First time deadlift...

[bobsible]

Sunday was my first deadlift session ever. I finally joined a real gym where you can do them (aka not planet fitness). Im really sore in my mid to lower back which I read was normal BUT my triceps and forearms are just as sore... I tried watching my form as much as possible. Is this normal for first time or am I doing something seriously wrong? Thanks...

[JoeGJr]

Sunday was my first deadlift session ever. I finally joined a real gym where you can do them (aka not planet fitness). Im really sore in my mid to lower back which I read was normal BUT my triceps and forearms are just as sore... I tried watching my form as much as possible. Is this normal for first time or am I doing something seriously wrong? Thanks...

Post a video from your next session.

[bobsible]

Post a video from your next session.

Will do.

[phrali]

Is probably ok. Deadlift hits everything.

But it couldn't hurt to post a video.

[dang111]

Video would help as everyone else said, but to add: forearm soreness isn't uncommon since the deadlift works the grip muscles in your forearm. Triceps soreness sounds strange to me. I could maybe see it happening if you were starting the pull with bent elbows and trying to jerk the weight off the floor. That would suddenly extend the arm under a heavy load.

Maybe something else was the underlying cause?

[Einzelhaft]

Tricep soreness might actually come from the opposite: flexing the triceps to keep the arms straight From lifting with bent arms you would put stress on the biceps.

Anyway, post a vid of your form, op

[phrali]

Tricep soreness might actually come from the opposite: flexing the triceps to keep the arms straight From lifting with bent arms you would put stress on the biceps.

Unlikely that op would know to do that in his first attempt at deadlifting.

I also get minor tricep soreness from pulling. I don't really intentionally flex them and i don't jerk the bar, so i have no idea why it happens.

I also get hamstring soreness from front squats, even though all the experts say that hamstrings are not recruited in the front squat.

Who knows. I don't worry about these kinds of things anymore. As long as lifts get stronger and no injuries, the details of biomechanics aren't worth losing sleep over.