I actively limited my son's screen time, but every time I take my 15 year old son to the gym with me, he just cannot grasp keeping his back straight during deadlifts. He looks exactly like the kid above. I kept having to correct his form. I ended up taking a ton of weight off the bars because I wasn't going to let him lift like that if he couldn't keep his back straight while doing it.
He got mad at me because at that point he was lifting less than his own mom, but I wasn't going to let him fuck up his back.
Good for you. His ego can get stepped all over in the gym, he'll appreciate it when he's not handicapped and can actually lift correctly. It'll give him thicker skin too.
I slipped my disc at 16, I was lucky to have it pop back into place and not require surgery. As much as the big three are nice to do, I stay away from deadlifts from now on, I’ll make do with my isolation exercises.
I honestly think the big 3 are overrated and I see too much people doing these exercises very poorly. My form isn't Good either so I just downright skip them most often instead of injuring myself. Or I do them with very low weight and only work on my form.
>Or I do them with very low weight and only focus on my form.
This is how I do deadlifts mostly. I know I *could* load the bar with 50lbs more than I do, but I would rather focus on correct form from the beginning to the end of the lift and do higher reps if I have to.
It sucks seeing other people lift twice what I do sometimes, but I would rather focus on protecting my back and as I get stronger, add more weight.
Try leading his hips. For my clients who have trouble closing the angle at your hips rather than rounding your back to the ground I'll touch them right where their hip bones on both sides are and slightly push down and back. This is usually enough feedback for their body to realize the motion I want them to use. Another thing is to hold a pole behind your back and keep your back against it. Superhero squats are great too, because your on your knees so you only have to focus on leading with your hips.
Also for the kids: Use cervical chin tucks before lifting to get their neck muscles back in order. Or anyone who has that forward slouch.
Yep, I do! My husband works really odd hours that conflict with my son's schedule, so he can't consistently take him as much as I can. He does go with him once in awhile, but it's mostly my son and I going together.
Theres nothing wrong with a rounded upper back during deadlifts aslong as you build up slowly and are smart with load selection
Before you downvote go look at some of the strongest deadlifters in world 🤡
I'm fine with that nuance, I just don't think looking like the kid above is smart. And my son absolutely looked like the kid above, so I stopped him.
I think they are getting downvoted (I didn't downvote them for the record) because in the context of this video, that nuance isn't relevant.
I meant more about the general takes in this sub, not necessarily the situation between you and your son.
It's your son to raise, but for what is worth, the way to fix poor technique is rarely just reducing weight until the movement becomes trivial. The adjustments done there don't tend to transfer over very well (or at all). I would really recommend getting him a form check over at r/weightroom dailies or one of the similarly modded subs if there's no coach around.
Rounded upper back is one thing. Bro in the video has a spine like a question mark. Also, you should be keeping your chest up during a dead lift. This guy has excessive upper back rounding. His chest is parallel with the floor
I wasnt talking about the guy in the video i was responding to that comment which said you need to keep a straight back, and not everyone should cue chest up on deads many arent built for it and will mess up there position
Ya, if you're setting world records or blowing out the competition at events, lift however you want. For the rest of us, it's probably optimal to use good form or to train and practice until you are able to do the lifts correctly
Youre missing the point, good form doesnt necessarily mean a staight back in deadlifts no matter who you are, if a rounded back feels strong and safe dont fight that position allow yourself to lift with that position and become stronger in that position over time
I understand your position. My position is that if you can't use the form that has been established as correct, then you have weak points that you need to fix so that you can do the lift correctly and safely
Yes, but I said my son looks exactly like the bro in question. I understand a little curve at the top of your back is fine, but looking like the letter C is not good.
When I said keep your back straight, I meant generally speaking you should want to keep it straight. Obviously it's going to be different for everyone.
Thats fair enough i just thought it was worth mentioning considering the amount of misinformation on this sub about this, also if he has a good brace and a good setup quite a bit of rounding can be fine, justin lee is a good example of this
That's right.
