Question on Deads

[WarriorPL]

When you perform deads, is the weight supposed to touch the floor each rep or not? I use to do that but yesterday i started not doing it and i gotta say, it killed my hammies and did some nice work on my back.

 

[revexrevex]

its personal preference, whatever feels more comfortable. You can either utilize the stretch reflex or do it old-school style.

 

[BigBadBootyDaddy29]

Touch the floor....don't try to reinvent the wheel, call it old school, but it the only correct way to perform the movement.....if you wanna hit your hamstrings, do straight led deads or good mornings........just to get my point across TOUCH THE FLOOR!!!!!

 

[mrzap]

Only way I find to hit the floor is if my back rounds. Is that ok?

 

[BigBadBootyDaddy29]

Mrzap, your back should NOT round your back when doing deads, that is very dangerous and can and will (eventually) lead to injury. It sounds to me like a flexibility issue if you can't get into position to pull from the floor properly, probably hamstring flexibility or possibly weak hip flexors, stretch out your hamstrings and lower back for 10 minutes or so prior to all of your workouts, when doing squats go ass to the floor, with a wide stance to incorporate the hips and hamstrings, to ass to the floor front sqats, on leg presses bury your knees into your chest (just be careful not to raise your ass off the seat, as this will also ruin the back). Also, Straight-Leg deadlifts, goodmornings, full range of motion situps, hyper extensions and reverse hypers can help you, so can romanian deadlifts(but have someone who knows what they're doing show these to you because they can F you up if done incorrectly). Try some or all of these to see if you can correct the problem....but DO NOT perform deadlifts with a rounded back.

 

[SeymourCuts]

When you perform deads, is the weight supposed to touch the floor each rep or not? I use to do that but yesterday i started not doing it and i gotta say, it killed my hammies and did some nice work on my back.

I don't necessarily see anything wrong with doing that when training for bodybuilding purposes, and would do them that way myself except proper form keeping my back and neck erect looking straight ahead keeps knowing exactly how close I am to the floor a little bit of an issue. So I just go down in a controlled manner and *tap* the floor so as to maintain tension on the muscles while ensuring a complete range of motion.

 

[Thaibox]

Wiz, are you training for power?

 

[mrzap]

Ya I don't round my back. I keep it perfectly straight. My hamstring flexibility is excellent, but I lose form if I bring the bar further than just below my knee which is where I stop presently.

 

[JoBu]

I agree with Seymourcuts...just tap the floor...CONTROL the weight! Technically, there is no lowering phase of deads...it's purely a pull. But that's powerlifting to me...I do sets of more than 1 rep so I have to lower the weight and repeat. When others say "hit the floor" maybe they don't really mean it like that. There's nothing mre annoying than the guy that keeps slamming the weight down rep after rep cause he can't control it.

JoBu

 

[WarriorPL]

Wiz, are you training for power?

Yes.

 

[bigstve12]

I have no problem controlling the weight but I still hit the floor pretty hard