In this video is a short clip of one of my clients Tori Betolatti working the top end of the lock out while pulling from the floor. This can easily be done by adding chains or bands or both. Then you can still concentrate on speed off the floor also. This is what Tori had to say:
Tori Betolatti
Bringing in the new year with some chained deadlifts. Here is 225 with 100 lbs of chains.
Steve Goggins and I have been working together now for 6 months and I've seen so much progress in my form and now that I'm in my first off season, we can really use this time to hammer down on it even more. Something I see a lot of is a lack of control at the top of the deadlift. A lot of slamming weights down and thinking it's just a straight upward movement. Don't get me wrong, a lot of people told me to not do a negative and conserve energy by slamming it down, too. But that was in the beginning. Once Steve informed me that isn't really benefiting me and taught me this way, not only did my patience off the floor and in lock out get better, my grip and even my strength did as well.
By slowing the lift down, you concentrate on every movement from floor to lockout. Keeping the bar close to you and letting it glide up rather than forcing it and risking hitching and losing tightnes