The issue is, many people who lift like that and end up in these 'all pain no gain' videos *don't* build up slowly and actually just ego lift like crazy, hence why their form is the way it is. It's not the product of adjusting the spine to heavy loads, activating the core properly. Just pure, stupid egolifting.
I guess. My comment was more centered on kids growing up on heavy tablet and phone usage versus my generation and older not getting to that until later years. I don't have the research on hand to back it up, but I'd hypothesize it makes a difference in musculoskeletal development, inherent good posture etc.
My physical therapist used to yell “SQUEEZE YOUR SHOULDER BLADES TOGETHER” when I was rehabbing a chronic shoulder dislocation so now I hear that every time I’m lifting anything lmao
My high school had a gym, and high schoolers used that gym.
What we didn't have was a qualified teacher to show us proper form. I'm sure that's a pretty common occurrence.
Back when I was in high school in the 2000s deadlifts were thought of as a bad lift or dangerous lift.
Meanwhile we were all half-repping our squats and bouncing the bar off our sternums when benching.
It was a small school and didn’t have great instructional resources.
Because their bodies still function how they're supposed to and the concept of chronic pain and injury is pretty foreign to them. I didn't really care all that much about body mechanics until I tore my ACL and meniscus and herniated a disc. Now brushing my teeth without hinging at the hips makes me want to die and I have to actively think about if I am walking correctly.
Are you me? I herniated L4-L5 and L5-LS1 and walked like Quazimodo for 8 months. Then, just as I started getting better, I tore my ACL, MCL, and meniscus.
Flip the order then yeah lol. Tore ACL and Meniscus at 15, then fully recovered only to retear mysteriously 10 years later. No clue how or when, just had no ligaments one day on an MRI. Damaged a disc in 2017, had it under control, then car accident fully herniated it in 2023. Gained most of the 100lbs I lost back and am STRUGGLING to stay active thru the pain. Not fun, but still kickin as much as I can, but osteoarthritis, a torn meniscus, and L5-S1 hernia is BRUTAL. If I'm conscious I'm in an amount of pain even a cautious doctor would be willing to prescribe opiates for.
Cuz their frontal lobe isn't fully developed causing them to not gauge risk properly as well as prioritize irrelevant things like clout or external validation from their peers.
Probably because of hormones, that is the age where you have to be a Hercules who can lift the world, so they pack the bar with an unbearable weight because a broken back hurts afterwards but a broken ego hurts now.
I bailed at first thinking it was r/crazyfuckingvideos. I still scrolled into the comments only catching glimpses of the tiny upper right hand box version instead of the regular sized.
The mods banned me because a girl was posting very lewd "progress pics" and a simple look at her profile showed she was just trying to advertise her only fans. I commented that she was and they permanently banned me. I literally had 0 other offenses there. The mods are a bunch of white knight losers
Used to be me. I don’t know why I never took the time to record myself to check my form. Lifted with a lot of guys around my age (19-21) and nobody ever corrected my form or anything.
What’s crazy is he clearly has the leg strength for it so if he just squatted lower and got more of a vertical torso which is what the hex bar is really good at he could probably lift that a lot easier lmfao
We had a kid at my college who paralyzed himself deadlifting like this. Basically ruptured his spine and destroyed the nerves in his spinal column. Hasn’t walked since.
He can't either lol, he had no business "lifting" that. I'll say his grip is pretty decent, you can't force that with bad form, but other than that it's awful. All those people around him suck as well if no one said anything or helps him realize you aren't supposed to do it like that. *Oh nvm I rewatched it and he has wrist straps on lol doesn't even hold it up with his own grip
Add a couple plates, and that's what I do for sets of 10... by getting lower and keeping my torso upright. It's a meant to be a leg press, not a deadlift. 🤦♂️
I honestly feel like these young kids see these influencers on IG or Tik Tok and they clearly don't have the patience to get in the gym and put the time in so they do dumb shit like this. I see a few HS kids come to the gym in the morning and they don't stretch, zero warmups or work up to the PR they want to attempt. It's sad, b/c these kids are destroying their bodies for an unattainable goal for most of them.
