Bruises

Iguessicandothis · January 2016

Anyone else get bruises on their knees/shins from doing dead lifts. I didn't even think I was doing more than lightly running the bar down my legs, but I bruise so easily!

sgthaggard · January 2016

Yep - it's a thing.

SonyaCele · January 2016

hahaha yes bruises and scrapes. Wear long socks and be proud of your battle wounds. Actually in time you'll toughen up and not bruise as much.

Iguessicandothis · January 2016

Lol, yes my body needs to toughen up! Ok, glad it's normal.

jemhh · January 2016

Yes. Always with the bruises. I tried shinguards and they felt weird and I kept thinking about them, which threw me off when I was lifting so I gave up on those. Then I swiped a couple of the microfiber cloths that my husband uses to detail the car and started folding them and putting them over my shins under my long socks. They work really well. I still end up with small bruises on my knees but my shins look a lot better.

Iguessicandothis · January 2016

jemhh wrote: »

Yes. Always with the bruises. I tried shinguards and they felt weird and I kept thinking about them, which threw me off when I was lifting so I gave up on those. Then I swiped a couple of the microfiber cloths that my husband uses to detail the car and started folding them and putting them over my shins under my long socks. They work really well. I still end up with small bruises on my knees but my shins look a lot better.

Oh, great idea!

SonyaCele · January 2016

so my issue with anything other than a long sock (ie shin guards or any kinda padded protection) is that when i get heavy if there is even a bump or wrinkle on the way up, it can screw up my DL. I've had a wrinkle in my sock blow lifts for me by adding such a slight amt of resistance that i cant pull through it. Some people dont wear socks, and put baby powder on their shins to make the bar slide up with less resistance.

jemhh · January 2016

SonyaCele wrote: »

so my issue with anything other than a long sock (ie shin guards or any kinda padded protection) is that when i get heavy if there is even a bump or wrinkle on the way up, it can screw up my DL. I've had a wrinkle in my sock blow lifts for me by adding such a slight amt of resistance that i cant pull through it. Some people dont wear socks, and put baby powder on their shins to make the bar slide up with less resistance.

I can definitely see that as being problematic. That was part of my problem with the shin guards. On the way up they were okay (though it just felt weird wearing them) as far as smoothness went. On the way down, I kept running into the top edge and even though it was a minor bump it messed me up. For whatever reason, I don't seem to have that problem with the microfiber clothes. I think that you are likely lifting a lot heavier than I am so that may play into it as well.