Well, it is officially time for a new gym

I don't think it's unreasonable for the club director to not want their building and equipment destroyed. There is no need to drop weights or put them down hard. And yes, I know of what I speak. I was an all-american dead-lifter in high school. (515lbs)

Sounds like you need to buy some weights and lift in your garage then you can drop away and nobody will care. Good luck.

It's difficult to say, without actually seeing or hearing it, but I may have to agree with some other people here. If you are constantly "dropping" the negative rep or a partial of the negative rep, then yes, you're deadlifting more weight than you can handle. With the deadlift you can recruit so many different muscles, that if you don't know what you're doing it is easy to "cheat" the rep and be able to pull up more weight than you actually should, by doing this and not having your core as tight etc, you are setting yourself up for injury. People lifting heavy, and curving their back towards the middle of the rep is one example of this.

If the Director is just complaining about the slight "Thud" as the deadlift comes to rest on the floor, then yes I agree that he's an @$$, and you should get another gym!

As a side note, in case you feel like accusing me of not ever lifting heavy deads (like you did someone else here) because I may not agree with your opinion, I rep 418lbs.

i assume you weren't dropping it from 3' off the ground.

assuming you were just deadlifting heavy and dropping the weight normally, it's ridiculous that a gym, where people are supposed to be lifting weights, doesn't have provisions for that.

I wasn't actually letting go of it, just taking it down pretty fast with little resistance

And missing a whole half of the rep (negative) in the process. So my assumption in my above post is correct then it seems.

In a bench press, the rep consistist of bringing the weight down to your chest (the negative part of the rep), then pushing it back up. but in a deadlift, the only part of the lift is picking it up from the floor and bringing it up to a standing position. The weight should be assisted back down, but it's not part of the lift.

Sorry but I don't agree, with the exception of powerlift, and explosive lifting as mentioned by ironanimal, you can operate the bench press much the same, explode up and let the negative fall, but it won't be good for hypertrophy. Same applies for Deadlifts.

Bearing in mind when you lift for Hypertrophy "generally" it's in the 8+ rep range, so you shouldn't need to drop the negative part of the rep (maybe with the exception of the last one when going to failure?).

Why is it every thread (OK ... I'm exaggerating ... A LOT of threads) around here lately has to turn into a pissing contest? Everyone trying to prove they know more than everyone else or that they can lift more than anyone else or blah blah blah. At first it was kind of humorous to read, but now it's just plain old and annoying.

Why is it every thread (OK ... I'm exaggerating ... A LOT of threads) around here lately has to turn into a pissing contest? Everyone trying to prove they know more than everyone else or that they can lift more than anyone else or blah blah blah. At first it was kind of humorous to read, but now it's just plain old and annoying.

There's threads where people try to prove who can lift more? Around here? Don't keep it to yourself man, where dey at??? Let's get in there!

Yeah, I haven't seen many of those on MFP...which is surprising because nearly every other fitness site has them...

...which tells me something...I'm just not exactly sure what it is...

Why is it every thread (OK ... I'm exaggerating ... A LOT of threads) around here lately has to turn into a pissing contest? Everyone trying to prove they know more than everyone else or that they can lift more than anyone else or blah blah blah. At first it was kind of humorous to read, but now it's just plain old and annoying.

There's threads where people try to prove who can lift more? Around here? Don't keep it to yourself man, where dey at??? Let's get in there!

Yeah, I haven't seen many of those on MFP...which is surprising because nearly every other fitness site has them...

...which tells me something...I'm just not exactly sure what it is...

On here people rant about the girl that wears too much makeup at the gym or if someone used a treadmill to close to theirs instead of bragging about tons lifted. Pretty much tells the tale of this site.

Or they rant about this *cough*

Also the free weight area is on the second floor, so that is of course problematic.

Well that was great planning wasn't it? Pretty funny.

I feel for the OP. Unless the gym states everywhere that they don't like dead-lifting, then he should not say anything to you. It's how you do it, and I completely support finding a new gym. It's all about finding a comfortable place for you and your particular routine. Best of luck finding an understanding place.

But this alarm. I hate this thing. I love my PF, but this thing could just stop working and I'd be complete. It's louder than anyone dropping any weights. I tend to get bad headaches from slamming weights (my old gym had a lot of dead-lifting and I always left almost in tears from my pounding head) and that thing is just as bad!

you should be able to control your dead lifts on the way up and on the way down... nobody wants to be distracted from their workout by you dropping the weight because you are trying to be heman and cant handle the weight. I deadlift very heavy twice a week and i never slam my weights down i have total control over the weight.

Sorry but I don't agree, with the exception of powerlift, and explosive lifting as mentioned by ironanimal, you can operate the bench press much the same, explode up and let the negative fall, but it won't be good for hypertrophy. Same applies for Deadlifts.

Bearing in mind when you lift for Hypertrophy "generally" it's in the 8+ rep range, so you shouldn't need to drop the negative part of the rep (maybe with the exception of the last one when going to failure?).

but if he's lifting that heavy, he's not deadlifting for hypertrophy, he's lifting for explosive strength (powerlifting).
The gym should have said that powerlifting isn't allowed because every powerlifter I know (I used to compete), drops the weight at some point after a deadlift - many from a completely standing position.

My understanding about this whole question is that some gyms are more geared toward heavy lifters than others, and some are totally anti because it annoys or scares the bulk of their clients. I've belonged to a "lifting-friendly" gym, where it felt like wall-to-wall bald guys with no necks, and now am at a more middle-of-the-road gym that has specific places where it's cool for you to drop your stuff (as long as you're doing it on purpose). Way back in the day, I belonged to an uber-fancy gym were it was absolutely NOT allowed to do something as (gasp!) shocking as what you're doing. That place grated on me.

Anyway, I'd say you're really better off having a complete understanding of any given gym's policy before you join if you want to be dropping big weights. The people who run the gym you just left should have asked you what your goals were before you ever joined so this wouldn't have happened. Missing that step was totally unprofessional and I think you're totally justified in being pissed.

Why is it every thread (OK ... I'm exaggerating ... A LOT of threads) around here lately has to turn into a pissing contest? Everyone trying to prove they know more than everyone else or that they can lift more than anyone else or blah blah blah. At first it was kind of humorous to read, but now it's just plain old and annoying.

There's threads where people try to prove who can lift more? Around here? Don't keep it to yourself man, where dey at??? Let's get in there!

Yeah, I haven't seen many of those on MFP...which is surprising because nearly every other fitness site has them...

...which tells me something...I'm just not exactly sure what it is...

On here people rant about the girl that wears too much makeup at the gym or if someone used a treadmill to close to theirs instead of bragging about tons lifted. Pretty much tells the tale of this site.

Or they rant about this *cough*

reported to mods for attempted hijacking. so nyah nyah

i wouldnt cancel your membership. dont let some club director take your deadlift shine.

Tell him to try taking a crack at it...put up or shut up! 2nd floor is a DUMB idea!! If you really do go elsewhere, I hope you can find somewhere set up better for people who actually lift properly.

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.

deadlifts work your entire body in 1 go. thighs, hamstrings, but, core, shoulders, etc

also every time you do 5 reps a kitten is saved from drowning.

you dont want the kittens to drown do you?