Deadlift ?????????

[MidwestJ]

tzan that picture in your profile kills me every time I see it man. That's criminal.

 

[The Dude]

As you should be. Moving the bar away from your legs is not a good idea. It will double your risk of lower-back injury.

This isn't a malicious flame or anything. I respect the advice you give here. However, "it will DOUBLE your risk..."? How do you know this? What is the risk to begin with? How do you know it will double that said risk? How do you quantify that risk?

 

[gettinlarger]

this is not relevant to tzans question, but i just deadlifted 265 for 3 today. i think this is really good, considering i just started deads about 6 weeks ago. im really proud of my progression in lifting. keep it up fellas. youll see results.

 

[b fold the truth]

I set the bar about 4" from my shins...but I have huge feet too. WSB says not to pull with the bar on your shins...just makes you have to let the bar back out in front again when you have to go over your knees.

http://www.testosterone.net/articles/194dead2.html

"Mistake #6: Keeping the shins too close to the bar

I'm not too sure where this started but I have a pretty good idea. Many times the taller, thinner lifters are the best pullers and they do start with the bar very close to their shins. But if you look at them from the sides they still have their shoulders behind the bar when they pull. This is just not possible to achieve with a thicker lifter.

If a thicker lifter with a large amount of body mass — be it muscle or fat — were to line the bar up with his shins, you'd see he would have an impossible time getting the shoulders behind the bar. Remember you need to pull the bar back toward you, not out and away from you. So what I believe happens is many lifters look to those who have great deadlifts to see how they pull, then try to do the same themselves. What they need to do is look to those who are built the same way they are and have great deadlifts and follow their lead."

B True