Thread: Still can’t straighten lower back when deadlifting

Hi all

I posted a video of my deadlift form a while back (can’t find the thread) because I could not for the life of me get my lower back straight when deadlifting. I was told it wasn’t too bad, it might be my natural curve and as long as I didn’t get any lower back pain it would be fine.

Now I am starting to get slight lower back pain, and even when I bend over to pick something up I can feel it a little, and I don’t want it to get worse as I go up through heavier weights.

A couple of weeks ago I managed to work up to a single of 140kg on the deadlift, but my form was even worse so I decided to deadload and try with 110kg. Below is a video of my 110kg deadlift.

https://imgur.com/a/VYcMT9X

As you can see I cannot get my lower back straight. I’ve tried adjusting feet position, width, pulling my hips to the ceiling to get tight as possible, leaning back more, pushing belly between thighs and stretching my hamstrings (I’ve been stretching my hamstrings 3x a week for about a year now).

Has anyone got any advice? Thanks.

Originally Posted by TolerantLactose

Have you considered switching to sumo?

I was thinking about that. I’d like to stay conventional but if I can’t fix this issue then I’ll try sumo.

Originally Posted by BeginnerGainz

It looks like you are squatting down to the bar

For some reason that feels like that’s the only position in which I can pull the weight off the floor. Like before when I’ve tried to keep my hips higher, I won’t be able to get the bar off the ground until they’re as low as they are in that video, even if it means pushing the bar forward with my shins.