'Quiet' Deadlifts - Shhhh

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I don’t think so. Some people say if you are banging the weight you are doing it wrong, but I find that if I even attempt to gently lower the weight on deadlifts I strain my back in a bad way. It feels unnatural. It isn’t like I drop the weight, I just set it down with speed. .

It is hilarious when a know-nothing PT walks up to me and tells me to not bang the weight on deadlifts because there is a daycare below. Who the hell put a daycare below a weight lifting gym? I just deadlift at night now so I don’t scare the toddlers.

for those of you looking for a decent gym thats not a shitty fitness center, maybe check out the nearest YMCA. most YMCA gyms I’ve seen are pretty ratty and have at least one ancient power rack and a nice set of olympic bars and weights. beats the hell out of going to a commercial fitness center.

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[quote]fatcat wrote:
Am i doing something wrong?

I don’t think so. Some people say if you are banging the weight you are doing it wrong, but I find that if I even attempt to gently lower the weight on deadlifts I strain my back in a bad way. It feels unnatural. It isn’t like I drop the weight, I just set it down with speed. .

It is hilarious when a know-nothing PT walks up to me and tells me to not bang the weight on deadlifts because there is a daycare below. Who the hell put a daycare below a weight lifting gym? I just deadlift at night now so I don’t scare the toddlers.

for those of you looking for a decent gym thats not a shitty fitness center, maybe check out the nearest YMCA. most YMCA gyms I’ve seen are pretty ratty and have at least one ancient power rack and a nice set of olympic bars and weights. beats the hell out of going to a commercial fitness center.[/quote]

I train at a Y. It is certainly not as goofy as a “fitness center” but it is full of old people.

It does have a squat rack and more bumperplates than I could possibly use. Bumperplates are great for deadlifting.

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What I don’t get is, why are older people such a pain in the ass.

I don’t get why young people building their bodies bothers them, I’ve noticed its always some old asshole who’s ever bothered when I’m lifting.

As if I had mental problems or something.

As for the dead lift noise, I think the guy was being unreasonable, unless you’re dropping the DL from knee level, there shouldn’t be a problem.

If you bend back as your coming down with it and clank a little bit. That is within courtesy, if you’re dropping it, you’re being a douche.

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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
fatcat wrote:
Am i doing something wrong?

I don’t think so. Some people say if you are banging the weight you are doing it wrong, but I find that if I even attempt to gently lower the weight on deadlifts I strain my back in a bad way. It feels unnatural. It isn’t like I drop the weight, I just set it down with speed. .

It is hilarious when a know-nothing PT walks up to me and tells me to not bang the weight on deadlifts because there is a daycare below. Who the hell put a daycare below a weight lifting gym? I just deadlift at night now so I don’t scare the toddlers.

for those of you looking for a decent gym thats not a shitty fitness center, maybe check out the nearest YMCA. most YMCA gyms I’ve seen are pretty ratty and have at least one ancient power rack and a nice set of olympic bars and weights. beats the hell out of going to a commercial fitness center.

I train at a Y. It is certainly not as goofy as a “fitness center” but it is full of old people.

It does have a squat rack and more bumperplates than I could possibly use. Bumperplates are great for deadlifting.[/quote]

The Ymca that let me out of my contract ~45minutes after I signed it had almost no free weight section at all. They had 12 45 lb. plates and their db’s only went up to 70 lbs.

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[quote]deadlift655 wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
fatcat wrote:
Am i doing something wrong?

I don’t think so. Some people say if you are banging the weight you are doing it wrong, but I find that if I even attempt to gently lower the weight on deadlifts I strain my back in a bad way. It feels unnatural. It isn’t like I drop the weight, I just set it down with speed. .

It is hilarious when a know-nothing PT walks up to me and tells me to not bang the weight on deadlifts because there is a daycare below. Who the hell put a daycare below a weight lifting gym? I just deadlift at night now so I don’t scare the toddlers.

for those of you looking for a decent gym thats not a shitty fitness center, maybe check out the nearest YMCA. most YMCA gyms I’ve seen are pretty ratty and have at least one ancient power rack and a nice set of olympic bars and weights. beats the hell out of going to a commercial fitness center.

I train at a Y. It is certainly not as goofy as a “fitness center” but it is full of old people.

It does have a squat rack and more bumperplates than I could possibly use. Bumperplates are great for deadlifting.

The Ymca that let me out of my contract ~45minutes after I signed it had almost no free weight section at all. They had 12 45 lb. plates and their db’s only went up to 70 lbs.[/quote]

One of the gyms I train at is a Y that has db’s up to 120 lbs, sort of. They’ve got 3 110 db’s, and one single 120 lb db.

I’m not real sure how that happened.

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I have seen pictures of bodybuilders deadlifting with folded towels on the floor.

