Random health and exercise thoughts - Page 1641

Originally Posted by mrchariybrown 

Would be a sound argument if your basis wasn't completely wrong.

A "pure" deadlift is breaking the weight off level ground (no deficit or blocks), and locking out without hitching or ramping the weight. How you perform that is up to you.

A lot of powerlifters pull with a rounded back because it increases leverage and their efficiency. And proper technique is all about leverage.

Yes, a rounded back a lot of times means your are way out of position and that you are in danger of hurting yourself, but use it correctly and someone may put themselves in a more efficient position. Basically shitty deadlift form usually comes with a rounded back but a rounded back deadlift isn't always an indication of bad form or what you call a "pure DL" lol

If you got a problem with that, you should go tell KK, Pete Rubish, Chris Hickson, and a bunch of other top level guys that they're deadlifting wrong and show them how to deadlift. Hell, you can show ME.

Originally Posted by deadly7 

I think you misunderstood when I said rounded back (probably cause I didn't specify). I mean a back that rounds as you're pulling. IE: Abs not braced and locking your starting back position in whatever state you choose.

Like in the video from a couple pages ago where, as the guy is pulling he goes from taut to rounding.

Originally Posted by fuji 

http://www.t-nation.com/store/articles/how-john-meadows-accidentally-got-into-contest-shape


lolzy article.

Originally Posted by Coldsnap 

Wore rippetoe shorts and a flannel to the gym, added 20lbs to my bent over row.

Originally Posted by joshuadowen 

The other piece of the technique argument is short-term vs. long-term. In the short term, you may be able to put up more weight with less than ideal technique. In the longer term, though, your gains will stall, and not just because of injuries. Bad technique is usually a sign of some deficiency in either mobility or strength. With bad technique, you can compensate for this weakness and sometime lift more weight, but by doing so, the weak bits stay weak. If instead you force yourself to move properly, you may be limited by some disproportionally weak bit, but that bit will get stronger, and in the long run, you'll see more progress.

Originally Posted by joshuadowen 

With bad technique, you can compensate for this weakness and sometime lift more weight, but by doing so, the weak bits stay weak.

Originally Posted by fuji 

In the long term we're all injured (teh injury market does not have blocked entry)

Originally Posted by mrchariybrown 

But they always seem to come back stronger.

Originally Posted by db_ggmm 

ok there