Thread 76545891

>so which muscles does this excercise grow
how do you respond without sounding mad?

>>76545891 (OP)
Hamstrings

>>76545891 (OP)
>i dunno, i don’t do it

Forehead

>>76545891 (OP)
It's an hinge, so primarily hams and glutes.
Most of the body acts as a synergist tho, so if you get weird doms, you'll know where they come from.

>>76545891 (OP)
mainly leg and arms, really its a whole body compound exercise

>>76545891 (OP)
It grows the one between your ears and ties everything else together. You can spend your whole life doing machines and other random garbage but if you don’t deadlift you’re a DYEL. Period.

>>76546006
>glances at ur body
>so why are you not doing them anon?

>>76545891 (OP)
Thebdeadlift is the single most productive back exercise, so productive infact that it utilizes every muscle group along the back of the body. Everything from the nape of the neck to the achiles tendon.

>>76545891 (OP)
>1pl8
>mixd grip
>head looking up

kek

I spent like an hour autistically ruminating over the deadlift today. The typical science-guy argument against it is that the stimulus to fatigue ration ("SFR") is bad.

Assuming that's true, I just don't care. It's my favorite lift because it's the ultimate and most primal expression of your body's power and for that reason I will never stop doing it.

That being said, I'm not so sure that argument is even true. The deadlift primarily hits your hamstrings, your glutes, your spinal erectors, your upper back, and your traps. Sure, for your hamstrings, glutes, and spinal erectors, the SFR of an RDL is probably better. And sure, for your upper back, the SFR of, say, a chest supported wide grip row, is probably better. And sure, for your traps the SFR of hex bar shrug or maybe even a rack pull. But taken together, the SFR of all three of those exercises is definitely much worse than the SFR of the deadlift alone.

The deadlift is not like a barbell row, the model bad SFR exercise, because you're not targeting one area of your body. You can't simply replace a deadlift with another exercise like you could replace a barbell row with a chest supported row, or a bench press with a machine press. It directly stimulates so many parts of the body, and there isn't a lift or machine that provides the same stimulus with less fatigue. For that reason, the SFR argument is suspect to me.

>>76546063
It feels more appropriate to think of the deadlift as a strongman lift. It's the barbell equivalent of picking up a big potato shaped rock and hoisting it over your head like a cave man.

>>76545891 (OP)
I do it for the spinal erectors

I did heavy barbell deadlifts and deadlift variations every day for years and it grew my legs nothing else

>>76545891 (OP)
Everything in the back of your body and your biceps. The problem with it being so distrubuted is still whatever the weakest link is getting the most stimulus and everything else just kind of maintains until it's either the weakest link or you work it another way.

>>76545891 (OP)
If you had ever done it the DOMS would've told you what it works.
Spoiler alert, it's literally the entire back.

>>76545891 (OP)
The i pick up your mom off the ground and thrust my cock inside of her muscles

>>76545891 (OP)
>Everything and Nothing at the same time

hemorrhoidalis major

>>76545891 (OP)
I stop doing this. It destroyed my back.
>inb4 you doing it wrong

>>76546063
well the problem is that you fatigue a lot but most of those muscles don't get close to failure. For all the exhaustion maybe you only trained your lower back effectively

>>76546516
>I stop doing this. It destroyed my back.
Went too heavy. If everyone just did ten singles of 1pl8 a week it would put chiropractors out of business.

>>76546516
Might just be leverages. I could never even get rdl to not fuck up my shit. Switched to back extension, reverse hyper, some hamstring curls and glue kickback and it's all coming together no knee or back pain during or after. Most pain-free I've been in years.

>>76545891 (OP)
Glutes and hams if done correctly

>>76545891 (OP)
I did these for the first time in over a year yesterday and my traps were very sore today

>>76545891 (OP)
Posterior chain

i use the trap bar. i dont use a belt or wriststraps. but i wear gloves to protect my very soft hands.

>>76546063
I think another benefit of it is that fact it is a true full-body lift that a person can lift a lot of weight with, and it really teaches how to generate tension and bracing. Its like a person that gets decent at deadlift gets better at everything else.

>>76545891 (OP)
Is that a standing leg press?

>>76545891 (OP)
Squat + Deadlift maximize growth in the only muscles that matter.

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>>76547705
itt RDLs are the smart man's deadlift. If you want big forearms/upper traps then do some isolation work instead of DLing for 10 years

>>76546063
the problem is a lot of deadlifters still do hamstring curls, squats, and rows so the DL's efficiency means nothing. Like if you had a time limited routine then ya deadlifts are great. But if you're doing the other three movements you may as well drop DLs and focus the energy elsewhere.

>>76545891 (OP)
I show him my overdeveloped spinal erectors and striated lower back then keep deadlifting.