zebianal

Well, we all know that when you do deadlifts it is a very bad idea to arch your back.

Knowing this, i was wondering if loading weights with a rounded back will effect your spine in the long run. Is 45 pound weights enough to do that sort of damage? Should we just assume this, and everytime we load weights before doing benching or squatting we should just do kind of a "half dead lift" so our backs don't arch.

This is just a curious question but i'm sure the guys who have been working out for a long time can give their opinions on this. You think loading weights (very small weigh for example 45 pounds) with an arched back everytime you load up the barbell, will get you injured in the long run?

Like i said again this is just a curious question because i have seen countless people loading weights with rounded backs.

MWpro

Arching is good, rounding is bad. You have your terminology backwards.

I always arch my back when picking up and loading the plates. It probably isn't enough weight to do any damage, but why screw around when arching it is so easy to do?

ALBOB

I've put this in other posts; the second worst injury I've ever experienced from lifting was on a stupid warm-up set of deads. It was just a lousy warm-up set so I didn't need to pay attention to form. Yeah, right. I wasn't right for two years after that. Form is important no matter how much you're lifting. As a matter of fact, you don't even have to be lifting. Just bending at the waist to tie your shoe or do anything else can cause serious damage to your back if done wrong.

Rules? You mean we have RULES for that???

KarlW

My worst back injuries were from gardening because I wasn't paying attention to posture

What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)