Deadlifts - the most misunderstood exercise?

[SouthernLord]

I"m getting alot of tension in my right arm between my bicep and my forearm, I think it's from deadlifting, is this because my arms may be carrying some of the load.. It happened last week as well, thought it was Doms but after doin deads today it's back.. I'm using an alternate hand grip, think I should use the Hook Grib to clear this up? BTW, I didn't switch my grip I guess I probably should, Right hand in Left out..

A few things....

The most important thing would be for you to make sure your arms are fully extended with no bend before pulling the bar from the floor. Our brains are hardwired to pick shit up with our arms. This is not good when DLing. Probably why you are feeling this tension.

Hook grip is great, but not for everyone. Try them out and see how it feels. It will hurt like a bitch at first. Use them for your warm up sets then switch to an over under or straps for you're heaviest sets. It is best to alternate the over under grip each set imo.

 

[Arikara]

A few things....

The most important thing would be for you to make sure your arms are fully extended with no bend before pulling the bar from the floor. Our brains are hardwired to pick shit up with our arms. This is not good when DLing. Probably why you are feeling this tension.

Hook grip is great, but not for everyone. Try them out and see how it feels. It will hurt like a bitch at first. Use them for your warm up sets then switch to an over under or straps for you're heaviest sets. It is best to alternate the over under grip each set imo.

Thanks alot boss.. Gotta be smarter than my brain sometimes.. lol..
Try and give ya some K..

 

[DaveTSI]

deadlifting is bad for your back and you wont get swole doing them... i hate deadlifts ugh waste of time


























did anyone buy that?

 

[desmond]

I love how one exercise can cause DOM's in more than 1/2 my body.

I'm not sure I'd call some a pussy for DL a higher reps. I've deadlifted anyway between singles and 20 reps and its all exhausting if done at ur max

 

[Synpax]

Sounds like you need to join a better gym.

Although I can't really talk. Today there were eight people attempting squats, myself included. Some with a LOT of weight on. One little dude had 3 plates on each end. Some older guy had two.

Anyway, none of them did much more than a half squat. Except me. Thanks to all of you.

 

[brad34]

The first time I ever did deadlifts I was convinced because of the extent of sore muscles the next day, even my a$$ was sore!

 

[thebigoz]

The first time I ever did deadlifts I was convinced because of the extent of sore muscles the next day, even my a$$ was sore!

I remember when I first started deads, also. The next two days it felt like my entire lower back was fused together, hahaha.

Deadlifts make you a better person....it's scientifically proven.

 

[dabuffguy]

The first time I ever did deadlifts I was convinced because of the extent of sore muscles the next day, even my a$$ was sore!

Not only that, but within 5 weeks I had gained another 7 pounds and put stretch marks on my biceps. I was sold 200% at that point.

 

[desmond]

Not only that, but within 5 weeks I had gained another 7 pounds and put stretch marks on my biceps. I was sold 200% at that point.

how did u do them (rep range, sets, frequency) to get some extreme results.

I use lifting looks so I guess that minimises a lot the stress on the arms (I know its wussy, I prefer maximizing the load on my back/glutes/legs/traps)

 

[dabuffguy]

how did u do them (rep range, sets, frequency) to get some extreme results.

I use lifting looks so I guess that minimises a lot the stress on the arms (I know its wussy, I prefer maximizing the load on my back/glutes/legs/traps)

No straps, just gloves to avoid caluses because I also drum in a rock band so I can't have torn up hands for that. Grip 'n rip. I also started doing 5 sets and 5 reps (after 3 warm up sets) with all the same weight, not increasing with lighter to heavier like the conventional 5X5 program is set up. All heavy sets. I do this once a week is all.

I just bumped the weight up more and more each week because I responded so well. I also realized how much of a factor intensity plays in them. Most guys don't pull like they are doing it to save their life.

Not only did I get stretch marks on my biceps, I also got deep, long, thick stretch marks on my groin on both sides. My legs are covered in stretch marks now.

If I do deadlifts, I grow really fast. The only reasons I take a break every so often is because of a sustaining back injury I have and to avoid stretch marks. I just do leg presses instead on those weeks off to increase leg power. I feel the leg press allows you to really learn how to generate maximum power from your legs because you can put so much weight on them. There's nothing else involved but legs. You can't put 1000+ pounds on your legs with a squat or a deadlift.




My body is good for pulling. Not so much for benching. I can out pull guys that can out bench me by 75 pounds and I can max about 325. I can't bench for crap. My body type is not set up for putting up big bench numbers.

I have a damn strong back and legs though, so when I started deadlifts, that big weight was responded to very well by my body.