the area just below the traps on my back are sore. yesterday was the first time i've done deadlifts.
my lower back isn't too sore (though i didn't use too much weight -- didn't wanna risk injury. wanted to ensure good form)
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10-23-2008, 04:06 PM #1
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10-23-2008, 04:13 PM #2
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10-23-2008, 04:15 PM #3
Your upper back should not be sore since deadlifts do not work the upper back. You were probably using improper form.
For proper preparation and execution of the deadlift, look here: http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...BDeadlift.html
Edit: This applies only for me. I never feel deadlifts in my upper back except traps.Last edited by Majestyc; 10-23-2008 at 08:14 PM.
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10-23-2008, 04:16 PM #4
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10-23-2008, 05:36 PM #7
Dead lifts most certainly work your upper back, in my experience though I haven't been sore anywhere in my upper back other than my traps(or trap area). If your sore around your scapula I would think you may have rounded your back.
Since it was your first time doing deads I would think your just working muscles you haven't before. Practice proper form with lighter weight and keep your shoulders back and back arched through the entire movement."When you give up liberty for security you lose both."
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10-23-2008, 07:18 PM #8
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10-23-2008, 09:34 PM #15
Peoples understanding of back is hilarious. Its pretty much "lats/lowerback/traps" and traps are just the two things sticking out beside your neck.
Its much more complicated. Kiknscreem can go into much better detail since thats his thing so I will leave it to him, if anyones wondering.It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most responsive to change.
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10-23-2008, 10:07 PM #16
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10-23-2008, 10:25 PM #18
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10-24-2008, 02:37 AM #19
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In the concentric phase the traps and rhomboids are retracting the scapula and therefore are going to be effected in the movement of the deadlift, but no where near to the same extent as the spinal erector muscles and the quadradus lumborum muscles.
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10-24-2008, 05:04 AM #20
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10-24-2008, 03:29 PM #24
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10-24-2008, 03:31 PM #25
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10-24-2008, 03:35 PM #26
I would say that 'lats/lowerback/traps' covers most of the back though, and if you do exercises that work these three parts hard, the other bits will be worked hard to, thus full development. But most people don't even care about their lower back, mid and lower traps, rhomboids and teres major/minor. It's just the top bits of the traps on the neck and the lats they care about.
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10-24-2008, 03:59 PM #27
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