Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below i just started doing DL a few months ago. for now im doing them off the bottom setting on the power rack untill i get stronger at it. ive made good progress so far but whenever i come down i scrape the bar across my knees, pretty abrasively. im really tall and have long arms, is that making it worse, or is it something i just have to learn to deal with?
scraping bar on knees during deadlifts?
- Thread starter camshaft
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After taking about a year off from deads, I just started doing them again for the past 3 weeks. My shins bleed everytime. I wear pants to cover them up and the blood stil soakes through and gets all over the bar. It sucks, but at the same time I would be lying if I said it doesn't fire me up a little seeing the blood on the bar and my straps. The only problem is I have to make sure nobody else see's it since I'm pretty sure I would get in trouble for bleeding on the equipment. Great exercise and as long as my shins are bleeding I know I'm using proper form.
p.s.-I'm not a complete scumbag. When done I do spray off all the blood from the bar.
p.s.-I'm not a complete scumbag. When done I do spray off all the blood from the bar.
Growth&Courage
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Same here. Shins bruised after deadlifts workout. I think I may have to use some kind of knee wraps for the purpose of shin protection against further bruises.
blut wump
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I started doing deadlifts in January this year and soon found that I was scraping my shins. A bit of reading left me with the impression that scraped shins are just a badge of honour for anyone who deadlifts and you just have to live with it. I guess soccer shin pads might help. I don't always scrape my shins, though, just very often. Maybe it'd happen less using Sumo style.
camshaft, is there any reason why you're doing them from a rack rather than the floor other than that you like to use more weight? I think you're missing out on the best part of the exercise: the part where your back starts to take the strain as you begin to separate the bar and the floor and you wonder whether this can possibly be good for you. I think you should either bite the bullet and remove some weight and go down to floor level or else move down progressively lower to the floor on the rack with yor current weight until you are at floor level. Make sure you incorporate some hamstring work and especially stretches into your program. You need a strong core and posterior chain. I think deadlifts are the only exercise which have given me an anxiety attack.
camshaft, is there any reason why you're doing them from a rack rather than the floor other than that you like to use more weight? I think you're missing out on the best part of the exercise: the part where your back starts to take the strain as you begin to separate the bar and the floor and you wonder whether this can possibly be good for you. I think you should either bite the bullet and remove some weight and go down to floor level or else move down progressively lower to the floor on the rack with yor current weight until you are at floor level. Make sure you incorporate some hamstring work and especially stretches into your program. You need a strong core and posterior chain. I think deadlifts are the only exercise which have given me an anxiety attack.
powerliftingirl
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I always scrap more on my right shin then the left. I think it's because that is my front grip side, so I am pulling the bar more "towards" me on my way up. I sumo stance, toes slightly out. I love it! DLs are my favorite!
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