i did deadlifts for the first time (using dumbells) and they seem to work my legs more. i was just wondering if this is a back or a leg exercise? if it is a back, what part of your back does it work??
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Thread: deadlifts for legs or back?
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01-27-2005, 07:31 AM #1
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01-27-2005, 07:32 AM #2
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01-27-2005, 07:39 AM #3
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01-27-2005, 07:54 AM #4
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01-27-2005, 08:32 AM #5
he has 11 post dont listen to him keep ur back straight or ull get hurt if it starts to bend lighten weight
the straighter your legs are the more ur hams workLast edited by akomabutisakama; 01-27-2005 at 08:35 AM.
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01-27-2005, 08:34 AM #6
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Deadlifts are a leg exercise, primarily hitting your quad. You must keep your back straight at all times. If your back rounds, you leave yourself open for serious injury.
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01-27-2005, 08:43 AM #7
deadlifting hits all the areas of the back from the traps to the lower back
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01-27-2005, 08:44 AM #8
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01-27-2005, 09:21 AM #9
While deadlifts do use the lower back, the focus of the exercise is the legs. It's right up there with squats in the top compound exercises, in my opinion (it's also really safe to max out on). The key is to have good form (as always) and a strong back. If your back is strong, then you won't be getting much work on them from deadlifts.
I always make sure that I do five sets of deadlifts with reps pyramiding downwards from 7-3, with the weight increasing with each rep. But I'm more concerned with strength than your everyday bodybuilder, so I'd imagine most people with keep the reps higher and the weight lower."... like a spring storm in an eastern wind, retiring only to return with more fury."
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01-27-2005, 09:31 AM #10
Wow. Round your back? Deadlifts are primary quad exercises? This is bad!
Ok... Deadlifts are for your posterior chain mainly. So the muscles that get worked out are: Grip, Trapesius, Lattisimus Dorsi, some scapular and sub scapular muscles, spinal erectors (lower back), Hamstrings, Glutes.
Although the quads do help extend your knees from the beginning position, the lift is mainly brought up by pushing your hips forward, a motion which helps build the glutes and hammies. The straighter your legs, that is, the close your back is to parallel with the floor, the more hamstring involvement. That's why SLDLs work so well for the hammies. I would keep DLs on your back day but spread back day far away from leg day.The Raja Of Muscledom
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01-27-2005, 09:41 AM #11
I can't believe there are people who think deadlifts are primarily for your legs...
Guys, do some research, and use proper form, remember to keep the bar close to your shins in a slow, controlled motion, you'll start seeing your spinal erectors getting huge. I promise you that deadlifts, while incorporating many different muscles, are mainly targeting the lower back. Look it up
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01-27-2005, 10:02 AM #12
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Originally Posted by Madrasi
Your lower back, traps, lats, grip and everything else that was mentioned in a previous post are used in deadlifts as well. However, the deadlift is meant to be a quad exercise with the back as a stabilizer. When you perform the movement you are extending your leg. When you squat down and then straight your legs you're working your quad. Why is this so hard to understand?Cornette said Jillian was “like that girl in high school, the head cheerleader that you just wanted to slap every time you came across her, no pun intended.” Think about that for awhile.
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01-27-2005, 10:18 AM #13
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01-27-2005, 10:48 AM #14
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01-27-2005, 11:03 AM #15
For those that said Quads, I would like to see how you do your deadlifts. I think I would find that quite humorous.
Deadlifts work your lower back mainly, if you are not feeling it there, you are doing it wrong.
Stiff Legged Deads work your hamstrings(this includes dumbbels).i have a lot of tattoos for a 21 year old
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01-27-2005, 11:50 AM #16
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01-27-2005, 11:53 AM #17
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01-27-2005, 12:00 PM #18
I deadlift with my glutes not my quads.
It targets glutes and lower back.
Deadlift has the same motion as a squat where you try not to let the knees go over the toes... The back goes down lower, and the hips and lower back get more work, the quads get less.
Straight back stiff legged deadlifts are for hams...Never visiting this forum again.
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01-27-2005, 12:17 PM #19
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01-27-2005, 12:30 PM #20
lol thanks for the replys but everyones confusing me =o dont know who to listen to o.o
from what i understand so far, they work both ur lower back and ur hamstrings. now im wondering if i should keep deadlifts on back day or leg day(3 days after my back day)
i workout mainly with dumbells/machines, so what would be the proper way to deadlift using dumbells? most people are saying that you shouldnt curve your back, does that include arching it forward?
thanks alot
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01-27-2005, 12:37 PM #21
You shouldn't curve your back. You can't deadlift properly with dumbells, they do not go heavy enough, and are harder to grip. If you are deadlifting with them, put them on a platform to get them up to a level at which you do not have to curve your back to pick them up.
Personally, I alternate every 5 day cycle.
First I will do a hip dominant leg day with deadlifts and some hypers and no squats, and do upper back only on back day.
Next I will do a quad dominant leg day, with heavy squats, and do whole back on back day and traps with shoulders.
Back and forth...Never visiting this forum again.
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01-27-2005, 12:50 PM #22
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