Smith Machine Deadlifts- Who Does Them?

[circusgirl]

Exactly. I just consider some forms more "dangerous" than others.

Often it's not the deadlift that's the problem, it's putting it down. Many people don't have the eccentric strength to accomodate what they can pull. Prescription for disaster. A PL competition deadlift has no eccentric, so the deadlift is just that...a lift.

*This doesn't include speed deads or deads for glute/ham hypertrophy, just the 1RM.

I've been told to drop the bar if I feel tension in the lower back when lowering it back to the floor. I DL on the olympic platforms in my gym specifically designed to cope well with dropped bars, so there's no damage done, to me or the equipment.

My dad bust a disk or three "deadlifting" sheep. He used to weigh them by getting up on the scale with the sheep held in a similar position to the bar (and subtracting his own weight)! Trouble is, the little bastards move round and struggle, making this super unsafe. My mom eventually hid the scale so he couldn't do this. (A big sheep can weigh 100lbs).

 

[SofaGeorge]

Splatts, I seen Flex and Chris on tape do them while being trained by Charles Glass. I think they were doing 3-4 plates on each side, nothing major.

I worked out next to Flex, Chris and Charles Glass for years and years. I never once saw anyone at the gym ever do Smith Machine deadlifts. That had to be done ONLY for the tape.