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Scotsman
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Ok here are a few of my thoughts on deadlifting.
1. Deadlifts are not a back exercise.
2. Deadlifts are not a leg exercise.
3. I don't care who you are you should be deadlifting. (barring injury)
4. They hurt, they hurt a lot so quit you fucking bitching, you knew what you were getting into in the first place.
I write this because I have seen a lot of talk regarding deadlifting and I think a lot of it is wrong and misleading. Speculation about the benefits and detractions of deadlifting run amuck here, and I wanted to help clear a few things up from my perspective.
First off deads are neither a back or a leg exercise. They are both and more.
The primary movers on deads are:
Bottom: Quads, Hams, and Glutes.
Middle: Hams, Glutes, and Lower back.
Top: Glutes and Lower back.
The primary stabilizers(or secondary movers):
Bottom: Upper back, Forearms, Bicepts, Shoulders.
Middle:Upper back, Mid-back, Bicepts, Shoulders, Traps.
Top: Upper back, Mid-back, Traps, Shoulders.
Secondary Stabilizers
Calves, Abs, Obliques, Chest.
Deadlifts work more muscle than any other movement you can do. Due to the extreme amount of muscular effort made lifting your body releases a tremendous amount of testosterone growth hormone, and the other growth stimulators. Therefore your entire body will grow just from doing them. This being said you entire body will grow stronger from doing them. Nothing else works your posterior chain like deads.
Unless you are physically incapable of doing them you should be deadlifting. No ther exercise builds core stability as well. No other exercise builds mass as well. No other exercise builds strength as well. No other exercise is as efficient. You don't have to be doing them for high weights but you should be doing them. There are no excuses for not deadlifting other than, injury or some physicall limitation that makes them impossible.
Also I hate hearing people whine about how sore they are after deadlifting. You knew what you were getting into when you started so there is no room for complaining. You have just assaulted you body in a way completely different from everything else you can do, so yes it is going to hurt. In fact it is going to hurt a lot, if you do them heavy it may hurt for a long time. What in life that is worth doing is worth enduring a little pain for the coming glory of accomplishment.
So to sum up. SHUT THE FUCK UP AND DEADLIFT.
Cheers,
Scotsman
1. Deadlifts are not a back exercise.
2. Deadlifts are not a leg exercise.
3. I don't care who you are you should be deadlifting. (barring injury)
4. They hurt, they hurt a lot so quit you fucking bitching, you knew what you were getting into in the first place.
I write this because I have seen a lot of talk regarding deadlifting and I think a lot of it is wrong and misleading. Speculation about the benefits and detractions of deadlifting run amuck here, and I wanted to help clear a few things up from my perspective.
First off deads are neither a back or a leg exercise. They are both and more.
The primary movers on deads are:
Bottom: Quads, Hams, and Glutes.
Middle: Hams, Glutes, and Lower back.
Top: Glutes and Lower back.
The primary stabilizers(or secondary movers):
Bottom: Upper back, Forearms, Bicepts, Shoulders.
Middle:Upper back, Mid-back, Bicepts, Shoulders, Traps.
Top: Upper back, Mid-back, Traps, Shoulders.
Secondary Stabilizers
Calves, Abs, Obliques, Chest.
Deadlifts work more muscle than any other movement you can do. Due to the extreme amount of muscular effort made lifting your body releases a tremendous amount of testosterone growth hormone, and the other growth stimulators. Therefore your entire body will grow just from doing them. This being said you entire body will grow stronger from doing them. Nothing else works your posterior chain like deads.
Unless you are physically incapable of doing them you should be deadlifting. No ther exercise builds core stability as well. No other exercise builds mass as well. No other exercise builds strength as well. No other exercise is as efficient. You don't have to be doing them for high weights but you should be doing them. There are no excuses for not deadlifting other than, injury or some physicall limitation that makes them impossible.
Also I hate hearing people whine about how sore they are after deadlifting. You knew what you were getting into when you started so there is no room for complaining. You have just assaulted you body in a way completely different from everything else you can do, so yes it is going to hurt. In fact it is going to hurt a lot, if you do them heavy it may hurt for a long time. What in life that is worth doing is worth enduring a little pain for the coming glory of accomplishment.
So to sum up. SHUT THE FUCK UP AND DEADLIFT.
Cheers,
Scotsman
Deads rule.
