The Deadlift: 3 Reasons (Audio Only)

[@geoffbischoff816]

"Safer than picking up a 3-year-old child." I have a 3-year-old child right now, and I can confirm this is true. Not only is the barbell balanced, it never tries to dive out of your arms halfway up.

[@mikeobrien1559]

My deadlift max is a ‘meh’ 405. On a regular basis, I need nothing even remotely close to that (once a week, I have to carry a 40lb. bag of kitty litter into the house). But, when my dad (a big guy) was dying of cancer, it was very comforting to him, and gratifying for me, to be able to help him out of his wheelchair and into his bed with ease and gentility. I was grateful to be ready for that.

[@MrDutchmarshal]

I know this is a really old comment but 405 is a great lift man, that's 2 persons worth of weight..

[@mikeobrien1559]

@@MrDutchmarshal Thanks.

[@yishen2461]

Bruh 405 lbs isn't meh, kudos to your commitment.

[@mikeobrien1559]

@@yishen2461 Thank you.

[@emiel7479]

@@mikeobrien1559 You're a champ, hope you're still crushing the weights on a regular basis. Stay strong!

[@merelymaterial]

deadlifts is also great for aesthetics in that it corrects posture. correcting anterior pelvic tilt (lumbar lordosis) helps correct rounded upper back (thoracic kyphosis) which in turn helps correct forward head posture. correcting bad posture is one of the biggest things one can do for their aesthetics.

[@jamesadams2545]

The fact the rippetoe had to describe what a barbell is just shows that he’s given up with humans 😂

[@Barkotek]

james adams 'the majority of population is stupid' - rip

[@jamesadams2545]

Barkotek haha yeah he thinks everybody is stupid

[@scottmoyer3854]

I travel a lot and have been to lots of gyms on day passes. I have officially given up on calling and asking about barbells because NO ONE KNOWS WHAT A BARBELL IS. I'm not exaggerating. I have to be a detective and scroll the photos available on google to see if theres a squat rack and barbell in any of their posted pictures. Its easy to forget how fringe strength training is..

@@Barkotek "Hillary won the popular vote" lol

[@rajnigandha21]

😂😂😂😂

[@KimTownsel]

If only more women knew that deadlifting can help them with so many body parts...

[@awesomo9262]

90% of all women in my gym only do cardio and abductor machine they are so thin and weak that they couldn't even stand straight with just a bar on their back... I find that really sad. I think strong women are much more attractive and they also look healthier.

[@onceuponthecross1]

...hip draahv

[@KimTownsel]

AwesomO Truth.

[@KimTownsel]

onceuponthecross1 LOL, but YASSS!

[@suntzu7727]

@@eli9478 And what they do actually doesn't do much for their butts. To actually build your butt you need to lift and progressively overload, it's not a magical body part.

[@red303dat]

can't argue with that logic, much respect. I deadlift and squat regularly :)

[@두둥등장-z4s]

Most of people do Rumanian deadlift with tiny weights and believe they did deadlift

[@dinoXAs2]

Most of people wont do anything with name "deadlift" Romanian deadlifts are great too.

[@Alejandro-te2nt]

calm yourself... be not afraid.

[@HAL-dm1eh]

That was a good one.

[@VegetoStevieD]

At the end of the day, the reason bench presses and leg presses are so popular, is because they're the heaviest exercises you can do while laying down. People like laying down. You just can't get all that strong while laying down people ;)

[@KBA130]

Lol. Speak for yourself, I like to be on my feet as much as possible

[@VegetoStevieD]

Haha, the exception to the rule proves the rule. Myself, I love the standing barbell exercises because I got fairly good at them.... But at the end of the day, I'm the only person on the planet who mounted his PC and a hammock in his power rack. Squat, then hammock time. I do love laying down :)

[@thelongslowgoodbye]

It also proves Rip's view on most people: they're lazy and stupid.

[@scottmoyer3854]

All machine training is based on the principle of sitting down for the "gym ride"

[@chrisbuesnell3428]

You are right. I squat and deadlift but I like to lie down so enjoy the benching.

