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Yeah, they're always suggesting you stick to total-body workouts with compound movements such as Deadlift, Benchpress, etc.flnazrael said:Men's Health seems to promote it every issue, at least during my subscription.
Wow Insidious, if your post does fire anyone up on adding deadlifts to their routine, I don't know what will!! Those were some very serious injuries to overcome, great job!insidious said:If you're serious about your training, this lift is a *must*.
There are many guys here who can explain much better, but let me tell you my take on deadlifts.
They are not "glamorous", it is not one of those media-driven crowd pleasing chick-magnet exercises. When I mention deadlifts to most people, they have NO friggin' idea what I'm talking about. You say "bench press" and everybody and their uncle knows exactly what you're rambling about.
When I started serious training about a year and half ago, I started these and frankly, they did nothing for me at the time. Reason: I was coming off major injuries (fractured neck/lacerated organs/subdural hematoma/dislocated shoulder) and my first deadlifts were a whopping 60lbs! I was not detered by my lack of startling results and I continued. I've progressed very slowly (my own choice) and right now I am deadlifting about 210 lbs for reps.
Don't judge this exercise by immediate results or "pump." It is a steady workhorse for which you will reap the rewards when you least realize it. If done correctly and with steadily increasing weight, it will assist in building your core - and by virtue of that, the rest of your skeletal strength. I credit much of my recovery from coma-vegetable to where I am today to this damn lift. :kick:
LOL whatever man, it took me about 3 more posts before I understood the OP's question. mintxx, of course you're right. My theory is, if you can't ask what you meant, you didn't mean what you asked. That's what my folks taught me. Whatever.mintxx said:NONE of you even read the OP's question.
and no, it's not acceptable (in my opinion) as a replacement for a bar. the weight has to be connected in a single mass. if you're lifting a weight that you can lift with dumbbells, you're not lifting enough to stimulate your body into growth. you're wasting energy on trying to stabilise weights, it'll be impossible to use proper form safely, and you're doing something that (mostly) does not simulate a real use for the muscles. it won't symmetrically effect your back and it could injure you BAD if you're not careful. plus, the weights move back to your sides and you end up doing squats (kind of)
you can use dumbbells for rows, but they target shoulders and upper back, a lot safer.
but i could be wrong, i haven't seen dumbbells specifically rejected as an alternative that i can think of. just reasoning based on the deadlift itself.
when you say you liked it... what does that mean? what's wrong with a bar?
Dude as long as your having fun and not getting injured anything is acceptable.bud_2005 said:I don't see any magazines promoting this but I did it and I really liked it. Is this an acceptable way to train?