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get a good gym partner or spotter. or get someone that knows how to deadlift to give you a spot. i just filmed jeffh today so he could see his form to compare to proper form videos and work on it.

read and watch a ton of videos on proper form.

and go at it SLOW. you cant just jump into deadlifting expecting to lift the world. your back, when its not supported properly is very delicate, and deadlifting with bad form is a real easy way of exploding your back all over the gym and not being able to lift for 6 months.


this is how i got into deadlifts:

if you havent done any deadlifting before (and this goes for everyone wanting to deadlift), spend a few weeks leading up to it doing good mornings, or any form of lower back extension to tighten up the lower back muscles abit. they WILL be lagging behind.

first week, start with the bar and a 35 per side or 1 plate max, regardless of if its easy or not. do like 3 or 4 sets of high reps like 10. concentrate on proper form and breathing.

next week, add 5lbs per side. same thing. you should be able to add 5lbs per side for the next bunch of weeks. after a few weeks lower your reps a couple. you should be able to get 1 plates or more this way

as soon as your form starts to goto shit or you're working way too hard to lift the weight, stop adding 5lbs and start working on that weight for another week or 2 until you dial the form in properly. it might take a few weeks for your lower back to catch up to the rest of your body.

In 11 months (including taking 2-3 months off only doing light deadlifting) I went from deadlifting 115lbs to repping 365lbs for 5 or 6. and its still increasing regularly. and for the most part my form has stayed together the whole way, anytime my form started to fall off, id lower the weight and concentrate on form and work back up.

not that im the deadlift master champion or anything, this is just how i've done it, and jeffh has done it, and its been working for us.