Anybody else's legs get torn up while doing......

[JG1]

dead-lifts?

I'm scraped and bruised from my knee's down. Happens every time I DL. My shins take the worst of it.

 

[bigguns15]

Oh yeah. I got some knee length soccer socks from Wal-mart to help protect my shins. They work pretty good. I've also seen people that wear shin guards or have put a strip of duct tape up their shins. I also used to put duct tape around the part of the bar that drags up my shins.

Or, you can just have a cool story to tell when someone asks what happened to your shins!

 

[he-man]

i have a friend with longer legs and he has to scrape the bar along his legs to ensure good form and make sure its not all lower back.

 

[JG1]

he has to scrape the bar along his legs to ensure good form and make sure its not all lower back.

exactly

 

[SofaGeorge]

I don't even think about it any more. I scrape my shin every time I dead.

I used to have one pair of socks I always wore on dead day. That way I'd only drip blood on one pair and not ruin any others.

 

[ffknight84]

I just use a pair of tube socks that go right below my knees, minimized scraping and left only bruses on my knees...

 

[blinddeafmute]

My gym has a pad that velcro's around the bar for doing squats and stuff. I use it on deads too to keep my shins from getting bruised or scraped. It rolls on the bar so it works great.

It doesnt do anything to my shins now.

 

[Cuthbert]

My shins never get scraped anymore.

About a year ago I changed my deadlift form A LOT, and ever since then I haven't scraped my shins in the least.

I think I read Dave Tate's 'Dead Zone' article at T-mag to inspire those changes, and immediately was stronger in the deadlift.

All I know is my shins are fine these days .

Cuthbert

 

[Legion Kreinak2]

Happens to me too, but it doesn't bother me in the least.

 

[gettinlarger]

I fuck up my shins. Ensures good form.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

bruised shins are very manly.

 

[pillsbury]

i have never even had as much as a nik on my shins

 

[IronLion]

your not very manly though

 

[The Red Dragon]

I'm usually in khakis =/ (workout after school and don't bother changing)

 

[pillsbury]

hey fat-ass, lose some weight and get some better coefficients...

 

[spatts]

I'm with you pills. I'm beginning to think we are the only two here who never have this problem, and you've seen how close I stand to the bar. Must be the angle of my feet or something.

 

[slinky]

What gives? I'm the same as pills and spatts. I've heard of all the "bloody shins from deads" stories. But nary a scratch on me.

Wild.

 

[Zander1983]

Add me to the list of people who've never had a mark on their shins from deadlifting. And I stand super-close to the bar too.

 

[JollyRogers]

I dont touch my shins, never have...dont think i will

 

[IronLion]

Pills doesn't touch his shins to the bar because he is stiff legging it up. I don't ever touch my shins when I pull sumo.

and btw whats with all the fat jokes Pills, man come on...you know I'm sensitive

 

[ZGzaZ]

i use to scrape every once in a while, but havent once for about 3 or 4 months now, if i do now..its a complete screw up of form.

 

[pillsbury]

Pills doesn't touch his shins to the bar because he is stiff legging it up. I don't ever touch my shins when I pull sumo.

and btw whats with all the fat jokes Pills, man come on...you know I'm sensitive

sorry you big estrogen ball, i know your sensitive, but i do not stiff leg it up!, i just have super strong erectors, not to mention im going hybrid now

 

[IronLion]

im going hybrid now, because I like boys and girls

that is your business bro, man I support your decision

 

[Zander1983]

that is your business bro, man I support your decision

How funny is that smilie?

 

[pillsbury]

sorry iron, that does not mean i like boys and girls, so us hooking up is totally out of the question, but i really do appreciate all the compliments you have been giving me

 

[IronLion]

it's o.k. bro but would you do me a favor and stop sending me the gay pictures of you, I told you I am just not interested in that.

 

[pillsbury]

funny...you're the one with the camera, what pics have you been taking?

 

[skaman607]

Hey, take this to sheets

 

[blinddeafmute]

And another thread bites the dust....Hey Hey.....Another thread bites the dust.

 

[wildonsquats]

People wonder why i wear track pants on deadlift day even if it's the hottest day of the year. I come back home with bruises, but i never get bloodied up + )

 

[JOKER47]

I scrape my shins occasionally. Knees, too. No big deal...


Joker

 

[Mike_Rojas]

I haven't scraped.. sometimes the bar bumps my shins slightly, that's it.

 

[endpoint]

No scrapes for me......i have to watch my shin tattoos

 

[Toozee]

I haven't nicked my shins in a long time. Had to focus on it a little at first, but not anymore.

 

[argent]

I get a little scrapage, but not any blood. I set up with my shins about 5" away from the bar.

 

[CipherLock]

My shins never get scraped anymore.

About a year ago I changed my deadlift form A LOT, and ever since then I haven't scraped my shins in the least.

I think I read Dave Tate's 'Dead Zone' article at T-mag to inspire those changes, and immediately was stronger in the deadlift.

All I know is my shins are fine these days .

Cuthbert

Hell yeah. That man is a marvel. I read the same article but never really scraped my shins anyway.