Thanks guys! I stopped training at gym when i was 27 years old because of my disc degeneration! A wake up call in my mid thirties when i was having various other health issues started learning nutrition, fasting, doing calisthenics, yoga and running finally brought me back in recent years. I wish i knew how important eating better, sleeping enough early, sunlight and being active really was. Thank you for the love ❤️
As a tall guy myself, focus more on leverages rather than height. You could have two guys of identical length (6"4 in my case), but with entirely different structures such as arm length, upper/lower body length(I.E Torso-dominant). The different structures will inherently require different setups for deadlifts and squats.
@@zandrey7009 I’m also in the same boat, 6’4” but I have huge legs. My dad is 6” shorter than me, but if we sit down, he still sits taller than me because his torso is so much taller than mine lol. I’m curious how leverages like that affect the big 3 lifts (DL, Squat, Bench)
@@trolologuy02 Aint always easy to be tall. My dad's physique is pretty much an untrained copy of my physique lol. All the same leverages. As for how leverages affect the big 3, the first (and maybe most impactful) leverage advantage/disadvantage is long arms. Long armed guys usually excel at deadlifts because of a much more upright starting position and easier lockout. See the best sumo deadlifters for easy examples. Shorter arms will inevitably lead to a less upright position (think the lower part of a good morning) and a much deeper hip position to compensate for lack of leverage). In the bench, however, long armed athletes do not usually excel (compared to relative strength at least). Just like long arms equate to an earlier lockout in the deadlift, short arms do the same for a bench press. Think of short armed bodybuilders like Lee Priest, and you can see how much less ROM he needs in order to hit the chest effectively compared to Haftor Bjornson. As for the squat, the most impactful leverage advantage seems to be Torso/legs ratio. A 70/30 ratio (Chinese weightlifters for reference) gives an advantage in terms of an upright position on the squat. A 30/70 ratio will inevitably lead to a "good morning" squat simply because of the physiques in play. Higher hip-bone leverage requires a deeper hip hinge in order to descend without falling. Hope that helps you out brother! Just ask if you're wondering about anything
How does this fit in with the thoracic rounding recommended by a lot of the best pullers nowadays? I don't see how I can take advantage of thoracic rounding with my sternum raised.
Where did you learn all of your knowledge? You seem to be more than just the average PT. Where can I learn all of this information and not just a few 1 minute videos everyday.
Man just look up Ed Coan on TH-cam and he has so much coaching advice on there. Some are longer videos. Also look up Alan thrall untamed strength he has lots of good coaching advice.
Ah yes, not chest up... Sternum up, where litterly your chest is..... Another big cue which helps is, musculus pectoralis major up. Or costasterno joints up, or nipples up 😂
@@darrellgrant7615 oh, I guess you also think every strength coach at every NFL team and every D1 college are also morons. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.
@@ice-xv1hi we're talking about powerlifting not football. This is the cue you can use in competition. You can't go bring a hex bar to a powerlifting competition and expect it to work.
@@henryr.schrader7520 he wasn't specifically referring to PL. I agree that powerlifters need to use straight bars, but everyone else is better off with a trap bar for DL. Even the US army fitness test only uses trap bars. They have been proven to reduce injuries compared to straight bar for DL.
I've always heard that you should not deadlift unless you're deadlifting for the sake of deadlifting that it's not an exercise that's utilized in any aspect of daily life like when are you ever going to have to pick 400 lb up off the ground just to bring it to your knees and drop it again it's never going to be used in real life other than for the sake of purely deadlifting await
I'd say alot of exercises are useless with that analogy. I get the growing group of people thinking deadlifting isn't worth the risk to reward you get from it though. I don't think this has been researched enough. Personally my chest was weak when i started lifting and alot of people i coached did have a weak chest aswell and i would argue that in our normal day to day we just really don't use those muscles(the chest). So should everyone stop benching? I have not gotten an injury from deadlifting, however i did from benching and squatting. Should i stop doing those then? With proper form and knowing that all lifts have risk of injury i would argue most exercises if they promote enough growth they are worth it.
That analogy is so dumb you don't do exercises to apply them to real life you do then to gain muscle or to gain strength when are you ever gonna side lateral raise something ? Or do chest flies with something? Your analogy just screams room temperature IQ + 3 months tops at the gym 💀
Dumbest shit I’ve read lol. I’m a mover, ie I help people move from one place to another by loading up a giant truck with all their furniture. I can confirm that deadlifts directly translate to picking up heavy shit irl. You might not, but some people actually do hard labor for work. I find it fun.