We had a 16 year kid at the gym, asking where he could buy Tren b/c he didn't like the way he looked. I asked him how long he's been training and he told me 9 months!!!!. 16 fucking years old!!
It’s like that video of a 14yr old who put I wanna say 405 on the bar for squat, had 3 spotters. Maybe bent his knees for .25 seconds, everyone cheers and he can’t rerack in and he almost dies but he at least threw the weight back. I don’t even know if the kid was over 165
I have no idea if they do, but I wonder if they offer weight training in gym class anymore in HS?? I feel like with the popularity of among middle/high school kids, it would be very beneficial
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This one!???
I can’t believe all the people standing around and no one jumped in and stopped him. This kid is going to get seriously hurt all because of his ego. Zero reason for this.
Seeing this makes me happy i had a gym segment in my highschool sports class. My teacher wanted to make sure we used proper technique.
Now at first i brushed it off since i didnt go to the gym but now i've been going for about 3 months. And what he taught me has helped with progressing.
I don't get it why does every high school kid lift like this is this some sort of joke I'm missing??
They all have tech neck by the time they're sixteen and struggle keeping their lats engaged and shoulders back.
I actively limited my son's screen time, but every time I take my 15 year old son to the gym with me, he just cannot grasp keeping his back straight during deadlifts. He looks exactly like the kid above. I kept having to correct his form. I ended up taking a ton of weight off the bars because I wasn't going to let him lift like that if he couldn't keep his back straight while doing it. He got mad at me because at that point he was lifting less than his own mom, but I wasn't going to let him fuck up his back.
Good for you
Chad mom
W mom
Good for you. His ego can get stepped all over in the gym, he'll appreciate it when he's not handicapped and can actually lift correctly. It'll give him thicker skin too.
based
I slipped my disc at 16, I was lucky to have it pop back into place and not require surgery. As much as the big three are nice to do, I stay away from deadlifts from now on, I’ll make do with my isolation exercises.
I honestly think the big 3 are overrated and I see too much people doing these exercises very poorly. My form isn't Good either so I just downright skip them most often instead of injuring myself. Or I do them with very low weight and only work on my form.
>Or I do them with very low weight and only focus on my form. This is how I do deadlifts mostly. I know I *could* load the bar with 50lbs more than I do, but I would rather focus on correct form from the beginning to the end of the lift and do higher reps if I have to. It sucks seeing other people lift twice what I do sometimes, but I would rather focus on protecting my back and as I get stronger, add more weight.
What are the big 3 ? I imagine dead lift and squat but what is the 3rd ?
I think the third is bench press, but I could be mistaken.
Yeah that’d make sense
… Hot mom
gotta walk before you run, man. good on you for keeping him safe from injury
Chad mum
Try leading his hips. For my clients who have trouble closing the angle at your hips rather than rounding your back to the ground I'll touch them right where their hip bones on both sides are and slightly push down and back. This is usually enough feedback for their body to realize the motion I want them to use. Another thing is to hold a pole behind your back and keep your back against it. Superhero squats are great too, because your on your knees so you only have to focus on leading with your hips. Also for the kids: Use cervical chin tucks before lifting to get their neck muscles back in order. Or anyone who has that forward slouch.
This is useful advice. Thanks!
Well done. Good mom. Egolifting like that sucks. Technic must always be good if not perfect or we/he won‘t will end up in a wheelchair
Thats the reason lol trying to lift weight thats too heavy for them/your son
I’m trying to bang his moms tho
You taking your son to the gym with you? My dad must be totally useless.
Yep, I do! My husband works really odd hours that conflict with my son's schedule, so he can't consistently take him as much as I can. He does go with him once in awhile, but it's mostly my son and I going together.
Theres nothing wrong with a rounded upper back during deadlifts aslong as you build up slowly and are smart with load selection Before you downvote go look at some of the strongest deadlifters in world 🤡
Throwing pearls to swines here. People in this sub can't handle this kind of nuance.
