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Tiervexx
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i know that you all like myself know the value of dead lifts for building up the back.
in my weights and conditioning class i noticed that the coach did not include dead lifts in the routine. when i asked why he said "coaches know that dead lifts are just a 'max-out lift' people just do them to see how much they can pull and to show off, there is no point in doing them very often because there are much better ways of putting muscle in that area" !!!!!!!!!
i think the problem is that a lot of people think of dead lifts as a leg movement, and obviously squats will do more for your quads then dead lifts but when done correctly dead lifts do more for the entire back then anything else by far. Another coach told me that dead lifts were terrible for the lower back even if you keep your lower back locked....
I decided that there was no point in arguing with them but i know that many power lifters and body builders that deads are THE brute strength builder, and as far as real world applications go they are the best lift you can do because think about it... how many times a day do you use a motion similar to the one used in dead lifts? they obviously won't help with explosiveness(which is important to athletes) but the fact that he said they were not good for mass and strength is so stupid i find it offensive.
it is amazing how much coach's advice goes against what nearly every top body builder and power lifter does. This same coach who told me dead lifts were useless actually told me that even after doing MULTIPLE sets of SEVERAL different exercises on a body part it should be fully recovered in ONLY 48 HOURS!! i know that some juiced up pro body builders get away with this(Arnold) but has anyone ever herd of anyone natural that can do 4 good sets on 3 different exercises( total of 12 sets one the body part) that can be recovered in 48 to as little as 24 hours??
are the people at my school just particularly bad or are most coaches like this???
in my weights and conditioning class i noticed that the coach did not include dead lifts in the routine. when i asked why he said "coaches know that dead lifts are just a 'max-out lift' people just do them to see how much they can pull and to show off, there is no point in doing them very often because there are much better ways of putting muscle in that area" !!!!!!!!!
i think the problem is that a lot of people think of dead lifts as a leg movement, and obviously squats will do more for your quads then dead lifts but when done correctly dead lifts do more for the entire back then anything else by far. Another coach told me that dead lifts were terrible for the lower back even if you keep your lower back locked....
I decided that there was no point in arguing with them but i know that many power lifters and body builders that deads are THE brute strength builder, and as far as real world applications go they are the best lift you can do because think about it... how many times a day do you use a motion similar to the one used in dead lifts? they obviously won't help with explosiveness(which is important to athletes) but the fact that he said they were not good for mass and strength is so stupid i find it offensive.
it is amazing how much coach's advice goes against what nearly every top body builder and power lifter does. This same coach who told me dead lifts were useless actually told me that even after doing MULTIPLE sets of SEVERAL different exercises on a body part it should be fully recovered in ONLY 48 HOURS!! i know that some juiced up pro body builders get away with this(Arnold) but has anyone ever herd of anyone natural that can do 4 good sets on 3 different exercises( total of 12 sets one the body part) that can be recovered in 48 to as little as 24 hours??
are the people at my school just particularly bad or are most coaches like this???
