Bar hitting knees during deadlift

[FishFinder]

Need some help with this, I have watched countless videos on the dead lift but I am still having trouble with returning the weight to the ground. The bar always seems to make contact with my knees on the way down.

Any advice would be great.

[scottielewks]

im new to deads, only been doing for about 2 months now but i try to let it slide down my leg so that it runs over my knee instead of banging into it, not sure if this is correct or not but it's worked for me.

[EoR]

You're probably "Squatting" at first that's why. The descent of a deadlift is initiated with the bend of the hips, then the knees bend soon after.

There's an excellent sticky in this section about proper deadlift form. Watch the video and learn.

[Mushroom_Man]

Need some help with this, I have watched countless videos on the dead lift but I am still having trouble with returning the weight to the ground. The bar always seems to make contact with my knees on the way down.

Any advice would be great.

Sounds like you're bending your knees too much or simply too early on.

Or you could be keeping your back too upright. It is supposed to lean over quite a bit during a deadlift but remain straight. If you're keeping your back upright on the way down I can see how you could easily strike your knees with the bar.

You should probably spend some time doing light weight reps until you've got your form together properly.

[VoxExMachina]

You need to begin lowering the weight by breaking at the hips and pushing them back, before bending your knees. You are likely keeping your torso straight and beginning the lowering movement by bending at the knees.

Returning the weight to the ground should be the exact opposite movement of raising it. Check out the deadlift sticky, and then practice with a light weight to practice the lowering movement.

[Destination2010]

Need some help with this, I have watched countless videos on the dead lift but I am still having trouble with returning the weight to the ground. The bar always seems to make contact with my knees on the way down.

Any advice would be great.

When I first started DLs like last year I faced the same problem. But what I realized is I was simply lowering the weight slower then the bending of my knees. Also other times I stuck my knees right out. lol... When the bar is passing your tighs, your knees should be beginning to bend so when the bar just passes them they'll be at the way you want them, contracting them on the way back up as usual.