dead lifts
- Thread starter Swolmac
- Start date
Die$eL~Man
Straight Up Gangster !
hell yeah... get your reps in if you cant go heavy
Having bulging disc's alone is not a big deal unless you have low back pain or pain in your legs (radicular symptoms). How old are you? A significant percentage of the population over 30 (even 10 or 15 % of people in 20's) have disc pathology that shows up on MRI. These are asymptomatic people.
So it depends on how severe your symptoms are, if any.
If you do have a tendancy to have back or leg pain it is extremely important to nail the form for deadlifts. Start with your ass down low, and keep your spine in a hyperextended position. When you let your spine flex, curve forward into a kyphotic position the pressure placed on the disc complex is exponentially greater. Very important, keep chest out and back extended in lordosis.
Doing partial deads off a power rack set to where the starting point is just below the knee caps can also help if you have some back issues.
You might be a pro deadlifter if so sorry. If not figure out how to do it right. It looks like an easy lift but there are some details that i see people getting wrong all the time. They fuck up their backs.
As far as doing 135 for reps, probably better than nothing but you still have to get form right. Personaly, i respond to deadlifts at high weight in the 3-5 rep range.
If you look at my MRI it looks like shit.
So it depends on how severe your symptoms are, if any.
If you do have a tendancy to have back or leg pain it is extremely important to nail the form for deadlifts. Start with your ass down low, and keep your spine in a hyperextended position. When you let your spine flex, curve forward into a kyphotic position the pressure placed on the disc complex is exponentially greater. Very important, keep chest out and back extended in lordosis.
Doing partial deads off a power rack set to where the starting point is just below the knee caps can also help if you have some back issues.
You might be a pro deadlifter if so sorry. If not figure out how to do it right. It looks like an easy lift but there are some details that i see people getting wrong all the time. They fuck up their backs.
As far as doing 135 for reps, probably better than nothing but you still have to get form right. Personaly, i respond to deadlifts at high weight in the 3-5 rep range.
If you look at my MRI it looks like shit.
Heavy D
New member
Make sure your form is perfect before you do much weight.Head up,butt down,shoulders back and drive your heels through the floor.If you go wider on your stance it will help minimize back pain.You need to do as much accesory work as possible to strengthen your core.That will help tremendously.I do decline situps with a 80lb dumbell under my chin.If your gym has a reverse hyper machine use it alot.Go heavy once a week for low reps then half the weight and high reps with at least a 3 day break in between.
I have two deteriorating dics in my lower back and I pulled 620 yesterday for a single rep.My back doesn't hurt at all today.Before I did what I mentioned above 365 would have me fugged up for a week.
Always wear a belt and push out against it.We have a saying in our gym called get fat and push that belly out against your belt.
nice info thanks guys..... 35 years old first symptoms were pain raidiating down legs thats why they did the mri after the therapy and all that good stuff the shooting pains gone. I just get pain now and not all the time when walking and running but its localized dont have pain when loading up on squats or any other excercise like I said just dont want toi go in reverse and get that shooting pain if I remember its l 45 s1 l5 with some narrowing