[@MrFINGERLICIOUS]

Even calves and anterior tibialis can be worked by the deadlift depending on how it's done. Eg. Conventional, heavy, even deficit

[@williamrachello3699]

It's always a struggle trying to convince people that deadlifts are not bad for the back, or squats aren't bad for the knees

[@Alangley345]

Don't even waste your time. I used to try and help people, but now I'm happy to let them come in max out of the deadlift twice a week, it's their time and money not mine. :-/

[@williamrachello3699]

Actually I can deny that. The Valsalva effect protects the spine, so does a belt. It's true that given some circumstances you probably will never to deadlift 700 pounds, but even people with severe conditions can benefit from deadlifting 1, 2 or 3 plates. It just depends, but hardly anyone has such a bad back that deadlifts are to be avoided altogether. I invite you to watch Barbell Logic #26, it talks about a guy in his late 50s, with terminal cancer, on chemo, recently had two major surgeries due to a completely collapsed lung, and he still picked himself up and now is pulling 500 for 3 reps. So as I said, it takes a lot to say you can't deadlift at all.

[@ramaswamynarayanan2930]

William Rachello Add to that line that it is also a task to convince people that presses dont destroy your shoulders

[@garretttedeman]

Just to chime-in here that even if you are new to deadlifting and/or just pulling a smaller amount of weight than some meat-heads, deadlifts as an exercise hit so many muscles-groups and conditions so much of your anatomy in such a short time. ...As Rip says, if done properly, it forces a lot of adaptations in the whole kinetic chain. For instance, as a runner/jogger, I've been fascinated at seeing how doing some deadlifting has forced certain re-balancing or straightening-out of minor imbalances in my feet, hips and pelvis. ...All runners, at various points, develop chronic overuse issues or compensatory tweaks. And it's true what many trainers (including Rip) will tell you, in that it's about the best thing for runners, joggers, walkers, and bikers to incorporate some basic strength movements.

[@paulfroelich1024]

Have you seen Ryan Hall's body transformation post-running? Dude is yoked. And he also said basic strength training is the best cross training for running.

[@richardlewis1243]

I could listen to Rip read the phone book, if you could find one....put me right to sleep. Is “Starting Strength” on audible?

[@jamesaugustine687]

Great content- keep it up Rip; an inspiration.

[@hemaswaroop7970]

Please make one such video on Squats as well..

[@wpouser]

I listening, I guess, 7 videos in a row, justo to show how good they are.

[@pdavis647]

Mr.Rippletoe is the gentleman who indirectly helped me to start powerlifting through his book,"starting strength".I have increased the weight incrementally,and as a result have gotten stronger..I love the deadlift, especially when doing it BELTLESS...

[@amandadavis9726]

Patrick, I love lifting too. I haven’t used a belt in the past 16, 17 years. When you do it right, you really don’t need one.

[@truzzman]

1) because it’s a competition lift (powerlifting meets, strongman events, etc..} 2) because it’s the best overall back exercises ever. PERIOD. (Seriously, nothing works the back and core like deadlifts) 3) because of the nature of the lift (multi joint and multi muscle exercise), you can progress on it for longer periods of time, keep gettin stronger and better every year for a LOT of years.

[@tyler7992]

CameronxPowersx9700 wrong. Quit being a dumbass

[@RevoltingRudi]

rackpulls put to much stress on skelettal system and should be avoided for most people. rackpulls also fuck up cheap gym equipment.

[@jerrycunningham1820]

2nd best. The squat is the best!

[@saltrock9642]

I just love hearing Rip talk and I don’t even lift weights.

[@00Noontide]

Great content! Thanks!

[@williamdennis1537]

Thank you, got it Rip.

[@scottschmidt2147]

The best if done correctly dangerous if it. I love it but am cautious about spine injury.

[@miguelreyes8466]

Thank u for sharing

[@Erik-ko6lh]

I want a glass of milk now.

[@andrewkucbel4004]

"... and both lifters, here's the important part, walked safely and proudly out of the platform after the lifts" Cue in Eddy Hall nearly dying in the process of lifting 1100 pounds. Ok I might be exaggerating, but it wasn't the most graceful walk out.

[@cranki6316]

He was physically exhausted but he wasn't broken. I think that was the point.

[@sul2631]

Andrew Kucbel Eddy hall himself said that he did not recieve any injury whatsoever adter deadlifting 500kg

[@scottmoyer3854]

Nope, completed the lift and walked away.

