Traditional Deadlifts should make your "shins bleed"

[Danzig747]

I just got back from the gym. I am pretty much a beginner and I was doing dead lifts when I guy comes over and tells me I am doing it wrong. I am pretty much grateful whenever someone is willing to give me advice so I am kinda glad he seen the problem. Anyways he was saying when you do traditional dead you basically want to make your shins bleed. You want to move the bar up and down as close to your body as you can. He also said to let my arms down all the way the whole time. I was just wondering if his advice was good or not, I thought it was because the exercise seemed a lot easier to do.

[ElectroMonkey]

Yeah his advice sounds about right, http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...BDeadlift.html check the link.

[chazzy1864]

Yes, arms are merely holding the bar, nothing else. Straight down.

You do not need to filet your shins, however the bar is to remain in contact with your leg throughout the lift.

Many people do scrape their shins, and bleed. I tend to wear long socks and pants when I do deadlifts.

The sticky at the top of the section would have answered all of your questions:
Deadlifting 101

[Turco]

Your shins should be bleeding as much your nipples bleed when doing upright rows or drag curls...

[gixxer0.6g]

[STRENGTH COACH]

my chins both get a small battle scar after i deadlift, in fact i deadlifted yesterday and blead a bit...be sure to clean off the bar when your done, kinda gross leaving blood on the bar for the next person!

[DJAuto]

I wear sweats to prevent this. Better to rip sweat pants over time than your leg every time.

[niCe99]

I wear sweats to prevent this. Better to rip sweat pants over time than your leg every time.

that reminds me i gotta buy new sweat pants

[Danzig747]

and where to hold your arms....I was holding them about a foot past each leg. The guy told me to grip the bar where both my feet are....sound good?

[ironwill2008]

and where to hold your arms....I was holding them about a foot past each leg. The guy told me to grip the bar where both my feet are....sound good?

Arms should be straight down, so the pull will be straight up.

[Diablomeister]

op you use to be 423??? good job on cutting all that fat!

anyway, watch that sticky on the forums, thats the best advice your gonna get man, gl.

[Ironlife]

Well you dont have to make your shins bleed but the part about keeping the bar as close to your body as possible is definately true.
If you wear trackpants when deadlifting and your still finding that your cutting your knees well then if that means keeping the bar close to your body to prevent back injuries and risk getting a few cuts then so be it.

[fmrmarineinbiz]

Bar should be as close to your legs as possible (real men do barbell hacksquats), but wear some long socks or track pants. There's enough damn diseases floating around, shouldn't have to worry over if some douch-bag bled on the bar before I used it.

[Danzig747]

op you use to be 423??? good job on cutting all that fat!

anyway, watch that sticky on the forums, thats the best advice your gonna get man, gl.

thanks man

Some day I am hoping and wishing to look like a lot of you guys on here....lots of inspiring people!

[Ironlife]

thanks man

Some day I am hoping and wishing to look like a lot of you guys on here....lots of inspiring people!

I just noticed that, congratulations man,.

[SouthernLord]

I wear my knee sleeves pulled down over my shins.

Has anyone here used an Okie DL bar? I doubt it... but they have the sickest knurling of any bar I've used. My shins used to bleed so bad my training partners would make me pack the bloody holes with chalk lol. Not the smartest or most hygienic thing to do, but it kept me from bleeding on the bar.

[jpladers40]

my chins both get a small battle scar after i deadlift, in fact i deadlifted yesterday and blead a bit...be sure to clean off the bar when your done, kinda gross leaving blood on the bar for the next person!

Exact same for me. I usually get a little scrape, but i dont serade them with the bar.

[mybody001]

yes, the bar should be "guided" in it's travel up the shins, not as a cheese grader. ask yourself, "would i use this bloody bar from the last guy doing dl, knowing i might split my shins open therefore, allowing whatever blood that remained from the last person dig into my open flesh allowing for unwarrented and unsanitary blood transfusion and any virulent or bacterial agents to enter my circulation via my shin meats?"

ask yourself that.

[-Ironside-]

my chins both get a small battle scar after i deadlift, in fact i deadlifted yesterday and blead a bit...be sure to clean off the bar when your done, kinda gross leaving blood on the bar for the next person!

Might want to work on those extra chins

[Ka0s]

he is probably right but this thread is useless w/out vids