Legs shake during deadlift?

[Jimbo]

Has anyone experienced this. Its only the bottom 2 inches from the floor and then everything goes smooth. Is it foot placement? Bar placement? i pull conventional.

Any tips?

 

[liquid]

I occasionally get this as well.

What helps for me is I go little bit lower than normal to stabilize my feet.

 

[brocksamson]

a video would help so we could see your form

 

[tenny]

cns not fully recovered

 

[Huge_C2]

^^^^ Exactly... Not always a bad thing though...

 

[monopoly]

Does it happen every time you pull? Does it happen just on max effort stuff? Let us know

 

[Iceman1800]

weak quads

 

[SFGiants]

You could be pull off the front of your feet and not setting back on your heels.

If you don't sit back and pull the bar you get to far out front and use mostly quads and lower back.

If it's a max effort or PR lift this is normal.

 

[5004paloma]

How frequently are you pulling? I agree with Tenny. It sounds like your CNS is not fully recovered. Newer lifters can get away with pulling heavy once or twice a week because their CNS isn't efficient enough to utilize all the available muscle fibers. Once it is though, heavy pulling 2x per month is all the CNS can really handle IMO.

 

[pakololo]

weak quads

I agree with iceman.

 

[thebrick]

I vote with your quads are the weak link in your pull.

 

[speed]

its one of the above listed

 

[maldorf]

How frequently are you pulling? I agree with Tenny. It sounds like your CNS is not fully recovered. Newer lifters can get away with pulling heavy once or twice a week because their CNS isn't efficient enough to utilize all the available muscle fibers. Once it is though, heavy pulling 2x per month is all the CNS can really handle IMO.

I agree with this.

 

[ryder]

It appears that central nervous system is not fully recovered. newer lifters can get away with pulling heavy once or twice a week because their central nervous system is not efficient enough to use every available muscle fibers. Once thought, pulling heavy 2x per month is all the central nervous system can actually handle the IMO.HGH

 

[mrhulkstr]

weak posterior chain/hammies

I would say it would be due to weak hammies, and posterior chain. Work on the GHR machine and keep the chest up during the lift.

 

[sammy555]

Could be the sheer effort involved. My leg sometimes shakes on leg press and even seated pulley rows occasionally, always when im pushing it to the absolute max

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[Foogler]

Fatigue and weight is about it. If you are taking a lot of stimulants that can contribute too.

 

[trapper john]

Iceman's right....

 

[lelandt50]

This only happens to me on max effort lifts, when my CNS is already a bit worn out.

 

[mrhulkstr]

What do you do as ancillary work for the hammies? seems that is the legs start to buckle at ME, then that would be your weak point. focus on hitting the hammies hard. Also maybe try a different approach on warming up when going to hit a Max.