Keeping KNEES LOCKED during STIFF LEG DEADLIFTS..

[Lililston]

Is this bad for the knees??

Example picture(I found this from the "Don'ts" section of a Deadlift article I found): http://www.stumptuous.com/badsldl.jpg

 

[Tweakle]

thats a retarded looking stiff leg, but you should be able to keep a flat back with locked knees if you use a normal ROM

 

[Lililston]

^^ Yeah, the article was saying that not only should you keep your knees slightly BENT but to keep your back straight.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

I think buckling/locking the knees can cause unnecessary force on them and result in injury, especially at higher intensities. Don't take my word for it, though.

 

[he-man]

i never lock mine. also keep my back straight with my head up as i come down to a 90 or slightly higher and then pull with my hams.

 

[big4life]

i never lock mine. also keep my back straight with my head up as i come down to a 90 or slightly higher and then pull with my hams.

Same here.

 

[Lililston]

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[Lililston]

I used to lock my knees doing stiff leg dl's ... and I actually liked it, I could really feel the stretch in my hams..

I've seen other pics of performing the SLDL knees locked in a correct way though..

 

[Destroyer1986*]

Is it ok to lock? because I feel that I really get a good stretch when I lock

 

[Lililston]

Is it ok to lock?

That's what I'm not sure about... I like the stetch also when locking my knees but I don't want to be more prone to knee injury