Deadlift Deception?

[kidd73]

A good bud of mine (who's a monster btw) told me to avoid deadlifts if I want to stay lean because deadlifts tend to make you "soft in the belly". I dont like his advice so I wanted a 2nd, 3rd, 4th.....opinion.
And yes I'm aware it was one of Arnolds favs and that he had the waist of an 8 year old boy....but not everyone's a freak like Arnold.

 

[Trendsetter21]

I just don't believe in his advice, it might be more of an opinion than actual sound advice. As long as you train all your body parts none of them are going to get soft from lifting.

 

[needtogetarmy]

I would love to know the specifics as to WHY deadlifts would make one soft in the belly.

IMO total BS.

 

[holy ghost]

FUCKING BULL

IT IS A CORE EXERCISE

if you dont know what CORE is referrring to , look it up

DONT believe everything you hear!

 

[SouthernLord]

Ughhh... DL's will not make your belly soft. They will blow up your Obliques, low back, and abds. They can give your midsection that "blocky look", but at a low body fat your abds will look better than those who don't DL/Squat heavy. Peace.

 

[holy ghost]

great post!!!

 

[jumpmaster82]

DLs are in my opinion the best core exercise. But everyone has their personal preferences. And as for it making your belly soft, thats like saying preacher curls make your triceps soft. Fucking absurd. If you like DLs then do them

 

[rfowler]

deadlifts are the single most important and difficult lift in my routine. You want to get strong you need to deadlift no questions about it.

 

[holy ghost]

fowler pm me please I have some MMA training q's for you

 

[bigman44]

deadlifts are the shit love em doin 305 right now and lovin it u cant be strong without it also u should be able to bench as much as u deadlift if not u need to start