A trainer walks Manami through deadlift setup: remove shoes for a flat surface, position feet under the pelvis, and use your lats to pull the rib cage down and stabilize your spine before you grip the bar.
First thing I'm going to get Manami to do is take off her shoes. Now, on the deadlift, we want to have as flat of surface on our heels and get that weight into our heels as possible. The other thing I'll get Manami to do is just bring your feet a tiny bit closer. So when it's on your setup, what I want you to do is when approaching the bar, I want your feet in line with your pelvis. Before you even reach for the bar, I want you to stand up nice and tall, and I want you to point down as hard as you can. Point point down as hard as you can. Look at this. This is her lats. Your lats avoid rotation. Point down hard for me. Point down hard. Point down. Point down. Point down. The lats are there as a spine stabilizer, and you can see I'm not in thoracic extension when I deadlift. I'm bringing my rib cage on top of my pelvis. My rib cage is down. Good. Excellent. Pull it back. Pull it back. Beautiful.
