why are Good Mornings so much better than SLDL?

[Deciever1]

Why are Good Mornings so much better than SLDL??

Just curious

 

[spatts]

For what?

Says who?

 

[Deciever1]

for say... Max Effort work

I assumed they are better because they seem to be a staple in every ones routine(westside that is) and most(if not all) of the big lifters here do Good Mornings as ME instead of SLDL

 

[p03t1c]

the GM works better for me. i don't like deadlifting. there are many variations of the GM and i don't ever get that burn out feeling with them. with the deadlift, i always feel "ohh shit i have to deadlift again". it's simply the best way i have found to simulate the deadlift without deadlifting.

 

[Deciever1]

but is there any reason that makes it better (result wise) than SLDL?
cause i do love deadlifting... but im taking jimmy deans advice and not doing any normal deadlifting (except speed deads) so i want to find out if i'd be losing anything by doing SLDL instead of good mornings.

Also, the fact that i can use more weight on SLDL than GMs , would that make the SLDL's better for me, or no?

 

[sysopt]

None of my lifts are even worth mentioning, but my squat and GM relative to my deadlift and SLDL are horrible.

 

[Deciever1]

lol sysopt dont feel bad, my lifts are also not worth mentioning in the most part.

my squat:good morning to deadlift:sldl looks something like this

325:205x3 to 360:235x6

squat and deadlifts are fully equipped, i think the GM were done with a belt.
i dont use a belt when doing SLDL

 

[p03t1c]

you can do what you want. i don't recommend them as a max effort lift. the max effort exercises are supposed to simulate a certain lift or work a certain portion of it. the sldl is a deadlift. if you want to stray away from that then don't do them. if you must do some deadlifting since this is what you 'love', then do some dls off of mats.

the way i do sldl is going past the normal position where i dl and i round my back over. the romanian is the same except with shorter rom and you dont allow your back to round. i'd much rather go with the GMs. you can deadlift for every max effort exercise if that's what you think works. i do know that my deadlift has gone up without actually doing them. the only problem i normally run into is grip since i am not always used to holding weight in that position in my hands. what i have done in the past is just wrap my wrists until they're so damn tight i end up gripping better. i throw in rack pulls every now and again. with the rack pull i don't normally pull as much as i do when testing all out on the dl. but that's just me.

 

[Deciever1]

im just wondering, im most likely doing to be doing GMs as a max effort exercise because it has more variation applicable to it, but i just wanted to know if the SLDL and GM pretty much were equal in effectiveness or not

 

[p03t1c]

there is no way for me to judge that on you. that's sorta like asking you how much i can get out of military presses for my bench or if they are just as effective as 5 board presses. you might think they're worthless, but they might add 50lbs to my bench press. i have no idea what sldls can do as far as effectiveness for you. if you worked out with my little group, they are probably something you would not be doing as a ME exercise.