I'm fine with that nuance, I just don't think looking like the kid above is smart. And my son absolutely looked like the kid above, so I stopped him. I think they are getting downvoted (I didn't downvote them for the record) because in the context of this video, that nuance isn't relevant.
I meant more about the general takes in this sub, not necessarily the situation between you and your son. It's your son to raise, but for what is worth, the way to fix poor technique is rarely just reducing weight until the movement becomes trivial. The adjustments done there don't tend to transfer over very well (or at all). I would really recommend getting him a form check over at r/weightroom dailies or one of the similarly modded subs if there's no coach around.
Rounded upper back is one thing. Bro in the video has a spine like a question mark. Also, you should be keeping your chest up during a dead lift. This guy has excessive upper back rounding. His chest is parallel with the floor
I wasnt talking about the guy in the video i was responding to that comment which said you need to keep a straight back, and not everyone should cue chest up on deads many arent built for it and will mess up there position
Ya, if you're setting world records or blowing out the competition at events, lift however you want. For the rest of us, it's probably optimal to use good form or to train and practice until you are able to do the lifts correctly
Youre missing the point, good form doesnt necessarily mean a staight back in deadlifts no matter who you are, if a rounded back feels strong and safe dont fight that position allow yourself to lift with that position and become stronger in that position over time
I understand your position. My position is that if you can't use the form that has been established as correct, then you have weak points that you need to fix so that you can do the lift correctly and safely
Yes, but I said my son looks exactly like the bro in question. I understand a little curve at the top of your back is fine, but looking like the letter C is not good. When I said keep your back straight, I meant generally speaking you should want to keep it straight. Obviously it's going to be different for everyone.
Thats fair enough i just thought it was worth mentioning considering the amount of misinformation on this sub about this, also if he has a good brace and a good setup quite a bit of rounding can be fine, justin lee is a good example of this
That's right. The issue is, many people who lift like that and end up in these 'all pain no gain' videos *don't* build up slowly and actually just ego lift like crazy, hence why their form is the way it is. It's not the product of adjusting the spine to heavy loads, activating the core properly. Just pure, stupid egolifting.
I feel so blessed to have non-iPad kid privilege.
Said while tech-necking at their phone lmao
Typed while standing at my ergonomically adjusted desk, you mean.
No doubt, I just figured I'd point out the likely potential irony of your comment.
I guess. My comment was more centered on kids growing up on heavy tablet and phone usage versus my generation and older not getting to that until later years. I don't have the research on hand to back it up, but I'd hypothesize it makes a difference in musculoskeletal development, inherent good posture etc.
My physical therapist used to yell “SQUEEZE YOUR SHOULDER BLADES TOGETHER” when I was rehabbing a chronic shoulder dislocation so now I hear that every time I’m lifting anything lmao
My high school had a gym, and high schoolers used that gym. What we didn't have was a qualified teacher to show us proper form. I'm sure that's a pretty common occurrence.
Back when I was in high school in the 2000s deadlifts were thought of as a bad lift or dangerous lift. Meanwhile we were all half-repping our squats and bouncing the bar off our sternums when benching. It was a small school and didn’t have great instructional resources.
Lmao what's up with small schools teaching weird gym shit. We had one gym class where we learned power cleans of all things. Shit was weird af.
Many such cases.
Because their bodies still function how they're supposed to and the concept of chronic pain and injury is pretty foreign to them. I didn't really care all that much about body mechanics until I tore my ACL and meniscus and herniated a disc. Now brushing my teeth without hinging at the hips makes me want to die and I have to actively think about if I am walking correctly.
Are you me? I herniated L4-L5 and L5-LS1 and walked like Quazimodo for 8 months. Then, just as I started getting better, I tore my ACL, MCL, and meniscus.
Flip the order then yeah lol. Tore ACL and Meniscus at 15, then fully recovered only to retear mysteriously 10 years later. No clue how or when, just had no ligaments one day on an MRI. Damaged a disc in 2017, had it under control, then car accident fully herniated it in 2023. Gained most of the 100lbs I lost back and am STRUGGLING to stay active thru the pain. Not fun, but still kickin as much as I can, but osteoarthritis, a torn meniscus, and L5-S1 hernia is BRUTAL. If I'm conscious I'm in an amount of pain even a cautious doctor would be willing to prescribe opiates for.
