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Why are deadlifts so important?
Most of the real-life movements and lifts we do (i.e. not in the gym), are movements where you have to recruit a bunch of different muscles at once.
For instance, when you stand up from your bed, lift ...
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Why is "squatting the deadlift" bad?
The article's explanations for why you shouldn't try to squat a deadlift are wrong.
Positioning your hips too low does not put more stress on the lower back, and does not meaningfully shift your ...
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Why are deadlifts so important?
The deadlift is one of the simplest and most effective strength exercises. You don't have to do it but it's one of the best.
People consistently recommend the deadlift because it is one ideal ...
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Deadlift - weight & reps too light & too many?
As anything it depends on your goals. As a powerlifter and strongman, I have to lift heavy weights. For Powerlifting it's the heaviest deadlift, but for strongman it could be one set weight for as ...
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Why is it easier to lift weight using a belt?
I've often felt there were two aspects to using a weight belt. The first being the psychological sense of security that the belt provides. Belts make us feel “locked in” and ready to lift thus ...
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Why are deadlifts so much more taxing than other workouts (say squats)?
After reading your comments to John P's quite accurate answer, I think the question you're really asking is "why are deadlifts so much more taxing than squats" (maybe rename the title if I'm accurate ...
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Deadlift: Does it count as a set if you stand up after each repetition?
It's a deadlift, meaning the weight should be dead on the floor. Touch-and-go or otherwise bouncing around is not a deadlift.
Personally, I relax my grip and reset on every rep. My hands don't come ...
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What is the proper way to grip a bar for heavy deadlifts?
The hand should be wrapped around the bar as much as possible, but the wrist would be straight down. I guess that would mean the bar would fall on the palm right under the knuckle of the hand.
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At the top of the deadlift (i.e., when you have picked up the barbell), are you supposed to roll your shoulders back?
Yes, it's the right thing to do. Your shoulders should be retracted at the end of a deadlift rep.
Those videos have the answer. The deadlift is not finished until you achieve full (but not over-) ...
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Are online average deadlift stats realistic?
A few points about your situation.
The sites you linked to (as is common practice,) are providing 1 rep max lift numbers. You have to derate your lift ability when doing more than 1 repetition in a ...
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Holding Deadlifts at the Top
Powerlifting competition rules vary from federation to federation, but generally in the deadlift, the lifter is required to hold the bar in the locked out position until signalled by the head judge to ...
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RDL vs Stiff Deadlift
Main difference is how deep you go. Stiff Leg Deadlift you allow your back to round a bit at the bottom, might even stand on a platform to really emphasize this. Romanian Deadlift is more of a ...
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Deadlift - weight & reps too light & too many?
Deadlifting isn't fundamentally different than any other movement, so train it the same basic way as everything else.
Since you're aiming for a combination of strength, athletic-performance, and ...
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How do you keep the barbell close to your legs when doing the Romanian Deadlift?
Romanian deadlifts are not synonymous with stiff-leg deadlifts. In the Romanian deadlift, we hinge at the hip and rock backwards, allowing the knees to bend only enough to align our combined centre of ...
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At the top of the deadlift (i.e., when you have picked up the barbell), are you supposed to roll your shoulders back?
The 2019 IPF Technical Rules Book includes these items which will lead to your deadlift being disqualified in a competition (see Page 9 of this PDF):
"Failure to lock the knees straight at the ...
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How does gloves make grip worse?
Gloves can lead to a worse grip in a few ways:
It prevents you from developing calluses where you need them for holding the bar.
They provide an extra width of material between your hand and the bar, ...
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Should beginners be doing Rounded Back Deadlifts in a beginner strength training program?
There's the answer in the general case, and there's the answer for this case. First this case, then the general.
You Are Fucking Around
Starting Strength, but with carrying exercises...StrongLifts, ...
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Deadlift with spinal flexion [Jefferson Curl]
The common practice stems from the widespread-but-fallacious belief that loaded spinal flexion inherently causes injury, and this belief originates largely from studies of intradiscal pressure in ...
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Homeworkout alternative to deadlifts
There is no single alternative to the deadlift, because the whole point of the deadlift is that it does so many things so dramatically.
It can be loaded more than nearly any other exercise. If this is ...
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What exercises to do for posterior chain if I have shin splints?
Shin splints tend only to be affected by impact exercises—running, skipping, and jumping—or exercises that load the tibialis anterior. Squats and deadlifts should neither aggravate your shin splints, ...
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Should the barbell touch my shins in deadlift?
Like most areas of fitness, it's pretty easy to find conflicting advice. That said, I think most would agree that keeping the bar as close as possible to the legs on the way up allows you to lift more ...
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Is it Necessary to Make Noise While Deadlifting Or Wear A Belt
Taking your questions one by one:
(1) The eccentric portions of lifts are known to both cause more soreness and be more prone to injury. Combined with the extreme weights that are lifted during a ...
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When is 5x5 deadlifts too much volume?
There's a few things to consider. First is where you are on the strength spectrum. A novice doing "5x5", while probably not the smartest idea in the world, isn't nearly as damaging as an advanced ...
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I bench and squat way more than what I deadlift?
(Possible) Reasons Why You Squat More Than Deadlift
Your form is bad in both exercises. Without a video or someone checking your form, this can't be (dis)proven.
You don't like deadlifting; as a ...
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Why is it easier to lift weight using a belt?
In short - belt gives better stabilization.
Why not to use it? Well, you wish to have great stabilization... You would like to use that muscles, not to support them.
Is it cheating - since that is ...
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Squatting a day after Deadlift
No, there is no obvious problem with squatting on the day after deadlifting. Squatting and deadlifting during the same workout is fairly common, and fine.
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On what should a deadlift beginner try to improve?
I would suggest starting with the barbell on the floor. If you can't, or won't, and the blocks are necessary1, then I would find some way to safely elevate yourself to the same level. Once you and the ...
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Are online average deadlift stats realistic?
The first thing to note, and perhaps the most important, is that our ability is naturally variant. Averages can be informative, but they have to be understood within the context of considerable ...
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How does one safely fail a deadlift?
If you feel a deadlift going wrong, put it down or drop it.
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Why are deadlifts so much more taxing than other workouts (say squats)?
5×5 stands for five sets of five reps. These are the sets and reps you do on every exercise except Deadlifts. Deadlift is only one set of five reps (1×5) because doing more would beat you up. Plus, ...
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