Topic: knees buckling

[Aussie]

That is very unusual, never seen that before.

do you mean youv'e never seen anybody focusing only on the first lift?! The reason why I do, is if your first lift is terrible, then the following ones will be as much of a failure IMO anyway

[Keith Miller]

I'm not sure what you meant by "first lift", but I have trained the portions of the lift several times.  I meant that I have never seen anybody that have their knees buckle during the first portion of the lift before.  During the squat recovery I see it all the time with maximal weights, but have never seen it during the first pull.  I recommended point the toes out so that the knees will flare out more and possibly prevent the knees from traveling inward during the first pull.

[Mike Cook]

One suggestion is to change your mental focus slightly.  Instead of thinking to yourself: "OK, this time, don't buckle.  Don't buckle! Don't buckle! Don't buckle!"  It might work better to change that into a positive thought of what you need to do, instead of a negative thought of what result you don't want to happen.  So you might want to think to yourself:  "push the knees out" or "keep feet flat on the floor" or "push hard through the feet" or some of the other good suggestions that have been posted in this thread.

[Cloud Strife]

Hi Chris, when you have time it would be nice to have video of you cleaning from the side. I think I might have an idea what your problem is.

[Cloud Strife]

Chris, I checked your youtube channel. I think the reason why your knees are buckling is because you're mostly lifting with your back. The heavy weight in the deadlift forces you to push with your feet.

Suggestions:
Try lowering your butt slightly down. Adjust so your toes are pointed slightly out. Keep your head up. When you start the lift, the legs initiate the movement. Push the ground using your legs to start the lift. Push back! When the bar reaches the knees, your shins SHOULD be perpendicular to the ground. (this is key)

The bar stays close throughout this movement.
I hope this helps you Chris.

[chris123]

Thanks for all of the advice . I tried to add a few things you guys said. One thing I notice that help me a lot is that I start from the ground then stop right above my knees for less then a second then do a clean. Do that for 2 reps and the third a pull off the ground without stopping. I have video Ill post later on that shows me not buckling as much at the third rep.

Chris

[Aussie]

That's great news Chris. Onwards & upwards!!

[chris123]

Thanks for all of the advice . I tried to add a few things you guys said. One thing I notice that help me a lot is that I start from the ground then stop right above my knees for less then a second then do a clean. Do that for 2 reps and the third a pull off the ground without stopping. I have video Ill post later on that shows me not buckling as much at the third rep.

Chris

Here is the video, I still need improvement.

stop cleans 135.mp4