lol you sound very ignorant here. Trap bar dl’s for athletes are often the better option compared to straight bar.
I agree. Trap bar is a great tool for any lifter.
35 years of training experience including competition and training others speaks for me
Nice try
So im interested, why do you think the trap bar can’t be used?
i also suggest you read some of Eric Cressey’s stuff and explain to me why he programs the trap bar DL into many professional athletes program?
I can think of some negatives - They are dangerous you can trip on one. I bruised my hand badly by doing so. They don’t train the lower back as hard which is both a positive and negative. So you have to add lower back training. Granted you could that when using CV deadlift infrequently. The range of motion is not always great as they are not standardised. I had a custom made one with thick handles , which was great but I sold it when I gave up weightlifting for a while infustration at some nagging injuries. I feel they hit the quads better than CV deadlifts. But you can also do CV clean deadlifts for that. One thing which a high negative they allow quite bad form to be used which can be equally as dangerous as CV deads . You know all about when your deadlift form is extremely bad normally. Also people misuse by piling loads of weight on them. It’s take forever to load the plates.
I like the TB DL, for a couple of reasons. One, I think it’s easier to do heavy for reps than a traditional DL, which I feel like I need to reset each time. Next, I feel like it’s easier on my than heavy DL’s, which beat me up if a I do too often.
For me, though, the amount I can lift on the two is pretty even (max ~385 on both at 170 lbs BW). I don’t use straps or anything, so maybe that is why? I don’t know. When I hear people say that can lift 100 lbs more on the TB version, it seems unbelievable and would imply their form on a traditional DL might not be that good if they have the strength to lift that much more off the floor.
Trap bar deadlifts were my first love in the gym. Bought my own bar because the one at school couldn’t hold enough plates. Used some horrible rounded back form on the high handles. Took a good 3-5 seconds to break off the floor, knees locked, then this lovely hitching back raise. Good times.
I love it now as well. Much more upright torso, heeled shoe. Its a great balance between training the upper back, lower back, hamstrings, glutes, and quads. Also I recover so quickly from it compared to low bar squatting or conventional deadlifting. Might be using it much more frequently in the near future.
Antiquity-No they can lift 100lb more for real. The centre of gravity is closer to the middle line of the body. At one point I could also lift the same . Not sure why. I can do much more on a trap now. I may try too as I want to do a lot more squatting.
@antiquity the weight for a trap bar deadlift is closer to your midline. It seems a lot easier to wedge myself under the weight. Now my form is no where near perfect, but it’s pretty solid. But I can pull at least a good 100 lbs more on a trap bar. Especially if comparing a high handled trap bar deadlift to a block pull at the same height.
Decimation & Brady, If you can do 100 pounds more with a trap bar, there is something very wrong with what you are doing.