Do dead-lifts give you a large wasteline?

[anthrax]

????

What does that mean ?
More muscle around the waist (abs, lowewr back, obliques ?) ?

 

[lavi]

obliques is mainly what is concerning people although deads do all 3

 

[jcp2]

????

What does that mean ?
More muscle around the waist (abs, lowewr back, obliques ?) ?

It means if you put size on any of the three your waste will get bigger, think abouit it, if you lower back gets bigger, your waste will get bigger, same with the abs and obliques.

 

[Dave949]

Keep the deads......... lose the double cheeseburgers.

Pump on .....

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

Keep the deads......... lose the double cheeseburgers.

Pump on .....

LOL @ Dave

DLs dont effect my waist- but I do get bigger traps (not a great look for girls) so I cut them back to every other wk.

 

[dzulboy]

deads are over rated

 

[wutangnomo]

deads are over rated

I have to agree with this. Yes deads are a great exercise, but one can still develop a great back without doing them. There are plenty of other back exercises after all. I know lots of guys who have great backs, yet probably have never even seen a deadlift before lol.

I've noticed deads did make my waist bigger, which is why I ease off them and don't up the weight. Also, the tendency with deads is to keep going heavier and heavier and that can result in some inevitable back injury.

 

[deowang]

Maybe a little overrated... squats are still the king of lifts

 

[InTraining]

deads are over rated

I have never found an exercise that gave me the trap development I got from deads....granted I probably have horrible genetics in that area I can shrug forever and never get the results...

Gotta agree though in other areas they are pretty over rated...I only realized this after not being able to do them for a long time