Deadlift (conventional or trap bar)

Recording protocol

• Standard color-coded plates strongly preferred
• Load the heaviest plates closest to the bar, lightest last; printed plate faces toward the camera
• 1 to 10 reps in one set
• OPEN with a 3-second loadout hold: camera about 1 m from the plate side, 30-45 degrees off the bar axis, held still on the stack
• In that hold: end cap, every plate edge, collar, and bare sleeve tip visible; tap each plate once, outermost to innermost
• Then film from bar height, 30-45 degrees off the bar axis
• Whole bar and BOTH sleeves in frame the entire take
• No window or bright light behind the bar
• Collars on, plates pushed together
• Full body in frame through every rep
• Full lockout: hips and knees extended, shoulders back
• No hitching or ramping; one continuous take
• Report total bar weight; we score relative to bodyweight
• Be in frame within the first 5 seconds
• Bar visible within the first 5 seconds
• Angles accepted: left side, right side
• Max video length: 1:30