Well, it is officially time for a new gym

wellbert

so what is dead lifting? How does it work/benefit/challenge? ( I am asking because I honestly have no clue- maybe more need to understand what it is and the benefits)

bend over, pick up extremely heavy ****. stand up.
Pretty much the most useful thing you'll ever do.

Ok- thx. And I doubt that its even remotely the best thing I'll ever do- because I won't be doing that. Absolutely no explanation as to the health benefits vs other formats of weight training that are highly effective.

if you want an extensive dissertation, many exist and are immediately accessible via your favorite search engine. I suggest also checking out EXRX if you don't even want to go that far.

Deadlifts are actually the second best weight training exercise. Full barbell squats are the first. Some may argue the other way. Deadlifts first squats second. I say: it doesn't matter because it isn't a choice. Every decent strength training program includes BOTH of these lifts.

jennifer_417

You join the gym, you sign a contract stating that you will follow the rules. Why should you be the exception?

DavPul

so what is dead lifting? How does it work/benefit/challenge? ( I am asking because I honestly have no clue- maybe more need to understand what it is and the benefits)

bend over, pick up extremely heavy ****. stand up.
Pretty much the most useful thing you'll ever do.

Ok- thx. And I doubt that its even remotely the best thing I'll ever do- because I won't be doing that. Absolutely no explanation as to the health benefits vs other formats of weight training that are highly effective.

There's this new thing called Google, you may have heard of it?

mjrkearney

The finer point of dead lifting: lift with your legs, not with your back. If you lift something heavy from low to the ground, you are using a good portion of the muscles developed by a dead lift. It doesn't matter if you're lifting weights, a fridge, or a child, you're using these core muscle groups. Accordingly, a basic benefit to dead lift training is the increased ability to lift dead weights.

AllTehBeers

I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.

totally agree.

I agree as well. That is distracting and annoying as hell.

I do them in the leg area. Nobody's over there anyway.

Lol

I see what you did there.

Sarauk2sf

The finer point of dead lifting: lift with your legs, not with your back. If you lift something heavy from low to the ground, you are using a good portion of the muscles developed by a dead lift. It doesn't matter if you're lifting weights, a fridge, or a child, you're using these core muscle groups. Accordingly, a basic benefit to dead lift training is the increased ability to lift dead weights.

What?

Doing a deadlift you are supposed to use your lower back primarily (mainly erector spinae but lats and other back muscles). If you do it with your legs you are doing some weird squat.
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wellbert

The finer point of dead lifting: lift with your legs, not with your back. If you lift something heavy from low to the ground, you are using a good portion of the muscles developed by a dead lift. It doesn't matter if you're lifting weights, a fridge, or a child, you're using these core muscle groups. Accordingly, a basic benefit to dead lift training is the increased ability to lift dead weights.

What?

Doing a deadlift you are supposed to use your lower back primarily (mainly erector spinae but lats and other back muscles). If you do it with your legs you are doing some weird squat.
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The lower back is used isometrically to stabilize a traditional deadlift. The bar is moved by the legs and hips for most of it.

zaph0d

why are you even lifting a clunky barbell? couldn't you just use resistance bands, or maybe just put on a weighted vest and bend over and back up again? that would be far less noisy. i would go to the club director and propose that. maybe bring him some donuts as a gesture of good will and peace.

Sarauk2sf

The finer point of dead lifting: lift with your legs, not with your back. If you lift something heavy from low to the ground, you are using a good portion of the muscles developed by a dead lift. It doesn't matter if you're lifting weights, a fridge, or a child, you're using these core muscle groups. Accordingly, a basic benefit to dead lift training is the increased ability to lift dead weights.

What?

Doing a deadlift you are supposed to use your lower back primarily (mainly erector spinae but lats and other back muscles). If you do it with your legs you are doing some weird squat.
"

The lower back is used isometrically to stabilize a traditional deadlift. The bar is moved by the legs and hips for most of it.

Maybe my interpretation of the statement was incorrect - (I have seen someone argue once on here that you use your biceps mainly!). I read this to be that you are basically squatting the bar (kind of). I agree that the lower back is used isometrically - but it does incorporate your back muscles significantly.

SarahCW1979

The gym I used was on the second floor too but the 1... 2... 3... *KRAAAANG* that we could hear in the cafe below was the way to tell if it was busy up there or not. Cant say the noise ever annoyed me even though I was a cardio bunny. That said, I found it pretty funny when the more 'delicate' creatures jumped out of their fur.
Find a proper gym not a peacock farm

n0ob

I checked the rules of both USA Powerlifting and N.A.S.A (Natural Athlete Strength Association) and both say:

Causes for Disqualification of a Dead Lift
7. Allowing the bar to return to the platform without maintaining control with both hands.

That's what I go by....

The OP (and I) wouldn't get disqualified for the lift for what we're saying happens. It's a "controlled" drop that still makes noise. Part of the problem is not having the right plates so less noise/more shock absorption is there.

No one would say the op "dropped" the weights. As stated is absolutely dangerous to not let the bar fall quickly on the bottom of the lift (unless you're doing touch and goes for a warmup set, which will be with far less weight).