deadlift, bruises on above knee cap

[viper711]

is this normal if you keeping your form tight and really dragging the bar up your legs? I have bruises above both knee caps, and scrapes up both shins. Is my form not as good as I think/see if this is happening?

also, my squat is alot more than I can deadlift
285x5 squat

235x5 deadlift

any ideas?

[Bmburton34]

is this normal if you keeping your form tight and really dragging the bar up your legs? I have bruises above both knee caps, and scrapes up both shins. Is my form not as good as I think/see if this is happening?

also, my squat is alot more than I can deadlift
285x5 squat

235x5 deadlift

any ideas?

were sweat pants when deadin..

[viper711]

lol. this is all with wearing sweat pants. im hardcore

[coloradokevin]

Seems normal to me. Of all the people I know who do deadlifts (a very dwindling few it seems), most have dealt with the issue of leaving skin behind on the bar. It just seems to happen. You get used to it too, I suppose.

Your dead vs squat weight may mean that you haven't been deadlifting much, IMO. With a 285 squat, I'd expect that your deads will move up quickly from your current weight with a little emphasis on the exercise.

[IamKazam]

If it bothers you to much you could get knee wraps or something similar.

[viper711]

yea the scraping part i know. means good form i guess. what about the bruises?

and yea I just got back into deads about 2 weeks ago, and it was my first time on a BB. At my home gym i use the shrug/trap bar which I can do a hell of alot more than 235 on. I think im weaker in my back, because I can get the bar up off the floor fine, lockout is tougher for me

edit - doesn't bother, jsut wanted to see if this was a sign of bad form or something.. lol dieselweasel for example, i bet he gets bruises from all that hitching

[DJAuto]

Above the knee caps is not normal.

You're having trouble clearing the knees. Many professionals suggest not bending the lower back until the bar clears the knees.

[monatu]

Yeh i have them.

I smashed my knees while lowering the bar one day. Just concentrate on the negative part of the movement, make sure you clear the knees.

[thrower85]

when i was powerlifting we used to put baby powder on the legs so it just went over.

[rgranger]

and yea I just got back into deads about 2 weeks ago...

I think that's just it. I had the same problem when I started, but the more experince I had, the better my form got, and the less damage I was doing to my shins and knees. You'll adjust.

[viper711]

Above the knee caps is not normal.

You're having trouble clearing the knees. Many professionals suggest not bending the lower back until the bar clears the knees.

makes sense, but just from reviewing that motion in my head a bit, wouldn't you be "good-morning" up the weight and relying solely on your back at that point?

Yeh i have them.

I smashed my knees while lowering the bar one day. Just concentrate on the negative part of the movement, make sure you clear the knees.

yea i think it is the negative part, gotta work on that a bit. so hard to watch my form in the mirror because they start like 12" from the floor so at the bottom of the lift I can't see sh*t

[DJAuto]

makes sense, but just from reviewing that motion in my head a bit, wouldn't you be "good-morning" up the weight and relying solely on your back at that point?

Read Cressey's series on this:

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1582703
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1588392
http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1607555

[tacoop]

After every deadlift session I have raw spots just above the kneecap. Sometimes they will bleed. Just goes with doing deadlifts. I can stand to workout in sweats so I just deal with it. It is generally healed by the time I dedlift again.