[@MrFINGERLICIOUS]

Sultan ALMahry on mark bell podcast I think it was he said he was surprised he didn't even pull a hamstring

[@MLDRBRY]

I think he was referencing powerlifting records. Look at Benedikt magnusson pulling 1015 like its a warmup

[@jamesianv]

so doing back extensions to improve my deadlift is why I had a very sore lower glass back. So I am now going to go from 152lbs to 135lbs and perfect my form, adding 5lbs every 6 or 9 days I am not sure. the trick is knowing what weight to pull, you may be able to pull more weight than what is wise. small muscles in the lower back may need to catch up. after 40 years of atrophy

[@UltimateNinjaSrb]

HIP

[@HAL-dm1eh]

HHHHWHY

[@dready187]

Hahaha

[@alexbarsky5349]

Who’s in the thumbnail

[@GreyRock100]

Gods Tricep I'd like to know too. She 🔥

[@TiberiusStorm]

The DL is the hardest to learn in my opinion! Especially if you experience lower back pain even when several different trainers tell you your form looks good!

[@VegetoStevieD]

Has anyone on the Starting Strength forums critiqued your form?

[@TiberiusStorm]

Yes a couple years ago I had a DL video up and last year a guy from SS critiqued it for me. I've improved since then but still have muscular lower back pain and therefore cannot increase my DL. It also effects my squat and walking since my back is so friggen sore.

[@jackcarter6629]

DL is an exercise you have to start with weight you can handle with perfect form. I reckon you need to lower the weight and then increase it less frquently to allow your lower back muscles to get stronger. Starting Strength tells you to increase the weight quicker and more frequently, but not everybody can do this. Work within your capabilities. Also do DL one day a week ONLY. Each week you will be stronger. The key is to Increase the weight VERY slowly over time, LITTLE by LITTLE. If it's increased just 2 pounds a week, that will be an increase of 100Ibs in 12 months. In a gym, forget this. Your ego won't let you do this, so do it at home. I personally increase the weight when I can do 8 reps. With some weight it has taken me 5 weeks to increase from 5 reps to 8 reps, but when I manage it that weight doesn't make the back hurt anymore, it has got stronger. You'll find sometimes it has got strong enough for higher weight increments to be used, if so then do it, but when the weight is hurting again, dial it back a bit and reach 8 reps with it again. Then repeat the cycle of increasing weight again, and so on.

[@VegetoStevieD]

Upload a deadlift video to your channel and post it here. I'd love to see what you're doing. There are a lot of things that can happen with fair form too. You could be chronically holding tension in your glutes, hips, hamstrings and hip flexors. This happens to me sometimes. If those muscles get too tight, your back will move slightly to accommodate the lack of hip mobility, and force transfer through the hips ceases to be effective. My hips etc get so chronically tight sometimes that my heart struggles to pump blood against the wall of tension, and I feel like I'm having heart problems. Releasing the chronic tension resolves both of the above issues for me when this happens. Strange, but true. I know it's counter to what SS often preaches, but there are times when some mobility work is needed to recover. Even 'Uncle Rippie' has mentioned that they stretch hamstrings at their gym. They speak against stretching ALL THE TIME, and before lifting. ....But they do stretch sometimes.

[@TiberiusStorm]

OK I uploaded a newer video of me dead lifting this summer. I also have a couple older videos I made private but can make public if you want to see more.

[@KF1349]

I know I will get destroyed in the responses but I gave up on deadlifts years ago. I have long legs and short arms and I have that quad dominant/weak Hamstring curse. I am too demanding about proper form and my back always ends up rounding.

[@mattseaton5832]

That's no excuse to stop deadlifting. Lower the weight until your form is good.

[@Copeman9999]

You don't necessarily need to do a conventional deadlift. A block pull (off a 2-3" block) could work very well for you.

[@90daysofspanish-lf9me]

Easiest to learn? I've been struggling for 9 months lol

[@SB-mg1wy]

The mountain from Game of Thrones holds the record

[@andrewdavidson8854]

Eddie Hall holds the current record. 500kg. Thor is a little behind...

[@suntzu7727]

@@andrewdavidson8854 Not anymore

[@andrewdavidson8854]

Sun Tzu-note the date of my comment. It was made before Thor made a new record in his gym.

[@Buzz_Kill71]

Robert Oberst.....

[@jerrycunningham1820]

The weakest strongman.

[@BigJamesGraham]

@@jerrycunningham1820 Right? He's like 6'9 and 440 pounds and lost to 6'2 300 + Martins Licis