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[quote]tGunslinger wrote:
deadlift655 wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
fatcat wrote:

One of the gyms I train at is a Y that has db’s up to 120 lbs, sort of. They’ve got 3 110 db’s, and one single 120 lb db.

I’m not real sure how that happened.
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It happened because some a-hole like the O.P banged it against the floor. :stuck_out_tongue:

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[quote]tGunslinger wrote:
<<< One of the gyms I train at is a Y that has db’s up to 120 lbs, sort of. They’ve got 3 110 db’s, and one single 120 lb db.

I’m not real sure how that happened.
[/quote]

I’ve got an odd 55 if they need it. I traded a laptop for a set of 10-70 hex in 5 pound increments except for the 55’s he couldn’t find and after I bought a pair he found one of em.

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Heh heh, this thread gave me a visual of someone deadlifting at a library.

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[quote]deadlift655 wrote:
tw0scoops2 wrote:
Ask the trainer to show you how to lift that weight without banging it, and if he can you’d be happy to oblige.

Plus when did local “fitness clubs” threaten their their customers and only source of income?

Maybe you should have a talk with the manager anyway about the trainer. Trainers are a dime a dozen(the amatuer trainers that is) :stuck_out_tongue:

That probably wont do any good. I had a blimp looking personal trainer tell me that I was making too much noise while doing deadlifts as well. They recommended I “use less weight’” and that I’d get the same result " from lighter weight." The only other people who lifted heavy vacated the premises and canceled their membership some time before I did. That club is now a family fitness center.
All you have to do is talk to the person selling you the membership and ask if you can do deadlifts when you join. I did that at Gold’s and never had a problem.
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Yah, i often find the personnel trainers the worst ones to ask and have already been told by a personnel trainer that i need to lesson my wieght on dead; and they also complain to me when i go to deep in my squat (past paraell) as they say i am going to blow out my knee. They have yet to say that my form is wrong with my dead (and i disagree with them on my squat going past
paralell).

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[quote]ds77 wrote:
deadlift655 wrote:
tw0scoops2 wrote:
Ask the trainer to show you how to lift that weight without banging it, and if he can you’d be happy to oblige.

Plus when did local “fitness clubs” threaten their their customers and only source of income?

Maybe you should have a talk with the manager anyway about the trainer. Trainers are a dime a dozen(the amatuer trainers that is) :stuck_out_tongue:

That probably wont do any good. I had a blimp looking personal trainer tell me that I was making too much noise while doing deadlifts as well. They recommended I “use less weight’” and that I’d get the same result " from lighter weight." The only other people who lifted heavy vacated the premises and canceled their membership some time before I did. That club is now a family fitness center.
All you have to do is talk to the person selling you the membership and ask if you can do deadlifts when you join. I did that at Gold’s and never had a problem.

Yah, i often find the personnel trainers the worst ones to ask and have already been told by a personnel trainer that i need to lesson my wieght on dead; and they also complain to me when i go to deep in my squat (past paraell) as they say i am going to blow out my knee. They have yet to say that my form is wrong with my dead (and i disagree with them on my squat going past
paralell).

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I’m a personal trainer (personnel trainers would be a different thing, lol) and I advocate going heavy on deads, atg on squats, am not against making noise while working out, etc… So, not all of us are bumbling idiots like the people mentioned in this thread. :slight_smile:

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[quote]Sentoguy wrote:
<<< I’m a personal trainer (personnel trainers would be a different thing, lol) and I advocate going heavy on deads, atg on squats, am not against making noise while working out, etc… So, not all of us are bumbling idiots like the people mentioned in this thread. :)[/quote]

It’s guys like you that ruin perfectly good stereotypes.

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If your “fitness club” has rubber mats, use them. If not, try stretching mats. My gym doesn’t prohibit loud deadlifts, but I feel like the noise from my loud deadlifting ruin my focus so I like it to be quieter. Of course that is if I’m not pulling singles. Talk to management for ideas/compromise. If that doesn’t work out, tell him/her you’ll take your business to another gym.

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[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Sentoguy wrote:
<<< I’m a personal trainer (personnel trainers would be a different thing, lol) and I advocate going heavy on deads, atg on squats, am not against making noise while working out, etc… So, not all of us are bumbling idiots like the people mentioned in this thread. :slight_smile:

It’s guys like you that ruin perfectly good stereotypes.[/quote]

LOL. glad I could be of some assistance. :stuck_out_tongue:

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[quote]Sentoguy wrote:

I’m a personal trainer (personnel trainers would be a different thing, lol) and I advocate going heavy on deads, atg on squats, am not against making noise while working out, etc… So, not all of us are bumbling idiots like the people mentioned in this thread. :)[/quote]

Sentoguy, i probably should of said there are good personnel trainers out there such as yourself that give good advice.

