Do I butt wink? (PICTURE)

[FABUILD]

As the title says, do I possibly butt wink, or is this still considered a neutral spine?
See the picture in the attachments.

Thank you!

[mike33511]

You really can't tell from a picture. The very bottom part of your squat might look great, but it's on the way down where the butt winking would occur. Post a video.

[WolfRose7]

You really can't tell from a picture. The very bottom part of your squat might look great, but it's on the way down where the butt winking would occur. Post a video.

This + the fact you have no barbell, no way my squat with no bar looks the same as with one.

[FABUILD]

You really can't tell from a picture. The very bottom part of your squat might look great, but it's on the way down where the butt winking would occur. Post a video.

This + the fact you have no barbell, no way my squat with no bar looks the same as with one.

I didn't get a response from the bodybuilding.com server when I uploaded the video, so I uploaded some pictures with the ez barbell

[davisj3537]

Can't tell in the first picture you posted the thread with, but every single one of the last 3 pictures you posted has buttwink...it isn't so much buttwink per say because it isn't winking. You never started with a correctly rotated pelvis.

[WolfRose7]

I didn't get a response from the bodybuilding.com server when I uploaded the video, so I uploaded some pictures with the ez barbell

Upload to youtube then embed the link (or post if you dont know how to embed).

[FABUILD]

Upload to youtube then embed the link (or post if you dont know how to embed).

Just add this after youtubedotcom

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Thanks

[FABUILD]

Can't tell in the first picture you posted the thread with, but every single one of the last 3 pictures you posted has buttwink...it isn't so much buttwink per say because it isn't winking. You never started with a correctly rotated pelvis.

I've posted the link to a video in my comment above.

Please have a look and if I do butt wink, will stretching my hamstrings solve the problem?
I will also do proper Romanian Deadlifts

[Oneside1]

lol I read butt wink, not knowing what it is, expecting something naughty. Highly disappointed.

[davisj3537]

As I said in my last post. It isn't that you are winking; it's that you don't know how to control your pelvis. Your back is straight and looks all good until you get to the lower back/pelvis and the whole thing tilts downward. See below. Hamstrings could theoretically be an issue, but until learn to control your pelvis you'll never be able to diagnose any other possible problems.

[FABUILD]

As I said in my last post. It isn't that you are winking; it's that you don't know how to control your pelvis. Your back is straight and looks all good until you get to the lower back/pelvis and the whole thing tilts downward. See below. Hamstrings could theoretically be an issue, but until learn to control your pelvis you'll never be able to diagnose any other possible problems.

Thanks mate, I will stretch the hamstrings because I feel a stretch in the hamstrings when I try to stick my butt out. It's like they're holding me back to stick it fully out.

[-Lucifer]

I didn't get a response from the bodybuilding.com server when I uploaded the video, so I uploaded some pictures with the ez barbell

1. Why are your arms bent when trying to Deadlift? Use a heavier weight and keep them straight.
2. Why are you wearing a belt? There's no need for one. Learn to brace your abs correctly.

[davisj3537]

Thanks mate, I will stretch the hamstrings because I feel a stretch in the hamstrings when I try to stick my butt out. It's like they're holding me back to stick it fully out.

It's supposed to stretch the hamstrings...

Even when you are in the top position your pelvis is in the wrong position. This has nothing to do with hamstrings.

[Big Nes]

keep your c-spine neutral when you deadlift. The problem with looking in the mirror like that is that you end up using a cue of pulling the bar "up", and end up locking the knees way earlier than you should.

I guarantee if you deadlift with a neutral neck, you can cue yourself to push off the ground and pull BACK instead, which translates into maintaining a slight bend at the knee, and transferring the rest of the load properly to the hams and glutes, so that hip, knee, and thoracic extension are achieved simultaneously.

back straight, neck neutral, dig feet into the ground...brace for the push with the legs, and pull BACK, with your neck always in a neutral position.

If you're doing something wrong, and looking in the mirror, sh*t isn't magically gonna get fixed. You're just looking at yourself doing something wrong. Stop looking in the damn mirror.

[Nubygaines]

1. Why are your arms bent when trying to Deadlift? Use a heavier weight and keep them straight.
2. Why are you wearing a belt? There's no need for one. Learn to brace your abs correctly.

belt is often used to increase contraction making the core stronger...it must be used properly though.