Deadlift, Bench, Front Squat form check

[Nuthead007]

I recorded myself doing 3 of my 4 main movements. I just started doing front squats. The weight is heavy for me as I'm following a 5 rep strength program.

Can you guys please critique my form? I've noticed from the video that my upper back wasn't strong enough for the last front squat reps; apart from that I'm unsure of any improvements that I can find so let me know if you find any please!

Thanks

Link to video:

youtube.com/watch?v=6QD7J5YXVDA

[air2fakie]

Bar looks a bit far from body on the DL. Side video would help for FS.

[ECGordyn]

DL looks really good, except that the bar drifts away from your body. Looks like your knees shoot back quickly and you stiff-leg DL the weight up.

Bench, do you prefer the flat back style? A "powerlifting arch" might be worth a try. Also be careful about that re-rack, looks like you barely missed the J-hooks.

[Nuthead007]

DL looks really good, except that the bar drifts away from your body. Looks like your knees shoot back quickly and you stiff-leg DL the weight up.

Bench, do you prefer the flat back style? A "powerlifting arch" might be worth a try. Also be careful about that re-rack, looks like you barely missed the J-hooks.

Thanks. Yes I used to hit my knees all the time especially on the way down and this is why I don't run the bar against my body anymore.

Is there a strength benefit to the powerlifting arch? If not I prefer the flat back style. I don't intend to compete in powerlifting. Will do cheers

[ECGordyn]

Is there a strength benefit to the powerlifting arch? If not I prefer the flat back style. I don't intend to compete in powerlifting. Will do cheers

An arch lets you leg drive better, which keeps stability and gives some more pressing power. The harder you can drive your upper back into the bench with your legs, the more force you're transferring up into the bar. An arch also shortens the range of motion a bit, which is an indirect strength benefit.

[WolfRose7]

An arch lets you leg drive better, which keeps stability and gives some more pressing power. The harder you can drive your upper back into the bench with your legs, the more force you're transferring up into the bar. An arch also shortens the range of motion a bit, which is an indirect strength benefit.

^^ it also places the emphasis on the chest and away from the front delts, which aren't in a great position to press from when laying down.

I'd recommend trying to retract and depress shoulders more on bench, and getting knees below hips to tighten up the hips and legs and make the whole movement more stable.

Deads look good, could maybe play with foot position to get some more quad pop off the floor.
Front's I can't see from that angle, looks fine, light even.

[NomadNA]

General observation. Consider shortening your pre-positioning routine. You're spending extra time under load and leaking energy that could be directed into the movement.

I'm not proficient enough in DL to critique, but observationally you have a fairly horizontal starting back position. My reading suggest this depends on body dimensions so I'd defer to someone else. If Gordin is correct about the bar drifting, I would guess raising your chest sooner would be the solution. Pulling the bar close to you has also been described a mental queue to keep the lats engaged. Regarding knocking your knees on the way down, RDLs might be a good way to practice not doing that.

I don't like your Bench press equipment, the curved hooks seem to force you to pull the bar farther horizontally from the rack. At heavier weights this could increase risk to the shoulder. Prefer a BP with a straight drop so you only have to pull the bar off 1-2 inches.

The powerlifting arch is safer on your shoulders, helps exposes the pectorals to more load, and it shifts the stability work to more & larger muscles better able to handle volume overlap in programming. Generally you'll be safer and get stronger faster with the arch technique, but you'd need to research about the full technique and how to properly engage all the muscles, otherwise the arch isn't as helpful.

The flat back technique is mostly only useful for very specific types of body building splits where you want to minimize muscle overlap in order to maintain the 6 day lifting schedule. These plans would also not prioritize strength.