Back Pain from Deadlift

[Rune44]

I did deadlifts yesterday and all day today my back has felt like paper. I've been almost hunched over and I don't feel it in my legs at all. Is this normal or a form problem

[user9438904904]

could be a form problem. make sure u drive with the legs and while straightening the back. its very easy to let the back do too much work. also, make sure you're upper body is more upright than bent over. have you done much DLing before or was it the first time in a while? when i first started DLing again after being cleared by my chiro i was sore for a week

[Superman187]

Sounds like you did something wrong.

How long have you been deadlifting?
Do you have a partner that can spot you on your form? You know, to let you know if you are proper or not?

[Rune44]

I'm new to deadlifting only done it for 4 weeks or so. My gym SUCKS so it has no official deadlift platform etc so I have to take a bar down lift it, put on 45s and then add the rest of my weight. Then I have to take it off etc (huge pain in the ass because the bar is rusty and the weights get stuck etc. I don't have a partner lifter sadly because no one else around here lifts except one kid who doesn't deadlift..I'm kind of alone out here..

[ericTHEninja]

I'm new to deadlifting only done it for 4 weeks or so. My gym SUCKS so it has no official deadlift platform etc so I have to take a bar down lift it, put on 45s and then add the rest of my weight. Then I have to take it off etc (huge pain in the ass because the bar is rusty and the weights get stuck etc. I don't have a partner lifter sadly because no one else around here lifts except one kid who doesn't deadlift..I'm kind of alone out here..

Doesn't matter if you're alone or not, if the bar is rusty, or if the equipment is brand new. I lift by myself and deadlift from the floor or from the edge of a squat rack. A platform isn't going to make the weight you can do go up

[Rune44]

I know I was saying that to emphasize no one around here even know's what a deadlift IS.

[user9438904904]

look at my user name...i feel ya buddy

[HungryOne]

I know I was saying that to emphasize no one around here even know's what a deadlift IS.

I see your in Winchester. I live there too. Where do you workout at? I'm at Gold's. I've actually been quite surprised how many people I've see deadlifting. Not too many people going real heavy, but still more people then where i came from. I used to be the only one in the gym doing them, now I don't feel that out of place.

[PaHulkster]

Use a 10lb plate to help you take the weights off. Just roll the bar onto it so the first 45 is raised up. Then you can get all of the others off easier. Do this for one side, and then just pick the empty side up so the bar is standing straight up and the remaining plates are on the ground. I can deload a bar loaded up to 405 like this in under a minute.

If you're really sore take a few days off from lifting because there is basically nothing that you can do that won't have an effect on your back. If it's still bothering you go see a chiropractor.

[Rune44]

I see your in Winchester. I live there too. Where do you workout at? I'm at Gold's. I've actually been quite surprised how many people I've see deadlifting. Not too many people going real heavy, but still more people then where i came from. I used to be the only one in the gym doing them, now I don't feel that out of place.

Holy..Winchester Virginia? Right near DC?

[Rune44]

Use a 10lb plate to help you take the weights off. Just roll the bar onto it so the first 45 is raised up. Then you can get all of the others off easier. Do this for one side, and then just pick the empty side up so the bar is standing straight up and the remaining plates are on the ground. I can deload a bar loaded up to 405 like this in under a minute.

If you're really sore take a few days off from lifting because there is basically nothing that you can do that won't have an effect on your back. If it's still bothering you go see a chiropractor.

thanks, repped

[HungryOne]

Holy..Winchester Virginia? Right near DC?

well I wouldn't say it's exactly NEAR DC, actually it's not really near anything, but yes Winchester Virginia. I just moved here about 2 months ago.

[Rune44]

Great I PMed you.

[SchemeSC]

Holy..Winchester Virginia? Right near DC?

Pretty funny, because I live in Martinsburg, WV. Only about 30 mins from you guys.

Small world, eh?

[NJmalibu313]

Yo man, try stretching good before any back, leg exercise. Just recently been doing this and makes a HUGE difference. Also, when your loading and deloading bar, make sure you are squatting down with legs and ass, and not back bending it