Wow.. this is just gold! And just when i’m abt to start deadlifting at 41 😅 gratitude
Brace hard 🙂
Good luck 🎉
King 👑
It’s great to increase your bone density and be more active, no matter the age. It will serve you well into your later years
Thanks guys! I stopped training at gym when i was 27 years old because of my disc degeneration! A wake up call in my mid thirties when i was having various other health issues started learning nutrition, fasting, doing calisthenics, yoga and running finally brought me back in recent years. I wish i knew how important eating better, sleeping enough early, sunlight and being active really was. Thank you for the love ❤️
good luck on your deadlift journey 💪
Imagine someone who doesnt know ed coan looking at him today. They would have no clue the herculean amount of weight that man could lift in his day
If im not mistaken just a few years ago he could still walk into a gym and pull 600+ like it was nothing at his age.
I don't know who he is, but looking at his sternum and traps,an easy definitely a high performance powerful athlete.
He's still a hell of a lifter and he looks powerful as hell
I saw him(not talked) in Pori Finland 1995. Amazing lifter.
Jus lookin at him known I can tell he is still a beast
"So sternum up at all times. 😀👍"
Thank you, sir
I love having my home gym because now I can literally get up and try this at 1am in my underwear.
What not wanting to intimidate the mortals at a public gym? Respectable. I however go to the gym in a blizzard in just my under wear.
The same posture can be followed for a perfect squat...truly awsm👌👌🔥🔥
So much value, Ty SU
I used this today for my deadlift! made getting into position faster and easier. Thank you!
can you make a video or share some tips on deadlift for tall guys
As a tall guy myself, focus more on leverages rather than height. You could have two guys of identical length (6"4 in my case), but with entirely different structures such as arm length, upper/lower body length(I.E Torso-dominant). The different structures will inherently require different setups for deadlifts and squats.
@@zandrey7009 I’m also in the same boat, 6’4” but I have huge legs. My dad is 6” shorter than me, but if we sit down, he still sits taller than me because his torso is so much taller than mine lol. I’m curious how leverages like that affect the big 3 lifts (DL, Squat, Bench)
@@trolologuy02 Aint always easy to be tall. My dad's physique is pretty much an untrained copy of my physique lol. All the same leverages.
As for how leverages affect the big 3, the first (and maybe most impactful) leverage advantage/disadvantage is long arms. Long armed guys usually excel at deadlifts because of a much more upright starting position and easier lockout. See the best sumo deadlifters for easy examples. Shorter arms will inevitably lead to a less upright position (think the lower part of a good morning) and a much deeper hip position to compensate for lack of leverage).
In the bench, however, long armed athletes do not usually excel (compared to relative strength at least). Just like long arms equate to an earlier lockout in the deadlift, short arms do the same for a bench press. Think of short armed bodybuilders like Lee Priest, and you can see how much less ROM he needs in order to hit the chest effectively compared to Haftor Bjornson.
As for the squat, the most impactful leverage advantage seems to be Torso/legs ratio. A 70/30 ratio (Chinese weightlifters for reference) gives an advantage in terms of an upright position on the squat. A 30/70 ratio will inevitably lead to a "good morning" squat simply because of the physiques in play. Higher hip-bone leverage requires a deeper hip hinge in order to descend without falling.
Hope that helps you out brother! Just ask if you're wondering about anything
Not just long or short legs, have to consider the ratio between the femur and tibia, that can have a lot to say.
That’s the man
Awesome tip
I always think of having a hook under my sternum that pulls me up 😂
David diley reference
I cue my clients "logo up" bc most logos are across sternum and most people don't know where their sternum is. It's an external cue vs an internal cue
*ED COAN!*
THE MASTER
I use “pretend a bully is pulling you up by the scruff of your shirt” cue lol. I say person normally but that’s for the visual.
Love how he’s still thicker than a snicker
i just tried this sitting in my chair and my god im going to remember this and tell my gym buddies
I worked out with Ed . Great guy
Yo!! Great Tutorial Ed As Always. This Is Your Buddy From Quad's Gym Back In The Day "THE BLACK FRONT SQUATTER" 💪🏿. Where Are You Training These Days?
He has a narrow sumo stance. Looks interesting gotta try that
Just what i needed
Excellent
Eddie looking great ❤
How does this fit in with the thoracic rounding recommended by a lot of the best pullers nowadays? I don't see how I can take advantage of thoracic rounding with my sternum raised.
