
Originally Posted by
gramboh
What type of body do you have (short legs/long torso/short arms or long legs/arms/short torso etc)? I'm similar in that squat gives me no probs but DL is hard on my back (probably poor form). I have shorter legs/arms compared to my torso (5'10 wear 30 inseam jeans/slacks).

Originally Posted by
Orenthal J.
Yeah, either way your deadlift should be higher than your squat. How far down do you squat? How poor is your form that you are hurting your back on deadlifts? I am also curious as to your build. I am lanky and have the opposite issue from you, I go up fast on deadlifts but keeping correct form on back squats on higher weight is an issue for me. I find myself doing front squats a lot more often.
I'm 5'11", with shorter legs and a long torso. I've always had bulldozers for legs, whereas my back is just now getting strong. I would like to put the DL off as bad form, but I've been doing them for years and a ton of people have looked at my deadlift with no suggestions. I think now it is more mental, I worry about my back in DL, so I don't probably go as hard as I could. Whereas in squatting, I've never been injured, so I just go to town. Also, I didn't actually hurt my back doing deadlifts, I did it a completely different way, the injury just seemed to affect my DL more than squat.
Maybe I'll try to stack 515 on DL this week to see if I can get it up and see if I've just been pussing out this whole time.
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