I think part of the problem in my case is my gym tends to be more health and lose weight rather than a real lifting gym; and this tends to bring in personnel trainers who are not that experienced in heavy lifting routines and who place more of an emphasis on cardio and lifting in the high rep range.

At any rate, I dont think all personnel trainers give bad advice; but will say that personnel trainers who have never trained heavy and that tend to emphasize high rep/endurance/cardio routines do not usually give correct advice with regard to heavy lifting routines.

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[quote]Sentoguy wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
Sentoguy wrote:
<<< I’m a personal trainer (personnel trainers would be a different thing, lol) and I advocate going heavy on deads, atg on squats, am not against making noise while working out, etc… So, not all of us are bumbling idiots like the people mentioned in this thread. :slight_smile:

It’s guys like you that ruin perfectly good stereotypes.

LOL. glad I could be of some assistance. :P[/quote]

The stereotype has merit, but then here comes the odd guy that gets it and we have to be careful about labels again. Damn, why does life have to be so complicated?

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[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
tGunslinger wrote:
<<< One of the gyms I train at is a Y that has db’s up to 120 lbs, sort of. They’ve got 3 110 db’s, and one single 120 lb db.

I’m not real sure how that happened.

I’ve got an odd 55 if they need it. I traded a laptop for a set of 10-70 hex in 5 pound increments except for the 55’s he couldn’t find and after I bought a pair he found one of em.[/quote]

I’ll take it.

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i used to go to a gay gym like the ones mentioned here. there was this dude that looked like a small tree branch that came all the time and told me that i would destroy myself by doing overhead squats, deadlifts, etc as if i was playing with grenades or something. then he showed me the “right” way to do squats by putting legs straight, toes pointing forwards and making quarter squat shit or something and told me to use that gay machine i dont remember its name now. eventually i got tired of his face and left the gym hahaha. oh btw they only had 4 20kgs and 4 15kgs plates. at least they had one squat rack and 2 benches. phew

now i go to a good one. the one who owns it has the right attitude. he doesnt want the weights to bang, only cause the renters above whine about it. understandable…

anyway so today this dude whose workout seemed as hard as a typical elliptical machine girl’s workout, with the only exception of some leg press/squat machine weird thing (which then i tried just for the heck of it and was pretty easy) which actually made his breathing a bit loud, started talking shit about how the owner and me do stuff that doesnt have results but his lame program has results… about “looking good naked at the beach”, and he didnt care for strength. the only thing he really achieved with his program was just burning a few calories and he thinks he knows shit. next time ill ask him how long hes been going to the gym, how much he weighted when he started and how much now. i bet ill look and achieve 5 times better/more stuff than him in the same time and the last thing i care about my workout is getting to look good.

i really loved this btw

the next time some old fart or some 10 inch chicken legs dude comes to tell me to be quiet ill be sure to apologize for not realizing its a library

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i don’t know where you guys are from, but have you ever just tried being as rude/mean as possible… they can’t kick you out for being an asshole can they? Next time just look him in the eyes and tell him i got an idea stfu…

it has worked for me before

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[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Sentoguy wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
Sentoguy wrote:
<<< I’m a personal trainer (personnel trainers would be a different thing, lol) and I advocate going heavy on deads, atg on squats, am not against making noise while working out, etc… So, not all of us are bumbling idiots like the people mentioned in this thread. :slight_smile:

It’s guys like you that ruin perfectly good stereotypes.

LOL. glad I could be of some assistance. :stuck_out_tongue:

The stereotype has merit, but then here comes the odd guy that gets it and we have to be careful about labels again. Damn, why does life have to be so complicated?[/quote]

Haha, sad but true Tirib.

And just so you guys don’t think I’m defending all trainers, I do know what you all are talking about.

We had one guy who trained at the gym for a little while who was one of those “functional strength” bozos. I used to see him training the same people (one older gentleman in particular) with the same overcomplicated, crap for results type exercises. All the while trying to convince them that it was strengthening their “core” and that this would allow them better carryover to everyday activities.

Heck, I once overheard him talking to a client and basically say “all those guys out there (on the weight floor) lifting all those heavy weights really aren’t very strong because they don’t know how to work their core.” It was all I could do not to break out into laughter, then walk over and punch him in the face for his stupidity. LOL.

I always get a kick out of remarks like that. And if you call people on it, they say well then try this (some obscure exercise that took them literally months to be able to even perform) and if someone can’t do it as well as them, they chalk it up to the other person not being as “functional”. That’s like saying that Michael Jordan isn’t a good athlete because he didn’t make it in Major League baseball.

The fact that some trainer actually told Deadlift655 to “use less weight” and that it would give him the same results is just pitiful. Where the hell do these clowns get certified from? When I was getting my degree/certification they at least taught us about the need for progressive overload.