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Get the set up right. Things get slightly easier from there. Remember to put the bar down in a controlled manner.
The best description of a dead lift which I read is ‘your arms are chains, your hands are hooks’. I always know I have got it when I feel my feet going into the floor - that may not make much sense until you feel it yourself. Almost like you are pulling the floor up.
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Do Allan's 5 step set up for each rep in the set. It'll drill in real quick. Never bounce it of the floor, that's how you mess up your back.
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The method I'm using is from Alan Thralls YouTube ("don't move the barbell").
Thanks for all the input, deadlifts are the one lift I'm not confident with my form, and you hear all these stories about people putting their backs out deadlifting heavy without good technique.
I want to keep my back straight as possible so I'll definitely be trying to keep my shoulders back more, and pausing at the bottom.
First time I've videoed myself lifting and it's very interesting looking at it analytically.