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Patrick · Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 71 Location: St Johns

I dont know if its just me or the exerciese im doing on this day u can see it in my journal... i cant do these for the life of me i get a few but low weight i dont know if it would be more benificial to do a different exercise is this area oh yeah im currently doing the waterbury summer project! any help guys

swanso5 · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:48 am Post subject:

great, great, great exercise...yes it is hard balance wise for some but i've never had a problem with it...sometimes if you're using a wt that is too light, it's hard to counterbalance, like an overhead squat without a bar...don't try and go to slowly either...what exactly is the problem with it?

timtimtimmah19 · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 130 Location: Pennsylvania

I've actually been wondering about these too, but more on the technique side. Does anybody have a link to a video or something showing how to correctly do these because last time I did them my lower back hurt for days :-\.

swanso5 · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:46 am Post subject:

keep your back straight, chest puffed out, shoulders back

as you lower, bend your arse back a little, same thing when you deadlift

if you get a sore back you must be rounding youre low back i'd say

timtimtimmah19 · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 130 Location: Pennsylvania

So is it more of a romanian DL or a normal DL motion then?

swanso5 · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:46 am Post subject:

well most do romanian's with stiff legs which isn't great for the knee's but i do them with semi stiff legs so knees are at an angle of about 20 - 25 degrees with the knee bend being caused by my hips being pushed back which makes it more of a 1/2 deadlift motion and in that case, yes they are like romanian's

timtimtimmah19 · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 130 Location: Pennsylvania

yeah that's how i do them too, so that works. Thanks!