Ok, I'm going to start doing deads....BUT...

[emptywallet]

Ive done deads before, and really only felt them in my lower back. Ive never really felt the pump from my traps to lats to rhombs like everyone talks about. Was I just doing something wrong? This is the only reason why I won't really do them as it just hits my lower back. I'm assuming I'm doing them wrong. Any help here? Or tell me exaclty how you do them? Any diagrams?

 

[The Terminator]

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/ErectorSpinae/BBDeadlift.html

 

[Mike P.T.]

Maybe it's because all those other muscle groups are much stronger and your lower back is the weaker muscle. Or you're not going completely all out enough for those other muscle groups to feel it. Either way bro Im up to 500 plus pounds on the deadlifts after having started doing them only about a month ago again. I can tell you I still feel it mostly in my lower back. My traps and lats and glutes feel it as well but not to the same degree as my lower back. Keep it up though. Deadlifts are a great power/mass building exercise.

 

[mvmaxx]

Pull with your traps when you get to the top of the motion. That will help bring in the traps.

 

[genarr3]

Maybe it's because all those other muscle groups are much stronger and your lower back is the weaker muscle. Or you're not going completely all out enough for those other muscle groups to feel it. Either way bro Im up to 500 plus pounds on the deadlifts after having started doing them only about a month ago again. I can tell you I still feel it mostly in my lower back. My traps and lats and glutes feel it as well but not to the same degree as my lower back. Keep it up though. Deadlifts are a great power/mass building exercise.

On the same page as usual. I agree completely. How long have you been doing them for?

 

[Heffe]

I have never had an exercise make such a marked difference in my development as deads. My upper back and traps exploded. I have been doing them for almost 3 years now and will never stop.

 

[emptywallet]

I have never had an exercise make such a marked difference in my development as deads. My upper back and traps exploded. I have been doing them for almost 3 years now and will never stop.

OK, do you squeeze? Should I try and squeeze my shoulder blades together when I come up? Like you know when you do a row, your rhomboids? or whatever they are called, my I mean shoulder blades, come together. Should I be trying to do that kind of motion when I come up? Or should my shoulders be forward?

 

[Nathan]

Go heavy and you'll feel it everywhere the next day.

 

[Guiness]

Make sure you bend at the knees so that you are not doing stiff-legged deadlifts which hit the lower back more. Your shoulders should be back at the top of the lift. Go heavy. I like to do them at the end of my workout. Sometimes I mix it up and do them like Dorian and don't bring the weight all they way to the floor but close, continuous. Deads are great!

 

[1911]

Originally posted by EmptyWallet : "Ive never really felt the pump from my traps to lats to rhombs like everyone talks about. Was I just doing something wrong?

You may not necessarily have been "wrong" in the past but you may want to adjust your stance to "get the feel" you are asking about. I'm no expert on deads (or anything else for that matter) so FWIW...

I had to experience a lot of different adjustments, a tweak here and there with grip, weight, stance, etc., before I hit the feel I liked/wanted. You have to commit a little more time and pay attention for a month or so (take notes even) but if do, you'll get it. What I settled on was mostly found by adjusting my stance. I had to narrow it significantly from what I thought was right. I work in the 9-15 rep range, check the ego and go low in weight and focus on form and rep-count. Those slow-count, drawn out, last few reps of a 4th or 5th set at a weight that stresses me is f***** orgasmic (I did deads today - heh heh).

Bottom-line: By doing the above I obtain "the pump" you ask about.

" Heffe: I have never had an exercise make such a marked difference in my development as deads. My upper back and traps exploded. I have been doing them for almost 3 years now and will never stop.

Excellent comments.

Later,

 

[grafix-GNC]

from what it sounds, your form is bad, keep your back straight and chest out lift with legs at first and make sure you dont arch your back over the bar, keep it straight, sounds like where you rhaving the problem

 

[TheGame_620]

also make sure your letting your shoulders go forward when you go down, and then as you go up pull up and back with your lats. I always feel it in my lower back allot, but by the time Im done with my last heavy set, my lats are pumped allot.,