A Note On The Deadlift

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Anthrax Invasion

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• Jan 15, 2006

• #21

Or combine said speed deadlifts and rack pulls (although I thought rack pulls were from above the knee - fairly high). No reason to do them off a raised platform or on blocks at a heavier weight than normal. That's not the point, but rather, sparing the lower back from that fairly useless bottom portion of movement and using less weight that a conventional, from-the-floor DL, and exploding it up.

 

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carlsuen

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• Jan 15, 2006

• #22

so what's the conclusion..

 

enigma4dub

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• Jan 15, 2006

• #23

i think ripstone hit the nail right on the head. pulling from the floor is ESSENTIAL. the other forms of the dl are good but from the floor takes precedence. it seems like people in this thread are arguing against the traditional dead lift because it is more difficult, to this i say, there is always the smith machine

 

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Anthrax Invasion

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• Jan 15, 2006

• #24

Explain why it's essential. There are different reasons to use the DL. If you're not a PLer or Olylifter, explain why you'd need to DL from the floor, rather than raised 5" higher from the floor.

 

enigma4dub

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• Jan 15, 2006

• #25

why is it necessary to have a full range of motion on anything? why not 1/4 squat, benchpress about a foot short of your chest and row standing straight up?

 

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Anthrax Invasion

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• Jan 16, 2006

• #26

Those are idiotic examples. There's nothing you're really losing by cutting those few inches off the bottom of the DL. Cutting a squat, bench or row short like that has a much greater consequence than making deadlifts slightly higher from the floor to save the low back.

 

Tweakle

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• Jan 16, 2006

• #27

deads from midshin feel more dangerous to me in the rack.. the position is less natural than from the floor and pulling the bar from rack pins = no flex at the start

 

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Anthrax Invasion

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• Jan 16, 2006

• #28

I feel completely fine pulling from midshin. No flex at the start? I dunno, I feel pretty tight when I lift. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see or feel a problem with it.

But hey, that's me.

 

enigma4dub

Active member

• Jan 16, 2006

• #29

Anthrax Invasion said:

Those are idiotic examples. There's nothing you're really losing by cutting those few inches off the bottom of the DL. Cutting a squat, bench or row short like that has a much greater consequence than making deadlifts slightly higher from the floor to save the low back.

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whats up with you getting all personal? lol. i thought we were having a discussion. an exchange of ideas. anyways im sure some of the more knowledgeable members of this board can articulate the benefits of non powerlifters/olys deadlifting from the floor.

 

silver_shadow

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• Jan 16, 2006

• #30

actually i've been reading some articles that suggest that the best way to DL is not to DL but to use power cleans and GMs to build up a good DL! i'll try and dig out some links.