Scraping up shins during deadlifts

[asdfzxcv]

I was practising deadlift form yesterday with light weight trying to keep my hips low and bar close to my body.Today I noticed that my shins are scraped up really bad.I am 6'4 tall so trying to deadlift like that seems somewhat awkward to lift like that due to long legs.Usually I just keep my hips fairly high and pull the bar a few inches from my body,which feels far more comfortable/stronger.Provided my lower back stays straight is it ok to pull with a more stiff-legged type of deadlift over the so called ''textbook form''.

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

You may want to try sumo deadlifting. Safer for the lower back, too. Coupled with high-bar oly squats, it works great.

Or you can just do RDLs in place of deadlifts - just as good, in my opinion. I wouldn't try to deadlift from the floor and go straight-legged in the way you seem to be describing. That would put a lot of stress on the lumbar spine, methinks.

 

[Shades McCool]

Scraped shins here!

 

[H_T_]

ya know, after a while, it won't bother you.......besides isn't that text book deadlifting? you don't want the bar too far in front of you...

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

ya know, after a while, it won't bother you.......besides isn't that text book deadlifting? you don't want the bar too far in front of you...

I think he's aware it's textbook form. He was saying he wanted to do it a slightly different way, as opposed to textbook form, to avoid scraping his shins.

I don't like my shins bleeding anymore. Sorry, it's not my thing.

Coincidentally, my deadlift is going up just fine while I work on squats and RDLs. I do wanna throw in sumos soon, though.

 

[H_T_]

I think he's aware it's textbook form. He was saying he wanted to do it a slightly different way, as opposed to textbook form, to avoid scraping his shins.

I don't like my shins bleeding anymore. Sorry, it's not my thing.

Coincidentally, my deadlift is going up just fine while I work on squats and RDLs. I do wanna throw in sumos soon, though.

you really find RDL's an even replacement for standards?

 

[enigma4dub]

you really find RDL's an even replacement for standards?

We went over the carry over of rdl to regular deadlifts a few months ago. almost everyone chimed in agreeing that pulling from the floor is essential to having a good deadlift. everyone except AI. ill post a link if i can find it.

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

Squatting and RDLing has caused my deadlift to go up. I really don't give a fuck what you or the supposed "almost everyone" thinks, enigma. Keep your mouth shut.

HumanTarget, for a PLer or something? No, probably not. At the same time, my goal is geared towards olympic lifting and MMA. Also concerned with increasing my VJ and sprinting ability (mirroring CCJ there). I have no necessity for deadlifts. So to me, RDLs work fine as a replacement. Deadlifts are too taxing to be worth it for me anyway. I get the results from my other exercises just the same, so I see no reason to do 'em.

 

[H_T_]

Squatting and RDLing has caused my deadlift to go up. I really don't give a fuck what you or the supposed "almost everyone" thinks, enigma. Keep your mouth shut.

HumanTarget, for a PLer or something? No, probably not. At the same time, my goal is geared towards olympic lifting and MMA. Also concerned with increasing my VJ and sprinting ability (mirroring CCJ there). I have no necessity for deadlifts. So to me, RDLs work fine as a replacement. Deadlifts are too taxing to be worth it for me anyway. I get the results from my other exercises just the same, so I see no reason to do 'em.

i agree with the taxing part. i'm 34, so when i was hitting sets over 400 saturday, it left me with nothing for sunday. or monday.

 

[blut wump]

I used to scrape my shins regularly with deads but these days I seem not to. Using a double-overhand grip definitely helps save your shins.