To the floor with deadlifts or not?

[Garza]

When I last did my deadlift routine I noticed how much more challenging it is when you bring the bar all the way down to the floor before you pick it up again. Who does it this way? I don't let it rest completely on the floor but I make sure it comes in contact with the floor. Makes the set alot harder.

 

[al bundy]

in competetion you start off from the floor. during training do a rep then let it down take a new quick breath and go at it again.

 

[caiza]

i do mine in the power rack to take a bit of strain of lower back about 10 inches off the floor...

 

[RacerX]

I do mine to the floor and pause for a second, because at a meet you start on the floor. Try standing on 1 or 2 stacked plates and go to the floor, you will have to use less weight but it will make your explosion of the bottom stronger on standard deadlifts.

 

[bigmag]

I do mine to the floor and pause for a second, because at a meet you start on the floor. Try standing on 1 or 2 stacked plates and go to the floor, you will have to use less weight but it will make your explosion of the bottom stronger on standard deadlifts.

Good call Racer.....that's what I did when I was in powerlifting....it helps tremendously!!!

 

[Exodus]

in the power rack if you put it half way i see 2 advantages and 1 disadvantage.

advantage:

1.) if you put the racks half way you can use more weight ...... and theoretically, more weight equals more muscle.

2.) it also takes pretty much all of the strain off of the hamstrings...... which is good that it helps to focus on your back but could lead to neglected hams.

disadvantage:

full range is a better for overall development.

hmmmm.......... decisions, decisions

 

[Valdez]

down, pause 1-3 inches off the floor, and up. hitting the floor can sometimes throw off your form and setting it down lets you rest too much. I always do FULL deadlifts.

 

[1-dawg]

I only pull singles. Reps in the dl just don't work. I will pull anywhere from 5 to 8 singles with the same weight.

 

[mike peters]

I tap the floor also w/ the weights, I consider it a full rep.

 

[powerlifterjay]

Lately for some reason my main problem in the deadlift is my grip. So when i go heavy i do th esame as dawg and pull only singles. In fact he was the one over a yr ago who got me to do that anyway. But when i am 550 or so my grip is messin with me. So reps are not good for me either.

 

[al bundy]

I always go to the bottom and pause to get a new breath. I do 1-4 reps depending on how I feel and if I need to switch it up.

 

[MadCow1]

This may help -

The deadlift is called a deadlift from the weight being "dead" on the ground.

All work sets should not only be done from the floor but the bar should be 'unweighted' meaning that you are no longer holding the weight - it is resting on the floor. Reset and pull for each rep. Basically like a few have said above - a series of singles as you can't rapid fire these off.

I've seen guys barely break it from the floor and do 8 reps with bouncing and other interesting cheats. Bullshit.

If you want to rapid fire the warmups go ahead. If you want to train partials (in the rack from a raised position) then that's fine too. When DLing - all pulls are from the floor.

 

[plifter]

I don't let the bar down gently, but I let the bar stop at the bottom. That's the way it's done in the meet so that's how I train.