Deadlifts

[dolfanshan]

Love deads myself...a bulged disc in my back near a nerve has prevented me from doing them. I can still do stiff legged deads though.

 

[dolfanshan]

That sucks...so you have to do bench press and everything else with a smith?

 

[louiejago]

Lucky the free weights ain't to bad and I can get a lot done with them, but yeah it sucks pretty bad. Getting some straps for my deads, hopefully these might make it more comfortable on the smith.

 

[dolfanshan]

Just be careful on the smith because you're locked into one range of motion. 

 

[louiejago]

It's really hard to feel comfortable because you never feel like you've got your back straight enough, normally I like to have a good squeeze at the end of each rep but its not easy on the smith because the bar is not in the right place IMO.

 

[csancheezy]

I would not be doing deads on a smith, that sounds like bad news bears. I would think a lot of the weight would be displaced incorrectly and it would put too much of a strain on the low back, in a bad way. I mean how can you even lock out the hips at the top? I would say screw that and dont do em. You can always do some stiff-legged deads with dumbells to hit your hammies.