re: Grip failing on deadlifts

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The poster asked me what gives out first on a failed dead lift and I guess for me, it feels like on my initial ascent up that my quads and lower back feel torqued and that I am not going to fully lock it out all the way up. Yes, I have struggled many times to fully lock out a dead but managed to get it by sheer will, but these days, if I don't feel it, that weight is going back to the floor. Shite, I have been deadlifting since I was in high school and I am pushing 50 so I kinda know when I am gonna get a successful dead for the most part.

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I can’t see what you’re doing, so I’m basing my next statement based entirely on this. It sounds like you are not engaging your hips. When the bar is just past your knees, squeeze your arse forward like your on a date with Scarlett Johanson and you just ate Mexican food. The two biggest problems when it comes to deadlifting is not locking the posterior chain or not using the hips.