Deadlift

[rockn2dmax]

Where do you train bro?! No one else does deads? Not even stiff leg? (my favourite exercise) Does make ya feel good to get encouragement from a more advanced lifter. I was doing inclines the other day, without a spotter. I was about to max on my last set, so I asked some guy to help out. He stood beside me to start, then he tried to spot me from the front! He tried to stick his fucking groin in my face! Needless to say a racked the weight and finished my set. Don't know if he just didn't know what he was doing, or trying to get off! What can ya do?!

HAHAHAHA
and this f@cker was in the gym... was he actually working there, or was he just some punk working out?

 

[rockn2dmax]

Where can you get bars that bend so you can deadlift without hitting your knee's? Are they any good? Hitting my legs is one of the reasons I very rarely do normal deads. I always stiff leg, but very rarely normal dead.

Ok.... I'm gonna ask the same questions all the beginners on here ask, that piss off all the Deadlift lovers... What's the difference btwn straight leg and normal deadlift... I do deadlift, but I'm not sure if my form is correct and I don't know if I'm even doing straight leg (which I think I am) or normal...

 

[the People's Champ]

straight leg, and stiff leg deads are performed different than coneventional deads. your feet are placed close together, and the muscles that are being worked are your lower back and hamstrings. very good after a killer leg workout to bring out the hams. the motion is you grab the bar, and lift with JUST yor lower back, bringing the bar to waist level, and lowering the weight back down. some stand on a stool that is 6 inches or so higher to get a better stretch, as I do. you wont go as heavy as you would with regular deads since your quads are not invovled.

 

[NateDogg]

the motion is you grab the bar, and lift with JUST yor lower back

I know what you mean here, but it sounds dangerous for someone who is very new at lifting to read. I just want to add that you are not bending your back. Try it without any bar or anything first, just to get the physics down. Just stand there with you back straight, and pretty much just stick your ass out, forcing you to bend at the waist. That is where the bend comes from, not your back. Your back should remain straight.

People's Champ, this is totally not a flame, I just got nervous for other's backs when I read this part!

Hope I helped,

ND

 

[b fold the truth]

Don't be afraid to bend over...the hips should not always be down low...this provides poor leverage.

B True

 

[Wizzyman]

HAHAHAHA
and this f@cker was in the gym... was he actually working there, or was he just some punk working out?

Just some tosser training. Scared the fuck out if me!!

 

[the People's Champ]

Nate dogg-no prob. I couldnt think of a better way of explaining at the time of the post. obviously, you'd want to start with the lightest weight possible to just get the feeling and motion pf the exercise. and then add weight to a point where you are comfortable. like I said erlier, this isnt an exercise you'd want to max out on.