[quote]Yetta wrote:
[quote]Did you even read the article you just posted? Here’s an extract for you:
“I perform the straight leg deadlifts working up to 495 lbs with complete spinal flexion with the bar touching the top of my feet. I can personally assure you I have little instability in the lumbar region after years and years of regularly performing this exercise.”
Some parts of the article are advocating using a rounded back![/quote]
Oi, Notice that the link was DANGEROUS Exercise ESSAY as in THIS IS NOT what you do. In other words DO NOT ROUND YOUR BACK.
Go have yourself a good fVck to reduce your test levels.
If you want, I’ll meet you in the ring and deck you in round one.
In the video the back is NOT Rounded.[/quote]
You’ll meet me in the ring and you’ll deck me in round one? That has plenty to do with deadlifting, you idiot.
Once again, did you read the article? Just because it is titled “Dangerous Exercises” you jump to the assumption that the stiff-legged dead is being discouraged by the article?
If you actually read the article, it continually states that a “full range of motion” keeping the barbell “close to the body” are ways to prevent damage to the lower back. In fact, here are a list of quotes from that article that support the notion that stiff-legged deads aren’t necessarily bad for your back:
[i]“Fleck and Falkel (1986) site a study that demonstrates compression forces are not excessive when the lumbar spine is flexed and the weight is held close to the body”
“I personally have not seen a higher incidence of injury to my clients on the straight leg deadlift as compared to other exercises.”
“Although many individuals from industrialized countries suffer from lower back pain, if I were to remove the straight leg deadlift and other exercises based upon certain people’s idiosyncrasies, there would be few exercise to left to demonstrate.”
“The avoidance of full range of motion promotes deconditioning and consequently deterioration of the joint structures”
“I perform the straight leg deadlifts working up to 495 lbs with complete spinal flexion with the bar touching the top of my feet. I can personally assure you I have little instability in the lumbar region after years and years of regularly performing this exercise.”
" In first edition of “Strength Training for Young Athletes” by Kraemer and Fleck, the cover states "Includes over 100 safe exercises for 18 muscle groups and 16 sports. They include two exercise similar to the straight leg deadlift:
o Page 96: Rounded-back Good Morning Exercise
o Page 97: Rounded-back Stiff-Legged Deadlift
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In fact it seems like the very argument behind the article is that the position of the weight in relation to the body is the most important factor, and NOT whether the lower back is rounded - even the bloody picture is of someone with a ROUNDED BACK.
But to keep things nice and simple with you keyboard warriors, let’s see how much actual experience you have. How much can you deadlift, Yetta?
If the answer isn’t even 5 plates, then shut the fuck up and stop giving out advice.