Comfort is relative. But once you adjust to the exertion, I think it’s important to gauge your comfort zone and push it…whether that be with rest periods, sets/reps, or weight.
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Ummmm, congratulations?
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I don’t see a need to get sarcastic.
Your first post mentioned that “comfort” was an important factor (for you) whilst performing lifts. I simply modified that statement by saying that lifters have to change their standards. Comfort of being on the couch sipping beer, comfort of doing a marathon deadlift session? Two different things.
The guy obviously doesn’t have a ton of trench experience, so I was directing my comment at him, not you.
Too many people stay in their comfort zones and limit their gains. Do you need a reasonable standard of comfort to remain safe physically? Maybe…
You address a reply to me saying basically that you have discovered the overload principle.
Well, no der. I think most people on this site have wrapped their heads around that.
My definition of comfortable is “my lower back doesn’t want to fly across the room when I pick up the bar”. Not “deadlifts are easier when I watch them on the tv”.
Don’t get too wrapped up in my exact words. Comfortable technique doesn’t mean no intensity. It means you don’t feel awkward or stretched to an extreme just doing the exercise.
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Look what do you want me to say?
You address a reply to me saying basically that you have discovered the overload principle.
Well, no der. I think most people on this site have wrapped their heads around that.
My definition of comfortable is “my lower back doesn’t want to fly across the room when I pick up the bar”. Not “deadlifts are easier when I watch them on the tv”.
Don’t get too wrapped up in my exact words. Comfortable technique doesn’t mean no intensity. It means you don’t feel awkward or stretched to an extreme just doing the exercise.
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Though I said “Sxio,” that was shorthand - I could have just as easily quoted you and addressed the other poster. I was addressing the original poster, and felt you were rude in your reply to me.
Almost any principle of lifting, no matter how complex or obscure, can pretty much be absorbed by reading the extensive article section on the site; then why do the forums exist? Are they redundant?
No. They allow interaction between people…I was simply modifying what you said to make it (I felt) clearer to the original poster.
The guy’s asking an elementary question about deadlifts, so I figure part of the answer for him is distinguishing his comfort zone from the line, so to speak, where injury/disuse begins. Your answer was perfectly valid, but extra clarification is never a bad thing.
There are some things that bear repeating. “The overload principle” does not sum up what I was saying…I was saying that with time the guy will learn to distinguish his own comfort level.
Excuse me if I offended your delicate sensibilities. “Der,” indeed.
Deadlifts are the SHIZ
lower back pain is gone, posture is much improved, legs are solid, back is solid.
Can’t believe I was too ignorant to try them before.
Sorry man, didn’t mean to upset you, I honestly didn’t know why you were telling me that you like to overload.
We’re on the same side here.
But to be honest, I was replying to the guy talking about bending elbows when lowering the deadlift. I think you’re jumping the gun a bit. But hey, you’re just being thorough right?