the little details of each lift. Bracing properly is a big part of that and this fantastic demo came at the perfect time.
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Absolutely brilliant, thank you for explanation
This is very detailed. Thank you.
finally found something very helpful after searching for years, thanks Mitchell.
Awesome info in this one. Have a great day everyone!
Fantastic seminar video…. Insightful ❤💪
Kinda goes with what you say about bracing at the top, I remember a video I saw with Tom Platz that was stuck with me him saying imagine you are about to jump into water. That has helped so much!
more of this please! Revelations!
“You’ll have a strüohk” - Mitch, 2023
Very good video! This can help a lot of peoples.
Very enjoyable clinic. Living in Toronto, I would love to know how to take part in one…
This is really really healpful. I just have one question. How do you keep this brace hold when bending down? Say at the very start of the set, you have the core engaged at the standing position, then you go down to pick the bar, and that's exactly where I lose the brace, similar to the situation at 6:54
These videos are awesome
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Thank you! Was really struggling with this myself.
Excellent Cuing Mitchell! Can you clarify with a checklist of muscle groups that you're actively bracing here? So you take the breath in, and then is it front abs, obliques, low back and pelvic floor? All sort of working together to push inwards around your organs?
Also, when you breathe at the top are you fulling relaxing each of those muscles as well? Or just a subset of them?
Hi! I hope you get to read this Mitch. But I wonder if you can explain in a similar way as you do here - Do you keep the brace somehow when you are breathing (if so what degree), or do you rebrace every time you breathe out+in? I can imagine squats with some slight forward torso lean at the top, like low bar position, would make you need to keep some brace, or?
Thanks in advance if you do get to read this!
I let go of my brace and reset each rep
@@mitchellhooperstrongman cool, thanks! Great job on 2022, looking forward to seeing your professional progress in 2023!
@@jasonryan5583 thanks mate!!
Good advice 🙏
Really good information, thanks Hooper!
You bet!
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Loving these videos
stomach and back should expand in a correct brace
always breathe at the top (unleass you really need to take a breath earlier ofc)
Great tip this really helps
Great video pal
rippetoe says to breathe at the bottom when you aren't carrying the weight. I guess I'll try this.
Thanks Mitch, these are great! I recorded myself recently and noticed my hips really shoot up at the start of a lift before I hinge. Do you have a good tip or a cue for this please? Or is this covered in a letter video?
Cheers
Darren.
Short term - keep hips higher before you start pulling
Long term - strengthen quads, tempo deadlifts and snatch grip deads
@@mitchellhooperstrongman awesome, thanks!
You have told about how to brace while putting straps. But that too put unnecessary pressure on the head and wastes energy compared to the breathing and bracing at the top as you said. So how to bypass that. Because top breathing is awesome but with straps it's hard
Depending on how big you are, try kneeling next to the bar, strapping up, brace while kneeling (you're upright), then step your feet up and lift
Surely breathing out at the top loses all of the tension you have built in the pull at the highest point
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Great tip from Pete rubbish is u shouldn’t take more than 3 seconds on the down position because this is the most compromised position in the pull
That pressure leak joke was underrated lmao
A good cue someone taught me for singing to breathe into your diaphragm is to breathe “straight down” like you’re trying to suck the air into your toes.
Funny you mention singing. I used Mitch’s bracing cues when singing this past weekend and experienced improved control and pitch.
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Thanks Mitch!
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Dang, Mitch without a mo, is like a moose without antlers
Huge fan of the moose but if I wanted to see a bunch of everyday joes (maybe with little more money to be there) hang out and talk and barely work out I’d go to my local planet fitness…
Eddie Hall has pressure release problems
Dude in the blue sweater has lower back arch.. I wanna see how he squats
I thought exhaling on top was not a good idea.
twarlking tutorial
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TIL: Crossfitters don't do full range pullups or deadlifts.
Braced too hard and a turtle popped out ...
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This would be so much better if the camera was on a tripod.
Sorry
@@mitchellhooperstrongman True Canadian response haha. Content was A+ though. For years, I thought bracing was the same as “flex your abs”. Emphasizing breathing into the back is a great cue.
Lmaoo
Maybe tell Eddie that farting is not normal :)
I started bracing for everything, haha. From grocery bags to even leaning over the sink to brush my teeth, haha