Question about dead lifts

[kunta]

Right now i do stiff legged deadlifts.. question is does it work the back just as good as regular deadlifts do?

 

[JustinM]

not at all...the emphasis of SLDL are hams and the emphasis or reg deads are back..they are a must for a thick back

peace

 

[kunta]

ok thanks, another question, when i do deadlifts i always hit the bar on my shins, do i have bad form or do tall people have this problem (i'm 6' 2"), also i noticed a guy at the gym doing it with the bar behind his legs, would this get the same workout for the back as with doing them in the front?

 

[the nature boy]

I'm your height and I have the same problem. However you need to keep the bar as close to you as possible, so having the bar rubbing against your ankles/shins is unavoidable.

I don't know about deadlifts behind the back however.

 

[bigmag]

I don't know from experience so don't quote me on this, but I would imagine that doing deadlifts while holding the weight behind your legs would throw of your balance or you would not have enough balance to use enough weight. That's just my .02

 

[Belial]

Those are hack squats.

 

[Belial]

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/BBHackSquat.html


Anyway, deads tear up my shins every time.

wear thick socks, sweatpants, soccer shinguards, use half of a 1-liter water bottle, whatever.

Or you could suck it up and learn to love it.

 

[Dutch windmill]

Deadlift are great!

Howcome I'm one the very few in my gym doing them?

 

[needsize]

When deadlifting the point is to keep the center of gravity as close to you as possible so you don't leean forward during the rep, which unfortunately means pulling it up your shins. I rarely ever leave the gym without raw spots on the front of my shins, powerlifters use babypowder to reduce the friction.

 

[needsize]

Here's a story that kind of sums up the mentality of serious trainers...I was training with a powerlifter who is ranked #1 in the province, he's 5'7" and over 285lbs. We were both going for maxes that day, he on the squat and me on the deads. Well, he hit a 785lbs like he was playing with it, and I pulled a 545lbs single with no belt (I was happy with that as I'm a bodybuilder, not a powerlifter). We were in the changeroom chatting afterwards comparing marks, my shins were bleeding openly and he had burst a shit load of blood vessels in his upper chest from all the weight he had squatted, and a bunch of young teenagers walked in. They took one look at the crazy fuckers comparing wounds and beat it back out.
Lift hard or go home...