OK it is RDL . But I am not concentrating on moving it slowly you wouldn’t move a big weight like that. My leg is out behind me. I just use a slight counter movement to get it started.
I can’t hold a lot of weight because of elbow arthritis so I have been doing these. They are great and I think the balance issue helps for sports
I’m starting to do zercher Dl too as it is easier to hold also.(elbow wise, certainly not movement wise)
A 200lb single? that’s intense…i just did single leg RDLs for the first time not more than 20 minutes ago, gotta say they hit me hard. I worked up to a 60lb dumbell for 6 reps, BW 227, not too great, but it’s a start eh. Big ups for mentioning the Boyle article btw, that’s what got me to try it.
It’s the balance that is tricky , you really have to tense your abs well. They can be tough on the hip flexors if you dumb enough like me to use v low reps.
I can’t do zerchers from the floor. But I have done zercher squats. I would possibly try using a thicker bar, it can hurt the forearm insertion even if you can put up with the pain fairly easily. It gets hard to keep tension with heavier weights using aids like towels and strips of wood etc.
I’m not going to go hog wild on the zerchers. I watch videos of guys doing them and they look like the pain is ripping their arms off, I do my first zercher squats tomorrow and I’m gonna be a wuss and use elbow pads.
I will upset a lot of people, but what a gay lift.
One legged lifts do have some purpose for some people, so throwin in lunges or step-ups can be fine, but to actually care about the numbers you put up on a 1-leg DL.
That is just gay…sounds very similar to trainers using those balls to stand on to do lifts, ya know to really “work core stability and balance”.
If you’re gonna pull, don’t be afraid to do an actual DL and go heavy.
I don’t know what is worse, doing a 1-leg DL often enough to actually care about the numbers you can hit, or comparing the lift with others.
Presumably your crap at them then. I am not that bothered just surprised most peoples lifts including trainers recommendations are very very low.
Actually I think (200lb) is a low number.
I do these on off days while my lower back is recovering . Deadlifts don’t work my legs maximally. 1 leg deads work my legs much much harder than deadlifts or squats, your going to get mostly quads with squats unless you are very highly skilled at it and even that is debatable.
There are other lifts that are as effective, if not more effective than the 3 powerlifts in given situations.
[quote]decimation wrote:
Presumably your crap at them then. I am not that bothered just surprised most peoples lifts including trainers recommendations are very very low.
Actually I think (200lb) is a low number.
I do these on off days while my lower back is recovering . Deadlifts don’t work my legs maximally. 1 leg deads work my legs much much harder than deadlifts or squats, your going to get mostly quads with squats unless you are very highly skilled at it and even that is debatable.
There are other lifts that are as effective, if not more effective than the 3 powerlifts in given situations.
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I agree. One legs slam my hams better. They don’t replace deadlifts but complement them.
I’m all for being against doing silly shit work on a bosu ball, but i think you’re being a bit too eager to classify exercises as pointless. The lift seems effective enough, and has been proven to be far more effective than the bullshit you see trainers having their clients do.
No one willing to do a single leg dl would do them unless they were introduced to a conventional deadlift to begin with. Let alone the fact that you’re bringing into question the desire to log how much weight you do.
Isn’t keeping track of your weights and then improving on them the basis of all strength training anyway? By your reasoning, anyone that keeps track of their lifts and “cares” is “just gay”. the exercise has its place in assisting strength just as some others do. The mere fact that a few guys on this board do it should serve as reason enough that it isn’t crap. Give it a shot and see for yourself.
Cheers
[quote]languid wrote:
No one willing to do a single leg dl would do them unless they were introduced to a conventional deadlift to begin with.
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Thank you for shutting down vandalay. However, i disagree with your quote here, as the point of Boyle’s article was to do these instead of conventional deadlifts; they don’t have to complement each other.
This might assist you on balance issues
[quote]bruinsdmb wrote:
languid wrote:
No one willing to do a single leg dl would do them unless they were introduced to a conventional deadlift to begin with.
Thank you for shutting down vandalay. However, i disagree with your quote here, as the point of Boyle’s article was to do these instead of conventional deadlifts; they don’t have to complement each other.[/quote]
Why would you want to do them INSTEAD if strength is your goal? Which strength sport is that supposed to benefit? Like some of the other guys said earlier, unless you’re planning a trip to One-legged Deadlift Nationals, I don’t see the point in that. (You could probably have this at your house. Or maybe Mike Boyle will host.) This is an assistance movement. Not a main lift.
First off how dare you insult Boyle. It’s not a strength sport as we are not training for powerlifting here (or if you are, this discussion was not targeted to you), but sports performance. If you read the article you would know WHY and when they should be done instead of regular DLs.
Funny how I got the idea of one leg deadlifts from Ross Enamait in his book Infinite Intensity and no one can ever accuse that guy of doing a pussy exercise.
[quote]languid wrote:
The mere fact that a few guys on this board do it should serve as reason enough that it isn’t crap.
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I posted because i was entertained by this thread. The exercise is silly, yes i’m sure it has some uses, but i find it very funny to see people comparing #s as if its a “real” lift. Anyways, I’m sure it’ll be old news once a new article comes out with a new exercise of the month here.
I’m doing fine without the 1-leg dl though, but i appreciate your suggestion.
But i am quoting what you said because that is very, very funny.
[quote]vandalay15 wrote:
I posted because i was entertained by this thread. [/quote]
That’s a rather odd reason to post, isn’t it? If you’re amused, read. If you have something constructive to say, post.
So you don’t like them. The simple answer is, don’t do them. Obviously, other posters here find them very useful as a “real” lift. And btw, there’s nothing “new” about them. I’ve been doing them for many years alongside DLs.
Today’s strong words seem mighty appropriate: “The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.” Sir William Osler
[quote]katzenjammer wrote:
Today’s strong words seem mighty appropriate: “The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.” Sir William Osler
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Bruinsdmb: You’re right, I did overlook that they’re meant as a replacement lift. However, i personally view them as an assistance exercise to be tossed in once in awhile, just like typical RDLs and the like - as I believe someone else mentioned as well - I love Deadlifts too damn much to replace them with anything.
[quote]vandalay15 wrote:
languid wrote:
The mere fact that a few guys on this board do it should serve as reason enough that it isn’t crap.
I posted because i was entertained by this thread. The exercise is silly, yes i’m sure it has some uses, but i find it very funny to see people comparing #s as if its a “real” lift. Anyways, I’m sure it’ll be old news once a new article comes out with a new exercise of the month here.
I’m doing fine without the 1-leg dl though, but i appreciate your suggestion.
But i am quoting what you said because that is very, very funny.[/quote]
You are an ignorant tool. End of story.