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Hokie dokie. When doing a lateral DB raise, you want to isolate the lateral delt head as much as possible. Start by holding the DB with the palm pronated, or facing toward your butt. This way,...

A little history first.
I used to work as a trainer for 24 hour fitness, and now work at golds in the boise area. In the past ive used many companies products, but currently I am using Apex...

regular deadlift... back moved maybe 45 degrees. Lots of load and a fair amount of range of motion. Lots of leg bend and thigh load.

romanian deadlift.... very little thigh bend. just enough...

Traditional deadlift uses much more legs in support of the spinal erectors and traps in lifting the weight. Good all around glute, and lower back builder.

Romanian deadlift has a minor bend to...

Cant use wraps. The muscles of the forearms are more limited by the nature of the lift. In the squat and the press you have the bar balanced above you. In the deadlift, it peels your fingers open...

I use front shrugs with a barbell to change the angle that the trap travels. Front shrugs tend to pull shoulders foreward helping to build peaks on top.

Using a barbell to do reverse (behind...

I used to work for 24 hour fitness as a trainer, and now I work for golds. I've used a variety of products over the years (muscletech, eas, cytosport, and apex from what I can remember). I like...

Your whole concern for getting big blocky abs is pretty much unfounded, although it is commonly shared by most women in the gym. Look, you are a woman... you dont have the testosterone in your body...

exactly. its fun for a change and a challenge, kind of how military pt is fun for a change/compliment to weight lifting.

My wife and I do it. It kicks my ass, seriously. Since its just supplemental, for fun, I dont expect to see much results from it since my general gym workouts take precedence, but I can tell you...

oh, and my elbow problem might be different from yours, but if I wanted to hit my back hard without pulling with my arms much, I would deadlift or sldl.

Don't worry about it too much right now. Muscle memory is your friend, and after you've allowed time to heal your elbows, then you can bump up your strength pretty quick. I have a reoccuring elbow...

after a while (years in my case) you kind of get a feel for working your muscles. That familiarity means that I can cheat somewhat on the low cable row, for example. I'm still hitting my target...

do them on back day. I cant see how you would get the most out of deadlifts if you are already kicking your ass on leg day. I know I dont have much left in me after squats etc...

last I knew he was still living in Modesto, CA. I was told he was helping with the new Golds gym there. that was about a year ago.

you are so important. im impressed. i would tell you more but i dont have the time. ta ta

I can always count on you to try and win a small victory when you cant win the war. dude, you are grasping now.

Sort of like how you have to drive around a beater isuzu pup pickup truck, but its still cool to watch a monster truck beat **** up in the arena.

Exactly. "guys, is it true that i can get hurt in a gym? should i still go? would it be safer if i wore my football pads?"

you mentioned that you can only squat in a certain stance - going ass to the ground, and that going to parallel doesnt work well for you. I have found as my weights increased over the years that my...