Alternatives to deadlifts

christopherdunne547
christopherdunne547 Posts: 12 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Been deadlifting for a while now, really strengthens my lower back, but I find my obliques are growing way too much doing heavy deadlifts. Just wondering what alternatives there are for lower back?

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  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
    Not sure, maybe these:
    Glute ham raise
    Roman chair
    Good morning

    uneducated guesses
  • christopherdunne547
    christopherdunne547 Posts: 12 Member
    The first is for legs, I'm looking for lower back. The second two don't seem like I'd be able to shift much weight without some special kit. Thanks for the advice though.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    Seems like an odd sort of problem.

    Without seeing a picture, I'd guess that training lats and shoulders would help rectify this issue. As opposed to taking deadlifts out.
  • christopherdunne547
    christopherdunne547 Posts: 12 Member
    Yea, I could increase the size of everything else, but the only problem is it kind of goes against the body image I'm trying to obtain. Like the classic tapered look.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Straight legged deadlifts
    Lower back hyper extensions
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    Hyperextensions
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    Roman chair is my favorite, but there are some that take no equipment:

    This locust:

    125.jpg
    http://yoga108.org/pages/show/102


    can become this one:

    football-yogalocustpose.jpg
    http://oneikasyogalife.com/2013/03/26/adventures-in-hot-yoga-half-locust-pose/

    and they work very well.

    The first link describes how to use one leg at first, etc.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    I'm not saying this is a good idea, but doing lifts on a smith machine will take a lot of the lateral stabilizer strength out of the picture.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,947 Member
    I see a guy at my gym doing laybacks on the lat pulldown equipment.
  • born2drum
    born2drum Posts: 731 Member
    Obliques getting too big from deadlifts? Da hell? I guess, my obliques are quite wide too but I just think they will look bad *kitten* *kitten* once I'm down to 10%
  • Huffdogg
    Huffdogg Posts: 1,934 Member
    No way your obliques are getting swole out of control from doing heavy deadlifts.
  • christopherdunne547
    christopherdunne547 Posts: 12 Member
    Hyperextensions are the one I guess, I'll give them a go thanks to the non-trolls.
  • Huffdogg
    Huffdogg Posts: 1,934 Member
    lol I'm not trolling. I'm injecting a reality check.
  • christopherdunne547
    christopherdunne547 Posts: 12 Member
    You're talking nonsense, no offence.

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