Yes. Youre supposed to lockout and shrug your deadlift. Don't tell me you're not activating your traps? You're literally pulling up. Just finish and use the momentum to shrug. It's literally free gains
Typically it is, but it is possible to increase the upper back stimulus significantly with a few modifications >snatch grip >shoulder flexion and thoracic flexion at the bottom of the lift (deficit helps a lot here) >pause at the bottom of the lift >scapula retraction at lockout >optionally shrug till failure after set completion
Hamstrings are still the main focus but some diffuse volume to the upper back is never a bad thing tbh
Or you can row like a sane person if you want upper back gains.
1 year ago
Anonymous
>Or you can row like a sane person if you want upper back gains.
No shit moron, tell me where I told you not to do rows? This is for some extra free volume on the side, which is worthwhile since the upper back can take a lot of punishment. Learn about the concept of diffuse volume
1 year ago
Anonymous
>taxing the shit out of your lower back >but muh free upper back volume THOUGH
You don't know what free means.
And it's still shit at upper back even with those modifications because you'll get little to no upper back gains. Might as well just do an upper back exercise instead and get your volume from things that are actually good for the upper back and keep RDL as the leg day compound that it is.
Say what you will, as soon as I stopped listening to roidtrannies crying about deadlifts being worthless and ultra dangerous, I absolutely blew up in both size and strength.
But continue to delude DYELs. They'll learn on their own just like I did.
>is superior
>involves less muscle mass in your path
>shrug
Yes. Youre supposed to lockout and shrug your deadlift. Don't tell me you're not activating your traps? You're literally pulling up. Just finish and use the momentum to shrug. It's literally free gains
>hits the hamstrings harder
>makes you flexible for free
>has a better SFR
>can be modified to hit the upper back harder
W for RDL chads
RDL is only an ass/hamstring exercise just like the normal DL.
Typically it is, but it is possible to increase the upper back stimulus significantly with a few modifications
>snatch grip
>shoulder flexion and thoracic flexion at the bottom of the lift (deficit helps a lot here)
>pause at the bottom of the lift
>scapula retraction at lockout
>optionally shrug till failure after set completion
Hamstrings are still the main focus but some diffuse volume to the upper back is never a bad thing tbh
Or you can row like a sane person if you want upper back gains.
>Or you can row like a sane person if you want upper back gains.
No shit moron, tell me where I told you not to do rows? This is for some extra free volume on the side, which is worthwhile since the upper back can take a lot of punishment. Learn about the concept of diffuse volume
>taxing the shit out of your lower back
>but muh free upper back volume THOUGH
You don't know what free means.
And it's still shit at upper back even with those modifications because you'll get little to no upper back gains. Might as well just do an upper back exercise instead and get your volume from things that are actually good for the upper back and keep RDL as the leg day compound that it is.
If you control the negative to get a stretch instead of letting it drop, you can get more posterior chain growth.
>no lockout
That's why he looks like shit. The lockout and shrug are important parts of the deadlift
Why is the shrug important?
>belt
Dropped
>the deadlift is a great mass b-
What?
What was he gonna say?
Why didn't he complete the sentence?
BBC
You need therapy.
Wtf is wrong with his right foot??? Is pic taken before the snap???
Say what you will, as soon as I stopped listening to roidtrannies crying about deadlifts being worthless and ultra dangerous, I absolutely blew up in both size and strength.
But continue to delude DYELs. They'll learn on their own just like I did.
Deadlift is the worst exercise for size and is inferior for total body strength building in comparison to cleans
Cleans?
power cleans, still not good for BB tho
Man I started doing power cleans last week and they're fricking FUN