Thread: Dead Lift question

wear some shin pads

Are you making sure your knees are following the line of your foot? Your knees should follow the path of your toes and you won't skin anything even though you're staying relatively close to your body?

Originally Posted by zapedy

wear some shin pads

Foreman I didn't even know you worked out!

Originally Posted by Bakerboy

Foreman I didn't even know you worked out!

Now you know son

ive never had problems with the bar hitting my shins?

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...BDeadlift.html

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...BDeadlift.html

Yes I have that site saved...good post

What worked for me: Closing up my stance just a bit. I might have started with a wider than usual stance when I started deadlifts; maybe something similiar to my squat stance. Once I closed up my stance a bit, maybe something around shoulder width (but nothing uncomfortable), I noticed I wasn't scaping as much.

This is not to say I DON'T scrape anymore. I basically only SLDL, and I think that exercise is more prone to scraping your legs. I've seen in many videos how normal deadlifts are to be performed like a squat in the lower phase, and then start to pull backwards after you have picked up the weight a good foot....

I've never had a problem with it, but you could always start with the bar a half inch away from your shins and try to pull in a straight line instead of having it butted up against your shins; some people even recommend this. Or just deal with it. That's what I'd do. Heh.

I was taught to really drive the heels into the floor when deadlifting. As a result, the bar runs along the shins every time for me. Do I need a form check?

Sometimes I my shins get torn up a bit. I haven't had much of a problem with it though. Maybe it takes time to get in the groove so you don't.

Originally Posted by zapedy

wear some shin pads

i saw a guy do this actually. they were more of a homemade shin pads though. it almost looked like cardboard taped really tight from his knees to ankles. i'm not sure if he did it for support or for this reason. he was lifting a lot of weight though.

Wear pants. I've gotten bruises from the bar (I think it was the bar), but no scrapes.

my shins often bleed when deadlifting or doing snatches or cleans. fuck it.

Deal with it, that is what you have to do. You get used to it though.

BTW Foreman, that tattoo on your lower back might as well be a bullseye.

Originally Posted by Dale Mabry

Deal with it, that is what you have to do. You get used to it though.

BTW Foreman, that tattoo on your lower back might as well be a bullseye.

I will take Quotes form Jeremy Gray for $500 Alex.

You could always wear knee high socks (required in most deadlifting competitions as far as I know), but it might not be the most comfortable thing. It makes sense to want to keep the bar closer to your body, so for those of you asking if your form is off, it's not: the closer the weight is to your body, the more force you can apply to it in general. I've never had this problem, but maybe when I have an 8,000 lb bench press and a 10,000 lb deadlift like foreman it'll become a problem. Someday...

[QUOTE=Squaggleboggin] It makes sense to want to keep the bar closer to your body, so for those of you asking if your form is off, it's not: the closer the weight is to your body, the more force you can apply to it in general. QUOTE]

That's all I wanted to know. Not concerned about the scapes, wanted to ensure the form was right. I train at home alone, so there's no-one to watch my form.