DeadLiftS

[araiber]

Thanks, very digestible information.

I suspect that body shape has a lot to do with it. I have a fairly long body with respect to legs and the sumo lift feels, in many ways, similar to a hack squat to me. I feel less involvement of the core from the lift when compared with the conventional style.

I think I'll stick with both styles and maybe do sumo on those odd days when I do hack squats and concentrate on the conventional style for typical deadlifting. I'm currently avoiding using my belt and I'm way too weak overall in the lift to be worrying about optimizing my max. It's likely, even, that my form is still poor in the conventional style. I'll listen to what my back tells me.

For those who asked, sumo style consists of taking a comfortably wide stance and gripping the bar in front of you with your hands between your legs rather than the conventional wider grip and narrower stance with the hands and arms outside of the knees.

Yeah, Sumo is definately more favorable for taller lifters (if your in a competition and want to lift more weight over a smaller distance, hence less power to do so). I take regular stance, but I try to vary up the stance when I do sets, so I dont neglect the glutes and inner-thigh muscles. I feel you can get more strength gains from doing normal stance, but you should practice Sumo if your going to be in a competition/tournament and plan to lift more.

 

[artificialaspirations]

I stopped doing them because my waist got so thick and muscular and I can barely sleep on my stomach anymore.

I feel like a bitch for not doing them and miss all the stares. I've seen 3 people deadlift at my gym.

I also feel like I compressed a disc last time and that scared the shit outta me.

 

[TC2]

I stopped doing them because my waist got so thick and muscular and I can barely sleep on my stomach anymore.

I feel like a bitch for not doing them and miss all the stares. I've seen 3 people deadlift at my gym.

I also feel like I compressed a disc last time and that scared the shit outta me.

I stopped doing them to....to afraid of permently injuring myself and my lower back would be sore for almost a week.

 

[Hybridtheory2o]

I think ppl skip deadlifts becuz its easy to get hurt and it takes a lot of balls. I was doing them today and like someone said before me, its mind over matter. I had sweat drippin off my face and I didnt wanna do anymore but for each one I did after that my back will reap the benefits. Nothing adds overall mass and power like a deadlift or a squat. I wish I hadnt found this out 4 years down the road from lifting lol.

About the waist thing. If you do deadlifts at the end you dont have to go super super heavy. Shit 100lbs will feel like 300lbs and you can still benefit. I have seen bbers that do deadlifts and have tiny waists. I dont think just becuz you do them you will get a big waist but i guess if u do them at the beginning everytime it might be different.

 

[mickeyb69]

I think ppl skip deadlifts becuz its easy to get hurt and it takes a lot of balls. I was doing them today and like someone said before me, its mind over matter. I had sweat drippin off my face and I didnt wanna do anymore but for each one I did after that my back will reap the benefits. Nothing adds overall mass and power like a deadlift or a squat. I wish I hadnt found this out 4 years down the road from lifting lol.

About the waist thing. If you do deadlifts at the end you dont have to go super super heavy. Shit 100lbs will feel like 300lbs and you can still benefit. I have seen bbers that do deadlifts and have tiny waists. I dont think just becuz you do them you will get a big waist but i guess if u do them at the beginning everytime it might be different.

This is so true, more so because people believe they will get hurt. But I also believe if you try to do back squats regularly without doing deads, you put yourself at an even greater risk. The other day I was showing this dude how to do a proper back squat with just the bar. He only performed these a few times in his life and never did deads. I thought he was gonna kill himself. His lower back couldn't handle the weight of the bar alone.

 

[flappysr]

"THERE IS NO POINT IN BEING ALIVE IF YOU CANNOT DO THE DEAD LIFT. " Jon Pall Sigmarsson. Worlds Strongest Man X'S 4... ............

 

[Tatyana]

I think this is the great thing about being a Fbber, I have gone really light and high reps on a lot of exercises till I know my form is good.

I train in a proper BBing gym, and I don't see many of the lads doing deads. Interestingly, it is mostly the younger ones that are doing them.

I must admit, I only started doing dead lifts quite recently, I have done stiff leg and romanian dead lifts for quite some time though.

I do LOVE them, right now I am doing 60 kg (132 lbs), 4 sets, between 12 - 15 reps on a cutting/low carb diet.

Can't wait till 'off season' and I start doing a 5 x 5