Does anyone else do this?? I find that when I am pulling big weight that I use too much of my lower back if I pull from the ground. Lately I’ve been using the bars that stick out of the power rack to hold the weight. I feel like my hips and glutes fire a whole lot better when if I include the eccentric portion of the lift first.
yes, many people use them often there called rack deadlifts. CW uses them quite a bit in his book, i believe
how high are the bars? Sounds like a romanian deadlift.
The deadlift has its name cause you start with a weight which lays DEAD on the ground.
Also starting with the lift concentr.is imporrtant for starting strength.Thats why some Pls always start each rep new,with a pause of 1 second from the floor.
But nevermind-I do it the same way you do,cause its more comfortable for changing the weights.Who cares if you are no Pl.
regards,science
What you’re doing is “rack” deads and they are definitely not the same as “true” deadlifts in my opinion. I have heard them to be useful for going heavier than your usual “from-the-floor” weight in order to break a plateau. I don’t know how high the bars are that you are starting from, but I would imagine they are at least a good 6 inches higher than the ground and that just completely ruins the lift in my opinion.
I think they are helpful and have their place, but don’t think you are doing the same deadlift as everyone else. Most people, I would like to think, pull all the way from the floor.
Are you talking about doing normal deads and just starting with the bar on the supports (and then walking it out and doing your set)?
Or are you talking about doing deads in a power rack (where you set the pins, put the bar on the pins, load it up, lift it, and then put it back down onto the pins)?
If you’re doing deads from the floor you’re better off starting off the floor as you may be bouncing the bar off the floor and not really getting the total benefit of the exercise (you might need to swallow you pride and decrease the weight).
If you are doing the second option (which are called “rack deads”) then those are an excellent back thickness/upper back exercise.
Yes your hamstrings and glutes do fire alot better when you have an eccentric contraction first because the prestretch makes the following concentric much much EASIER.
The tough part of a deadlift is getting the weight going from a dead stop. There is much more to say about being able to keep your hips down and squeeze the bar off the floor for the first rep than using the eccentric like a hooker. It is quite a big disparity. Doing that first rep with really good form is all about effort and discipline keeping your hips down.
[quote]markdp wrote:
Does anyone else do this?? I find that when I am pulling big weight that I use too much of my lower back if I pull from the ground.[/quote]
? You know deadlifts hit the lower back right? If you want to concentrate on hams and glutes, do some stiff-legged deadlifts.