[quote]josh86 wrote:
Do you listen to an ipod when you lift? That’s what I do, and its always full-blast. That way I can’t hear what anyone says anyway. Helps me to tune everything out and focus on myself and the iron.
Most people just hate deadlifts bc they are hard work and everyone hates hard work, that’s the real reason behind it. Keep at it man, keep eating and lifting heavy - its worth it. When I started deadlifting I could only do 135, I can do 405 now and can’t wait for the day I can do 700+. What will they be saying when you are ripping that kind of weight from the floor and they know they couldn’t even budge it half an inch?[/quote]
Deadlifts are one of the few exercises that when done hard can get me seriously dizzy and off-balanced after a hard work set.
[quote]pachell wrote:
Deads are my favorite lift too, can’t get enough of 'em. Fuck everyone else in the gym, let them stay weak.
I’m completely in the zone while training: Pantera/Down turned all the way up, scowl on my face, body language like I’m about to snap and go postal, etc. Everyone is virtually invisible.
It scares the shit out of the wannabes and women, NOBODY says a damn thing, EVER. Occasionally someone will muster up the courage to ask for a spot, but that’s about it.
Keep it up man, just ignore those bastards.[/quote]
[quote]zooropa1150 wrote:
Something about these deadlifting threads always bothers me. I’ve deadlifted , cleaned , squatted regularly without anybody bothering me. Sometimes , reading these forum posts makes it sounds like deadlifting is some weird taboo art form.
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it seems that in modern society any worthwhile physical exertion is something rare and exotic
ok…why would someone do deads with a belt? I’m not trying to bash anyone here but that makes life a shit load more than you normally would without one.
[quote]Damner wrote:
ok…why would someone do deads with a belt? I’m not trying to bash anyone here but that makes life a shit load more than you normally would without one.[/quote]
because a few weeks ago i asked a nurse(family friend) what this was on my stomach she felt and said she thought it might be a hernia,
we were moving machines at my job and oops,
so for a couple of weeks now i have been using the belt on very heavy sets( the later part of my workout) and as for being able to do more weight i am a beginner and if towards the end of my sets i feel like i can get more out of the workout by using the belt i will.
I just didnt want to worsen the situation. i have done sets of 3 with 405 without a belt so…i think i can do 455 without it.
what sort of injuries do these people think you are going to accomplish anyway? a herniated disk? throwing out your back? you’re more likely to do both on the football field than lifting, i’d say.
if you want to really fuck with them, say:
“I’m sorry, I need to see more data corroborating a statistical correlation between deadlifts and injury to entertain this line of discussion. Lacking said concrete information, I can only politely ask you to refrain from additional questions on the subject. Thank you and good day.”
Start doing power cleans or snatches too…that’ll make them call the cops, I’m sure.
I had just posted my most recent experience like this:
So, I go in and wasn’t sure if I was going to start the week doing my legs or not (knees have been bugging me) but the choice was made for me: both squat racks had yahoos doing curls in 'em. One of them was actually a TRAINER with his client using ORANGE coated dumbbells doing some sort of chicken dance thing with them.
Anyways, I said "well, I guess it’s deadlifts today. I grabbed a bar off of one of the benches and put in a ‘clearing’, since this gym doesn’t have anyplace to do that kinda stuff, and I start working. After my warmup set, I go heavier and notice that I’ve reopened the scab on my shin from the knurl on the bar.
So, here I am, stranger in a strange land, doing an exercise that I have seen NO ONE else do at this craphole, and I’m bleeding to boot.
Made me proud to be a freak.
Embrace it, 'cuz like so many have said in this thread - if it’s not telling you that your exercises are wrong, it’ll be diet, or lifestyle, or goals.
[quote]haggle wrote:
I began lifting about 4 months ago, since day one people told me that deadlifting is bad for me, but all its done is get me a hell of a lot stronger.
Just the other day i was deadlifting and the owner of the gym said that he was proud that i was doing that much weight but i needed to stop cause i was going to hurt myself. I ignored his comment and went as heavy and hard as i could that day.
In the course of a few months i have heard several little comments but ignored them. But this fucking got to me. My favorite fucking thing to do in the gym is dead lift and he is sitting there saying i should not do it.FUCK THAT!!!
And its not like he was critiquing my form( which if you ask me is not bad because i practiced and read and read and then got people to tell me what i was doing wrong before i started going heavy).
Anyways this is coming from a guy that is squatting 225 with a belt and barely going parallel. I never brag but i do more weight than that after deadlifting.
I have only ran into 3 people in that gym that say deadlifting is good for you and about 20 somethin hate it. Or give me a stupid ass glare when i am busting my ass off during the lift.
Actually i get a lot of glares on my exercises( farmer walks, ass to grass squatts, front squats, rack pulls, etc.)
Anyways i just want a way of shutting them up. I thought about lifting as much weight as i could and throwing it on top of them next time they speak but i dont have another gym to go to if i do that.
Any suggestions on how to shut them up? [/quote]
You gotta find a better gym. I recently moved but I don’t get shit from anyone at my new gym. I don’t think they let you into my old gym if you didnt deadlift at least once a week. If you can’t get a new gym then I would just start throwing plates at people that try to tell you its “bad”
[quote]Damner wrote:
ok…why would someone do deads with a belt? I’m not trying to bash anyone here but that makes you lift a shit load more than you normally would without one.[/quote]