When you deadlift do you drop it from the top?

[AlwaysOn]

When you deadlift are you supposed to drop it from the top of the movement?

OR


do you gently lower it down, then let it completely deload on the ground, then lift again

 

[AlwaysOn]

I have never seen a single person deadlift before, even though I have worked out at many different gyms.

Isn't that sad?

 

[Devastation]

don't let go of the bar at the top as most gyms will toss you out on your ear. control it on the way down, but do a rapid descent. don't do a negative with it

 

[swaptrex]

i hate deadlifts

 

[blut wump]

It annoys the heck out of me when people just drop the bar. It's very noisy. Like Dev said, get it back down without stressing your back. Deload fully on the ground for best effect, maybe even reset your grip if you need to.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

don't let go of the bar at the top as most gyms will toss you out on your ear. control it on the way down, but do a rapid descent. don't do a negative with it

good description..
even in a meet you have to cnmtrol the descent but like Dev said its not a negative

youll also better your dead but resetting after each rep rather thean using touch and go

 

[jdynasty]

touch and go is alright up to a certain point, then again do what feels comfortable

 

[psychedout]

If you are pulling on a deadlift platform, by all means throw the weight down with a vengence. However if it isn't a platform, just lower the weight down at a pace so not as too damage the floor or make too much noise.

 

[stilleto]

as devastation said, don't drop it, just lower it fast and in control. when doing reps, i only let the bar rest for a second, reset my hands if needed, and pull again.
i disagree with psychedout- don't ever drop the weight unless you have an endless supply of bars and are wearing steel tipped shoes.

 

[AlwaysOn]

but if you did have steel tipped shoes and the gym was tolerant...


you would drop it from the top right?

 

[StealthPower]

agreed with them, lower it down fast but under control.

U should never drop it from the top, no matter what.

Kc

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

but if you did have steel tipped shoes and the gym was tolerant...


you would drop it from the top right?

No...

Control the weight on the way down, but don't treat it as a negative. Best advice I saw IMO. At my most recent NASA Nationals meet, we were specifically told to control the weight on the way down.

Besides why just drop it? We don't need to attract that much attention to ourselves at the gym now do we??
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[Chambewy20]

Keep it under control on the eccentric phase, don't drop.

Have been told in comps you would get red lighted if the weight was dropped.

In my gym, they have rubber floors and the rubberized plates, there's always this one jackass who sits there with 275, barely getting the first rep and then bouncing the fuckers out for 5 more, it's a joke.

 

[stilleto]

but if you did have steel tipped shoes and the gym was tolerant...


you would drop it from the top right?

no.
for the same reason why i wouldn't have my spotter hold the bar when i bench press or help me up when squatting.

part of the deadlift is putting the weight back down.

if you plan on competing, you have to put it back, just like you have to rack the bar in other lifts.
and frankly, even if you don't plan on competing, you should be able to put the weight back down with control. it doesn't have to be slow- in fact i put it down pretty rapidly as my grip is often about to fail, but i'm not dropping it.
also- thats a great way to bend a bar.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

maybe the poster is confusing deads w/clean & jerks- where you do drop from the top (& the plates are rubber-coated).

 

[AlwaysOn]

Ok I got it


Pretty much, you do a "controlled" drop.

 

[stilleto]

Ok I got it


Pretty much, you do a "controlled" drop.

ok, yeah- you could call it that.