scraping bar on knees during deadlifts?

[b fold the truth]

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i feel just the opposite.
i know you werent saying me-but i feel if the bar is hitting your shins you are not doing anything wrong..also like you said for you the bar does NOT hit your shins..when te bar is off my shins it seems to get out in front of me scaraping the shin is "my groove"..and trust me i need to get back to my groove because its been messed up lately lol

When I tore my hamstring (Dec 2003 and Feb 2004) I vowed to work on my deadlift form and to keep the bar closer to me. Heck...I had a long time rehabbing it before I could pull 320 again...so I had plenty of time just to work on keeping the bar closer and not letting my knees get anywhere near locking before my hips. Worked fine till I started getting stronger and ready for the bigger weights. I am soooo much faster when I start the bar OUT from me. Not sure exactlywhy that is...but as soon as I bring it close...it gets SLOW and hard.

I've always believed this:
There is the best way to do it and then there is the way that you do it the best.

B True

 

[blut wump]

I took a look at my stance yesterday. I stand with the second bone of my big toes under the bar. This gives me about six or seven inches to play with (chuckle) which pretty much all disappear when I bend down to grab the bar. My shoulders are a shade behind the bar when I start to pull. Either I didn't hit my shins at all yesterday or last weeks scabs were thick enough to protect me but I don't have much room to spare when I'm in the crouch.

I remember in another thread recently someone's mentioning that deads make their shoulders hurt and I remember that I used to pull back with my shoulders as I started to pull which I don't do anymore. I just try to ignore and relax my shoulders and arms except for holding onto the bar.