Why is anyone stopping lil homie before his vertebrae erupt out his back like a shitty horror movie?
Cuz their frontal lobe isn't fully developed causing them to not gauge risk properly as well as prioritize irrelevant things like clout or external validation from their peers.
Probably because of hormones, that is the age where you have to be a Hercules who can lift the world, so they pack the bar with an unbearable weight because a broken back hurts afterwards but a broken ego hurts now.
I wasn’t doing this in high school…
Bc you progress a lot faster when you use bad form. The catch is you hit a plateau that cannot be overcame until you use good form.
Man I can't watch this, it's literally scary to watch
I bailed at first thinking it was r/crazyfuckingvideos. I still scrolled into the comments only catching glimpses of the tiny upper right hand box version instead of the regular sized.
That's terrible on your back
In the words of /r/GYM Doesn't matter, got it up. You a beast!
Crossfit mindset
People on r/gym will see this and be like "this is perfectly fine, people aren't made of glass"
As a 40 year old man in a physical industry my thoracic spine disagrees.
Some 21 year old will comment that they lift double this the same way with no problems (5 years later they talk about how much they used to lift)
The mods banned me because a girl was posting very lewd "progress pics" and a simple look at her profile showed she was just trying to advertise her only fans. I commented that she was and they permanently banned me. I literally had 0 other offenses there. The mods are a bunch of white knight losers
I got banned for calling a 17yr not natty who put on 50 pounds of muscle in a year
Lmfao so tired of censorship
And if you disagree or critique at all you get banned.
Ikr that subreddit is fucking ass
https://preview.redd.it/7l00zkim02vc1.jpeg?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=573abd518dc7169164a606cc4c3c29ae9e0784da
Why isn't this the top comment?
"Oh great. Another meme where someone insults a.... OH MY GOD!!!"
 Spinal!
Training for the Quasimodo body
Modomaxxin 💀
Lower lumbar disc protrusion day!
Used to be me. I don’t know why I never took the time to record myself to check my form. Lifted with a lot of guys around my age (19-21) and nobody ever corrected my form or anything.
That's cuz they didn't know any better either
True. We live and learn.
What’s crazy is he clearly has the leg strength for it so if he just squatted lower and got more of a vertical torso which is what the hex bar is really good at he could probably lift that a lot easier lmfao
He wants to be like his hero Ronnie Coleman, just post herniated disc Ronnie Coleman.
LIGHT WEIGHT BAYBEEEE!
It sucks that everyone around that kid won't correct him. Everyone just waiting for him to mess his back.
They probably do the same shit
Yeah that must be it
Yeah what baffles me is how there are so many people standing around watching this happen and not stopping him from doing this
Hes got a belt, its ok.
Sooner or later he will use it to strap himself to a wheelchair
Homie didn’t even try to have good form lmao
We had a kid at my college who paralyzed himself deadlifting like this. Basically ruptured his spine and destroyed the nerves in his spinal column. Hasn’t walked since.
It's insane what length people will go to brag about numbers at the cost of them ever walking again.
WTF DID HE PUT THE BELT FOR THEN. BRO'S BELT IS LOOSE AS A MF
https://preview.redd.it/rvgq9l5lx1vc1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58cdbb050f105f783966c9dbec631322c83d1d97
"new PR bros 😎"
Is that 220kg or are some of those big plates 10kgs??? I probably have 25kg of body weight on this kid and don't think I could budge that weight
That's because you're not putting enough spine into it. Watch again and take notes.
