deadlifts

[MANABOLIC]

as a bodybuilder, do you deadlift extremely heavy weights for 5 reps or less, or do you lift moderate weights for 10 reps ? I have been hitting the iron for 12 years, and I have been deadlifting 5 plates for 5 reps. please tell me that doing 10 reps with 3 plates would add more side to my back, coz these 5 plates fuck me up after they are done :-(

[MassMan]

as a bodybuilder, do you deadlift extremely heavy weights for 5 reps or less, or do you lift moderate weights for 10 reps ? I have been hitting the iron for 12 years, and I have been deadlifting 5 plates for 5 reps. please tell me that doing 10 reps with 3 plates would add more side to my back, coz these 5 plates fuck me up after they are done :-(

Bodybuilders aim for muscle hypertrophy. They train more for a pump and stick with rep ranges in 8-12, sometimes upto 15. Powerlifters aim for heavy weights in the rep ranges of 6-8... sometimes even lower... Keep your form proper and use as much weight as you can with strict form for 8-12 reps. This is the optimal rep range for growth for back... (for me, at least, experiment). If you're on your last set and want to go heavy, then go heavy or cheat for an extra rep or two.... Just train hard and eat big and the gains will come... Hate to tell people that they gotta eat big to get big, but that's the damn truth. Have fun with deads.... make sure you do bent over BB rows, pullups, t bar rows, seated cable rows and all the other goodies to build yourself a huge fucking back. K?

[mark]

Continue to pull heavy like that, but knock it down to once every 3 weeks. The heavy deads will help make you thicker and give your back a much harder appearance when you lean out.

[Pokoritel]

In my opinion I enjoy doing high reps and low reps. When I deadlift I do it until I cant get a single rep. Use good form and you will be ok. I think 5 plates for 5 reps is pretty damn good. Next time try and get it for 6. Just keep progressing.

[SomeDayI'llBeXL]

Dont forget that certain people respond different to certain rep ranges. You may have better luck with 10 reps while other people respond better to reps of 3 or 4. Change it up, keep the body guessing.


Good Luck Brothers

[Matt Dickerson]

as a bodybuilder, do you deadlift extremely heavy weights for 5 reps or less, or do you lift moderate weights for 10 reps ? I have been hitting the iron for 12 years, and I have been deadlifting 5 plates for 5 reps. please tell me that doing 10 reps with 3 plates would add more side to my back, coz these 5 plates fuck me up after they are done :-(

I'm a power lifter and if I were to go back to bodybuilding I would continue to stay under 5 reps for the regular conventional deadlift most of the time and I would only do them about once per month. For overall back and hamstring development what I would focus on more is higher rack pulls always just below the knee to hit the lower and upper back, Barbell and seated cable rows for the back, cable pullthroughs, stiff leg and romanian deads for higher reps of a block to emphasize hamstring and lowerback development. These variations will stimulate the muscles more but won't kill your cns like the regular conventional deadlift.

I should point out that the conventional deadlifts effect on the body varies for each person because of the way people are built. In some people it will really fry the lowerback and cns while not so much in others. I am the in the former as the majority of people are. Performing the conventional deadlift at a high intensity with high volume on a frequent basis is, in my opinion and many others, a lift that takes more than it gives in terms of the benefits for building the physique and even training the lift itself. This is why so many people that deadlift week after week tend to stay at the same training weight for years without making much progress after their initial gains.

[MANABOLIC]

thanx guys, I guess I will start doing some higher reps, 8-10, and decrease the weight a little. another question, most pros use straps ALL the time in their DVDs, and I grew up to learn that straps and belts are for your max set only. straps take away from your forearm development and so does the belt from your spinal erectors. does anyone have any idea which way to go, with or without straps ? Peace, out.

[born0withno0soul]

i like to go heavy as i can. this and squats are the two exercises that need to be heavy. everything else can be high rep

[born0withno0soul]

also, i always use straps because i dont want my forearms to grow as fast as my bis and tris. just to give the little illusion that my arms have some size. i never use the belt because that takes away from ab strength

[sanga]

I deadlift every 7 days and do sets as follows 20-15-12-10-8-6-4 then 2 working sets of 10-12 reps.

[simpleguy]

I'm a power lifter and if I were to go back to bodybuilding I would continue to stay under 5 reps for the regular conventional deadlift most of the time and I would only do them about once per month. For overall back and hamstring development what I would focus on more is higher rack pulls always just below the knee to hit the lower and upper back, Barbell and seated cable rows for the back, cable pullthroughs, stiff leg and romanian deads for higher reps of a block to emphasize hamstring and lowerback development. These variations will stimulate the muscles more but won't kill your cns like the regular conventional deadlift.

I should point out that the conventional deadlifts effect on the body varies for each person because of the way people are built. In some people it will really fry the lowerback and cns while not so much in others. I am the in the former as the majority of people are. Performing the conventional deadlift at a high intensity with high volume on a frequent basis is, in my opinion and many others, a lift that takes more than it gives in terms of the benefits for building the physique and even training the lift itself. This is why so many people that deadlift week after week tend to stay at the same training weight for years without making much progress after their initial gains.

very true! good advice