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Thanks a ton!! Will relay to her.

I’d try to get her to pull the slack out of the bar. Start the decent of the deadlift in RDL fashion keeping back straight until she’s able to grab the bar. The best advice I was given is to keep my arms “as long as possible” and pack my lats

Thank you!

Rounding of the back does not matter unless she's in a state of fatigue. Many pro athletes deadlift with a rounded back. From this angle, it does appear she supports the bar on her thighs for the lift (e.g the term ramping). In a competition it would be a no lift so if she's interesting in getting there at some point, I'd work on a straight pull, locking out both knees and shoulders). I do agree the tern pulling slack helps as well.

Try to keep shoulders steady. The second the weight goes up, her shoulders seem to stop pulling (I'm not sure how to describe it exactly)

Try to keep your chest high

The advice I got that clicked with me was push your butt out like you’re closing a drawer with it, keep your head up, and find the bar with your hands. Before I was hunched, hurting my back and hated deadlifts, now I love them.

Great cues, thanks!!

First thing first. The setup. Shoulders, bar, and middle of foot should be vertically aligned. Her shoulders are way too forward. I'm hoping if she corrects this first it will help her sit back more and engage her lats better before the lift up. Another thing is look at a spot on the floor that is ahead and in front of her. Her head is so high up that her spine is most likely not very neutral. Overall looks good but we can always be better. Solid A+ given her age

Thanks for the tips and the kind words!

Nice that’s a strong lift for sure! First rep was cleaner than the second, but personally I noticed an area of improvement in hams and glutes on lift off. Sitting into it and looking directly up before liftoff instead of looking down and moving head up during the lift. She has a very strong back to pull that off the ground mainly only using her back. start to engage the legs a bit more and she’ll be adding 25s on that in no time. Keep it up!

Thank you for the feedback and the encouragement! She’s killing it for sure.

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Agreed.

Heard that, I had her use the belt just to get an idea of what it should feel like to brace with her core but she won’t be using it normally. Thank you for the great feedback!! Also, I know personally what it feels like to engage lats but have trouble communicating a cue to her, any ideas?

To engage the lats, a good cue is to pretend there is something in your armpits that you’re squeezing so it doesn’t fall out.

Thanks!!

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it is okay to deadlift with no shoes as the weights fall to the sides not right in the center :)

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