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Deadlifting - which bar do you prefer
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jacked clown
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You can usually pull 100 or more pounds with a hex bar. Your body is more balanced and u can pull straight up.
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The Shadow
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I prefer trap....
I think 100 is overshooting as I have done both ways
I think 100 is overshooting as I have done both ways
BiggT
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As far as the trap bar, I like them for people with some type of injury if it is the only way they can pull from the floor.....also, if some people with more physique-related goals just don't like the regular deadlift and can't get comfortable with it and this gets them to pull off the floor, they're fine.
As far as training for functional strength, I think the regular barbell deadlift is a better choice. I've never used a trap bar regularly, but the few times I have I could always pull more than my deadlift, and the guys who I have seen go from trap bar to barbell have more of an adjustment. I feel the fact that a barbell doesn't position you perfectly and forces your body and stabalizers to make more natural adjustments adds to functional strength development.
Also, people I have talked with who train for Strongman, a very deadlift-heavy sport, prefer the barbell for the wide-array of functioal carryover they feel it gives to events, as you're lifting real-life objects and you can't always perfectly position yourself in the center and pull smoothly.
As far as training for functional strength, I think the regular barbell deadlift is a better choice. I've never used a trap bar regularly, but the few times I have I could always pull more than my deadlift, and the guys who I have seen go from trap bar to barbell have more of an adjustment. I feel the fact that a barbell doesn't position you perfectly and forces your body and stabalizers to make more natural adjustments adds to functional strength development.
Also, people I have talked with who train for Strongman, a very deadlift-heavy sport, prefer the barbell for the wide-array of functioal carryover they feel it gives to events, as you're lifting real-life objects and you can't always perfectly position yourself in the center and pull smoothly.
Tweakle
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agree with mr T.
also, it depends on the bar, most gym trap bars are pretty shitty. If you have a big shrugbar (not a diamond) then it can be ok, otherwise the narrow stance sucks.
http://www.fractionalplates.com/cgi-bin/edatcat/PDAstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=2.7
if I could use one of these to deadlift I would for sure, conventional pulling isn't possible for me now and sumos are a poor 2nd place
also, it depends on the bar, most gym trap bars are pretty shitty. If you have a big shrugbar (not a diamond) then it can be ok, otherwise the narrow stance sucks.
http://www.fractionalplates.com/cgi-bin/edatcat/PDAstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=2.7
if I could use one of these to deadlift I would for sure, conventional pulling isn't possible for me now and sumos are a poor 2nd place
FFQuads
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BiggT said:
I think your on track yet for me there is not reason to train for Strongman comps. If anything, I would be training for BB for sure. I feel I have good strength and I enjoy working on it but my main goal is development of muscle. Do you feel that it is "working" about the same muscle groups? Tweakle has a link to a diamond bar. This is the one that I use. Don't get me wrong, I can deadlift...but this just feels better and seems to work better for me. It is a bit easier. 50 lbs....or so...I think?? Nice post...
BiggT
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FFQuads said:
For physique-related goals, I can't see how the trap bar would be any less effective. You're still pulling the weight from the floor starting at the height of the 45lb plates, so development-wise I don't think you're short-changing yourself. And, again, if you're goals are physique-related, then anything that gets you to pull weight from the floor will be fine.
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