Help with my Romanian Deadlift form please

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My N=1 . I ruptured a disk at L3 with bad form doing squats in 2010. Actually had muscle loss in my left leg. Did strictly machine lifts. More recently I actually got 1 on 1 coaching from Alan Thrall who you see in the video above. My thoughts;

  1. Keep the bar glued to your legs.
  2. Based on your video, I don’t see why you just don’t do deadlifts from the floor.
  3. Go slow and controlled as you return to the standing position, keeping the bar glued to your legs.

With proper form, I maxed out a 220 lbs for 5 reps with a standard deadlift at 155lb body weight at age 65 . Very slow and steady progress, you can get much stronger without injury.
(And they just closed the gyms in my state again :unamused:)