I do triceps kickbacks. And with God as my witness, I swear I was eating a rice cake as I read that.
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I used to love those when I was a kid. I’d put strawberry jelly on them. The rice cakes, not the kickbacks.
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In all seriousness though, will you increase hamstring work? Or do RDLs or stiff legs with the hex?
We will see how long this lasts🙄
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Believe it or not… I actually notice Hamstring activation on the Trap Bar plus im doing some secondary stuff on my squat day like seated band hamstring curls.
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To be honest… I have never been the torch bearer for the movement for myself. Probably because my leverages have always sucked on them. Besides for myself at any rate I notice direct transfer from my Trap bar to my conventional… in the past I have noticed that the difference weight wise I can use between them isn’t extreme unlike others.
So lucky. 
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Until last year I never did conventional deadlifts. I started adding them in 2014 and then hurt myself during a rushed warm-up.
I’m smaller than I’d like to be but bigger than most people who lead similar lives (wife, kids, job). I can’t say that they’re the key to growth. There’s nothing bad about the lift but it’s not the only way.
With that being said I thoroughly enjoy conventional deads but maybe it’s because my long limbs actually help me for a change.
I’ve made the comment so many times in this thread already, but they’re just such a ridiculous exercise. The sheer odds that the plates are the exact right diameter for your body is just inane. 99% of the population is going to need to modify the deadlift in some way to make it effective.
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Hey, that’s what CT preaches!
The plate size is just so we don’t crush our skulls after a failed clean or jerk (as you know); however, I think everyone can agree that you’d get crucified on this site if you bragged about your 600 lb Deadlift PR and then everyone saw that it was from the rack.
One time, one of my blogposts got leaked over on Rippetoe’s forum where I advocated exactly that, and it was amazing how many people were adamant that the deadlift from the floor was the most ideal means of building strength, and ANY modification whatsoever (to include deficit or partial pulls) was inherently inferior and only best utilized as supplemental work.
It’s just the most nonsensical thought process.
It’s why I dig strongman; where everything is a deadlift.
Even this
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- I have had great results in the past when very poor by using a protein mix (whey, casein, hydolized something or other, goats milk, egg albumin, and a few others) for the protein base in all 7 of my meals. I know it’s not ideal but when it’s a mix like that, it does work I did make good progress, although it may not contain ideal nutrients.
2.I believe there is definite benefit to working the same muscle very hard in the morning, and for a light pump or feeder workout that night.
3.I do NOT believe that building a strength base is necessary for a bodybuilder. I am a walking example of this.
4.Last bulk I trained deadlifts every other day, shoulders, traps, forearms, and calves every other day also!
I used to do weight vest swims for conditioning, often with 45lbs.
Yup, I’ve been that dumb. It’s amazing though how much you actually have left in the work capacity tank when you’re spitting water trying not to die in the deep end of the pool. I think the lifeguards didn’t much care for me.
That semester was easily the most shredded I’ve ever been in my life though.
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Lmao, great idea, will definitely buy a weighted vest for next summer conditioning
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I found a way to simulate this by just weighing a lot and sinking in the pool.
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Haha. For this specific usage, I cannot recommend one with a velcro/quick detachment method enough.
Hey, I’m working on it.
deadlifts were invented so skinny kids with good leverages could feel strong
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Thems fightin words
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Every morning i get to work, turn my computer on, pull up my work email and go to this forum thread to read all the confessions from the afternoon before.
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