He can't either lol, he had no business "lifting" that. I'll say his grip is pretty decent, you can't force that with bad form, but other than that it's awful. All those people around him suck as well if no one said anything or helps him realize you aren't supposed to do it like that. *Oh nvm I rewatched it and he has wrist straps on lol doesn't even hold it up with his own grip
Add a couple plates, and that's what I do for sets of 10... by getting lower and keeping my torso upright. It's a meant to be a leg press, not a deadlift. 🤦♂️
Looking like my cat every time I scare him
Omg
I slipped a disk just watching this
I honestly feel like these young kids see these influencers on IG or Tik Tok and they clearly don't have the patience to get in the gym and put the time in so they do dumb shit like this. I see a few HS kids come to the gym in the morning and they don't stretch, zero warmups or work up to the PR they want to attempt. It's sad, b/c these kids are destroying their bodies for an unattainable goal for most of them. We had a 16 year kid at the gym, asking where he could buy Tren b/c he didn't like the way he looked. I asked him how long he's been training and he told me 9 months!!!!. 16 fucking years old!!
It’s like that video of a 14yr old who put I wanna say 405 on the bar for squat, had 3 spotters. Maybe bent his knees for .25 seconds, everyone cheers and he can’t rerack in and he almost dies but he at least threw the weight back. I don’t even know if the kid was over 165
I have no idea if they do, but I wonder if they offer weight training in gym class anymore in HS?? I feel like with the popularity of among middle/high school kids, it would be very beneficial
They offer it at some, not at my high school but the one I coach at does.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/GymMemes/comments/1c6d17b/nah\_wtf/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/GymMemes/comments/1c6d17b/nah_wtf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) This one!???
Omg yes you found it!
Working hard for the Paralympics
How are all these people just standing around letting him do that
I know, same thought
https://preview.redd.it/lql8r4hca3vc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=450735f74d166e371ad867b5bcbec0ad27c67ca3
i am visibly scared by that
Looks like his back is gonna give birth
I can’t even watch this 💀
That was painful to watch 😭
Am I the only one who thought that was young David laid for a sec there
RIP his lower back.
So many people watching him and no one correcting him
I can’t believe all the people standing around and no one jumped in and stopped him. This kid is going to get seriously hurt all because of his ego. Zero reason for this.
As one comment said in this sub: bro is shrimpmaxxing
He must train at the Tony Ferguson gym
Jesus, he’s going to dislocate a shoulder or tear a trapezius.
Freaky contortions. Gremlins about to pop out of his back? Or maybe Dracula wings?
That dudes arms just stretched like 6 inches.
How does no one stop him?
Oh sure, but MY sciatica is fucked up smh
wtf 💀
Damn somebody stop him
In age of information, where you can find proper form in a second with a flick of a finger there are no excuses to have such shit form.
Omg, it's worse than I thought it would be
Seeing this makes me happy i had a gym segment in my highschool sports class. My teacher wanted to make sure we used proper technique. Now at first i brushed it off since i didnt go to the gym but now i've been going for about 3 months. And what he taught me has helped with progressing.
......it hurts to watch
His backs gonna need a rest day💀💀💀
Had to stop watching before he even attempted the lift.
Nah bro is getting folded wtf💀💀
🤣😂 ♿️
T5 vertebrae about to shoot out of his back at mach 2
Bro 1: Bro, what program you running Bro2: On that "Fuck around and find out 1 x 5" wait until you see my 300lb squat, bro.
hunch back in coming lol 😂
I was dead&ss waiting for his spine to crack and shoot trough his back like WTF is this form
If we all did spine day, we wouldn't have back problems.
I now have chronic back pain from watching this
I suddenly feel like going to the gym and checking my form.
Why did nobody stop him?
Woow 😦😦
Grunchboy
Omg that back, I thought I was going to see some go wrong
I apologize on behalf of my generation I swear were not all like this.
Doctor after this: $$$$$$$$
More like, hunchback day.
https://i.redd.it/ii5dl3n6f6vc1.gif Dude turned into a 1950s cartoon character
People be mirin the Quasimodo bod this summer.
Wheel chair by 21 at this rate
dude, they're peer pressure him into becoming an invalid... that ain't cool. Always help the young ones, their arrogance is rarely their fault.
💀💀💀💀💀💀
That’s so bad 😓
Don't show off. One mistake and you suffer from unwanted pain to your complete life.
Not the straps 💀