[quote]conorh wrote:
RickJames wrote:
There is nothing polite about deadlifts.
Agreed. I feel the ideal place to deadlift is on a pile of beautiful naked women, wearing a loin cloth, bare feet and consuming some sort of animal, the more viscious the better. Perhaps a shark stuffed with a wolverine.
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LOL! Just deadlift. Put it on the floor. Then pick it up. Add weight. Repeat.
[quote]cap’nsalty wrote:
Man, the fact that so many people know about using 5lb plates to load the deadlift makes me seem like an idiot. The first time someone showed me that, it seemed like a revelation.[/quote]
Don’t feel bad. Someone showed it to me years ago. It wasn’t an instictive thing. If no one was around to show you, you wouldn’t know.
[quote]cap’nsalty wrote:
Man, the fact that so many people know about using 5lb plates to load the deadlift makes me seem like an idiot. The first time someone showed me that, it seemed like a revelation.[/quote]
What exactly are you talking about here?
[quote]Miserere wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:
Agreed. The power rack at my gym may as well have my name on it because I bench, squat, dead, shrug, and row in it. What is really funny is that when I come into the gym, the people that know me clear their stuff away from the rack and let me have it. I never have to wait for it, nor is anyone bitter that I do the bulk of my training in it.
This beautiful story brought tears to my eyes, BigRagoo.
If I ever have children, I will tell it to them at bedtime.[/quote]
Well, I’m glad it moved you. I guess it’s just the southern hospitality down here. We just get along in the fact that we know we are there to better ourselves and know each others goals differ to an extent.
[quote]DieselWeasel wrote:
I always do deadlifts on the floor unless I’m training my lockout. In that case, I do rack pulls from the knees or ~2" below the knees in the squat rack.[/quote]
Always consult DW first on all things technique.
[quote]Mastermind wrote:
DieselWeasel wrote:
I always do deadlifts on the floor unless I’m training my lockout. In that case, I do rack pulls from the knees or ~2" below the knees in the squat rack.
Always consult DW first on all things technique.[/quote]
Mwah-ha-ha. Well played.
Just to clarify as it isn’t quite clear when searching the archives… does NYRM mean New Year’s Resolution Maker or New Year’s Resolution MoFos?
I have found that one effective technique for teaching others to stay away from you when DLing is to DL right next to a pile of gym accessories(medicine balls, wobble boards, etc). Wait for a scrawny NYRMoFo to try to reach between your barbell and the rack of krap before you start your warm-ups. I promise you’ll the NYRMoFo will krap in his/her panties when you bring up the barbell b/c they think they might be crushed under herculean iron even if you’re only lifting 225#.
The best place to do deads is on the olympic lift platform. Iron and Steel 45 plates are usually an inch smaller in diameter than rubber bumper plates so you can put on a blue or red plate on each side then continue to add any size plate while the barbell is on the floor. Same goes for bent over rows.
I got a quick question about deadlifts and the type of bar to use. My gym has the actual deadlift bars. The hexagon bars where you stand in the middle and lift. What is the difference between these bars and a normal barbell?
I like to scream ‘IT PUTS THE LOTION ON IT’S SKIN !’ right before I am gonna do my max pull. Where do I do it ? Right in from of the skinny little twerps who wander over from the machine section. FEEL MY FURY AND TASTE THE POWER OF THE DEADLIFT. LIGHT WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIGHT RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWRRRRRGHHHHHHH !
Guys, everyone knows when you lift your supposed to scream out UNCONVINTIONAL!!!
danger-kelly, I assumed NYRM stood for New Year’s Resolution Mob. But the other interpretations work just as well.
bananaphone, not all gyms have olympic lift platforms, multicolored plates or rubber bumpers. But if yours does, then you’re got a point.
[quote]golferguy12 wrote:
I got a quick question about deadlifts and the type of bar to use. My gym has the actual deadlift bars. The hexagon bars where you stand in the middle and lift. What is the difference between these bars and a normal barbell?
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What you’re referring to is a trap bar, which was invented (and patented) by Al Gerard for doing deadlifts and shrugs. For deadlifts, it offers several advantages, including a neutral grip and not bruising your shins against the bar.
My gym has one, crammed into a corner between the dumbell racks. None of the staff knew what it was; I guess it was purchased by someone who no longer works there. I had to poke around online to figure out what it was. The few people besides myself who use it, use it for shrugs. I’ve never seen anyone else deadlift with it.
Which means that most people are missing out on the single best exercise and the single most effective piece of equipment in the entire gym, in my humble opinion.
For a video clip of a trap bar deadlift, click here: http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/TBDeadlift.html
No barbell jack? Or you could load the bar on the lowest setting on rack and put it on floor with the help of friend/nearby person.
For those who don’t know what a BB jack is, it’s a lever to raise the bar in the air to put plates onto it.
http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=PD&cid=298&pid=197
[quote]jwillow wrote:
golferguy12 wrote:
I got a quick question about deadlifts and the type of bar to use. My gym has the actual deadlift bars. The hexagon bars where you stand in the middle and lift. What is the difference between these bars and a normal barbell?
What you’re referring to is a trap bar, which was invented (and patented) by Al Gerard for doing deadlifts and shrugs. For deadlifts, it offers several advantages, including a neutral grip and not bruising your shins against the bar.
My gym has one, crammed into a corner between the dumbell racks. None of the staff knew what it was; I guess it was purchased by someone who no longer works there. I had to poke around online to figure out what it was. The few people besides myself who use it, use it for shrugs. I’ve never seen anyone else deadlift with it.
Which means that most people are missing out on the single best exercise and the single most effective piece of equipment in the entire gym, in my humble opinion.
For a video clip of a trap bar deadlift, click here: http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/TBDeadlift.html[/quote]
Thanks for answering my question, but is there a difference between the trap bar and a barbell? It seems like a barbell would work your back better because the weight is in front of you and you have to pull it more back as well as up. I am not sure its just what I think.
[quote]JimmyOZ wrote:
BrwnbellyYankee wrote:
my gym has a “powerlifting room” so i lift in there. but as far as loading the bar, i do it on the ground with a 2.5lb plate shoved under one of the 45’s to raise it off the floor.
you my friend are a thinker :D…do you have a brochure or pamphlet i can subscribe to?[/quote]
Close but I think it was “Your ideas are intriguing to me and I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter.”
Simpons
[quote]golferguy12 wrote:
Thanks for answering my question, but is there a difference between the trap bar and a barbell? It seems like a barbell would work your back better because the weight is in front of you and you have to pull it more back as well as up. I am not sure its just what I think.[/quote]
Rather than try to answer that myself: here’s a good article on the advantages of the trap bar for deadlifts, written by Stuart McRobert (Brawn, Hardgainer magazine).
Power rack ok to do dead’s
squat rack ok to do dead’s
power rack not ok to do curls
squat rack not ok to do curls
[quote]Scott aka Rice wrote:
No barbell jack? Or you could load the bar on the lowest setting on rack and put it on floor with the help of friend/nearby person.
For those who don’t know what a BB jack is, it’s a lever to raise the bar in the air to put plates onto it.
http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=PD&cid=298&pid=197[/quote]
It’s not that hard to slide plates on when the bar its on the floor.
It’s way easier than picking the bar up and down.