Lol I broke my sternum 😭
I can't deadlift till I'm healed 😔
A good cue I use is "show me your shirt logo"
TIL the sternum isn't chest
Where did you learn all of your knowledge? You seem to be more than just the average PT. Where can I learn all of this information and not just a few 1 minute videos everyday.
Man just look up Ed Coan on TH-cam and he has so much coaching advice on there. Some are longer videos. Also look up Alan thrall untamed strength he has lots of good coaching advice.
G.O.A.T.
Great advice as the shoudler blades need to retract for safety
Thank you
ed goat
Scapular retraction plus thoracic extension. No mystery here.
And tail bone angle in the squats and rdls for me
How do you put sternum up i can only find do it when i flex my lower back
This tip applys and with dumbells or not!
Who the fuck deadlifts with dumbbells 💀
Isn’t the sternum the middle of the chest… so it’s chest up?
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Sternum up is what they used to teach. Old Days
If you pull the slack out the bar I think it’s the same thing as focusing o the sternum going up
Bro is built like a bullfrog
Is this just for sumo?
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And head up
Vamos Argentina carajoooooo🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Ah yes, not chest up... Sternum up, where litterly your chest is.....
Another big cue which helps is, musculus pectoralis major up. Or costasterno joints up, or nipples up 😂
tits up baby!
Damn I was hoping this would be about taint mechanics
What is a sternum? Sorry not native to english
Google it
bone between the left and right rib cages
@@comicbookguy2326 you've robbed this guy from a character building moment, well done, comic book guy.
Don’t forget to spread your taint
Use a hex/trap bar instead of a straight bar.
Moron
@@darrellgrant7615 oh, I guess you also think every strength coach at every NFL team and every D1 college are also morons. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.
@@ice-xv1hi we're talking about powerlifting not football. This is the cue you can use in competition. You can't go bring a hex bar to a powerlifting competition and expect it to work.
@@henryr.schrader7520 he wasn't specifically referring to PL. I agree that powerlifters need to use straight bars, but everyone else is better off with a trap bar for DL. Even the US army fitness test only uses trap bars. They have been proven to reduce injuries compared to straight bar for DL.
@@ice-xv1hi sumo deadlift on a straight bar also reduces injuries but people just don't want to admit that.
As if the sternum is not situated in the chest. For real, people?
Seriously like was this whole video trolling us or what
Gear-head, but great advice
Wtf is that supposed to mean? You think other professional powerlifters are natty ? " Oooooo roids oooooo bad " stfu
He didn't age well
Shit you'll probably look worse at his age astartes.
@@gnarly3032 nah.
He always had a blocky build and the guys almost 60 now. He looks fine for his age
Thats what 76 world records and a 30 year competing career does to you
first guy is doing traditional and the second sumo. different lifts by far
Ed coan, the second guy also pulls conventional, so he probably has the same 'sternum up' cue for conventional as well
I've always heard that you should not deadlift unless you're deadlifting for the sake of deadlifting that it's not an exercise that's utilized in any aspect of daily life like when are you ever going to have to pick 400 lb up off the ground just to bring it to your knees and drop it again it's never going to be used in real life other than for the sake of purely deadlifting await
I'd say alot of exercises are useless with that analogy.
I get the growing group of people thinking deadlifting isn't worth the risk to reward you get from it though.
I don't think this has been researched enough.
Personally my chest was weak when i started lifting and alot of people i coached did have a weak chest aswell and i would argue that in our normal day to day we just really don't use those muscles(the chest).
So should everyone stop benching?
I have not gotten an injury from deadlifting, however i did from benching and squatting.
Should i stop doing those then?
With proper form and knowing that all lifts have risk of injury i would argue most exercises if they promote enough growth they are worth it.
That analogy is so dumb you don't do exercises to apply them to real life you do then to gain muscle or to gain strength when are you ever gonna side lateral raise something ? Or do chest flies with something? Your analogy just screams room temperature IQ + 3 months tops at the gym 💀
Dumbest shit I’ve read lol. I’m a mover, ie I help people move from one place to another by loading up a giant truck with all their furniture. I can confirm that deadlifts directly translate to picking up heavy shit irl. You might not, but some people actually do hard labor for work. I find it fun.
I would say deadlift is one of the most applicable lifts… it’s great to be able to pick up and move heavy shit