In my oppinion deadlifts are the best exercise you can do, besides squats. My lifts atm are very poor. I do 3x10 and this is what I lift, im not going to guess my 1RM Bench - 70kgs Squats - 75kgs, i just started a few weeks ago Deadlifts - 120kgs - 5x5 for these, also just started Bicep Curls - 36kgs Pullups - 3x10 with 15kgs of weights. height: 6ft 2 weight: 76kgs
whats the correct form on the deadlifts? i bearly started adding that to my workout but every time i do it it hurts my back.
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_DeadliftIntro.mov http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_RipDeadliftIntro.mov The "Keep the bar in contact with your legs" is BS.
I can't (and won't) deadlift either. Killed my back when I did it; partly because of my build though. Try being 6'4 and pretty thin and doing that, it's really hard to use proper form on it.
Try wearing a weightlifting belt to protect your back and use proper form http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_RipDeadliftIntro.mov
I've never used a belt. If you can do a deadlift with good form you don't need one, if you have bad form use very light weight until you get it right.
Yeh I f'ed up my back from deadlifting (in all fairness I had it coming though) so I have to skip it. Otherwise (all in sets of 3): bench: 70 pound dumbbells X8 reps squat: 270 X8 reps (on the free weight machine to save on my back) curl: don't do it anymore but used to be able to do 80 X10 at my best...im sure much less these days though I'm 6'2, 185 lbs. imo pretty good numbers for how tall I am and how long my arms and legs are.