Warmuth
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Turns out the team I just joined was featured on the front page of a local paper, recently:Dragon riders
And it felt sooooo much better the second time out.
And it felt sooooo much better the second time out.
Raign
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Curls for the girls!
Certainly your guesstimate for 10% do legs jives at my gym. Hell, I don't even see most of them deads much less squats.
Gravel
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The last 6 weeks or so has seen a crazy spike of people in my gym doing deadlifts. It's pretty annoying because they always grab the bar off a power rack and do the deadlifts just outside it. I'm always kicking people out so I can actually use the rack.
It makes me really want to start deadlifting again though. I stopped at the beginning of May because I felt some snapping in my forearm. It never bruised or anything, but it scared the shit out my because I figured I was close to tearing something in my arm (I just don't know what). I actually think I figured out why it happened, based on trying to deadlift once again a month ago. I had watched Richard Hawthorne deadlift and I think I ended up rotating my elbow too far forward (towards the bar) and that must have put something in a bad position. And the only reason I was doing that was because I'm scared as shit of tearing a bicep doing deadlifts.
I'm pretty sure if I picked it up again right now though, I could hit a 5 plate dead by the end of the year.
The other day I ordered aBest Belt. They're custom made weight lifting belts. I'm pretty excited to get it. It probably won't be here for another 3 weeks though. Ended up going with a single prong, athlete (4") belt in royal blue. It wasn't until after I ordered that I saw you can get a custom color scheme for just $5 more. I wish I had. Can do 3 different colors.
It makes me really want to start deadlifting again though. I stopped at the beginning of May because I felt some snapping in my forearm. It never bruised or anything, but it scared the shit out my because I figured I was close to tearing something in my arm (I just don't know what). I actually think I figured out why it happened, based on trying to deadlift once again a month ago. I had watched Richard Hawthorne deadlift and I think I ended up rotating my elbow too far forward (towards the bar) and that must have put something in a bad position. And the only reason I was doing that was because I'm scared as shit of tearing a bicep doing deadlifts.
I'm pretty sure if I picked it up again right now though, I could hit a 5 plate dead by the end of the year.
The other day I ordered aBest Belt. They're custom made weight lifting belts. I'm pretty excited to get it. It probably won't be here for another 3 weeks though. Ended up going with a single prong, athlete (4") belt in royal blue. It wasn't until after I ordered that I saw you can get a custom color scheme for just $5 more. I wish I had. Can do 3 different colors.
Fifey
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Far from it, I'm taking my recovery week since the last three weeks I've been racing three days a week along with training rides and this last weekend I rode 200 miles or so.
Itlan
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You use a mixed grip? I haven't done that in months. You lose grip strength but whatever, I much prefer straight grip.
Noodleface
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What grip you using? Monkey grip or standard?
Possibly you went up too quickly in weight while deadlifting. Any time I feel pain I definitely drop the weight down for a few weeks.
Raign
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You are probably right on the positioning, wrist or elbow out of alignment (usually because you are too wide/ narrow or my personal flaw of not being quite close enough to the bar) will definitely screw with it, especially at the weights it sounds like you are pulling.
I usually end up switching to mixed grip after 2 sets because I find it easier on my left and my left hand loses grip strength. Plagued me since most of my life. I really should strap, but I keep convincing myself that if I don't it will eventually get better (lol I am 40 so odds are pretty good that ain't happening...)
Ambiturner
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Never had any arm issues with deadlifting regardless of grip. I've felt a grinding feeling that felt like it was in my tricep but ending up being in my back a couple times. Also got bloody knees a few times which makes you feel like a dumbshit
Raign
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It's an odd spot to feel pain during deads if it was too much weight, I would expect him to have ripping in his glutes if it was just too heavy. Hard to say, but my bet is on form over weight
Noodleface
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Right it is an odd spot, but I'd argue that if he went too high in weight he might throw form out the window. What I suspect is he's still lifting some of the weight with his arms instead of just holding it "dead"
Gravel
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I guess I should have mentioned that I tried pronated and supinated on the arm that felt it, and in both cases I had the snapping pain.
And it definitely wasn't from going up in weight too much. I pulled 425 back in February, and 420 in March. The first time I felt it was pulling 405, and then the next week at 345 (last week of April, first week of May). And then after my break I pulled 365 and felt it (3rd week of June).
The snapping was about where the palmaris longus is on this image. It didn't feel like a muscle though, more like a tendon snapping. But maybe those muscle are small enough that it'd feel similar. It felt very hot afterward.
And regarding your comment above this one, Noodle, I think it's specifically because I was forcing myself tonotuse my arms that it happened. I may try again and just do it without rotating my elbows in. Basically I think I was overthinking it and trying to remove my arms from the movement so much that I ended up putting stress on something else. Whereas my normal deadlift form I would have just pulled the slack out of the bar and lifted it.
And it definitely wasn't from going up in weight too much. I pulled 425 back in February, and 420 in March. The first time I felt it was pulling 405, and then the next week at 345 (last week of April, first week of May). And then after my break I pulled 365 and felt it (3rd week of June).
The snapping was about where the palmaris longus is on this image. It didn't feel like a muscle though, more like a tendon snapping. But maybe those muscle are small enough that it'd feel similar. It felt very hot afterward.
And regarding your comment above this one, Noodle, I think it's specifically because I was forcing myself tonotuse my arms that it happened. I may try again and just do it without rotating my elbows in. Basically I think I was overthinking it and trying to remove my arms from the movement so much that I ended up putting stress on something else. Whereas my normal deadlift form I would have just pulled the slack out of the bar and lifted it.
Celebrindal
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Progress pic 2014. 6 years doing shit right. 1 year (2011) where I relapsed(gained 70lbs) due to my life going down the drain. Have a bit of extra skin that won't go away without surgery. Considering it.
Celebrindal
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You can see by my belly button that there is a bit hanging down. The skin is loose, and it annoys the fuck out of me.
Saw a dude squatting 8 plates in the gym today. Was some 300-ish lb. Polynesian guy. God damn was that impressive.
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