Why I HATE the DEADLIFT #shorts

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Personally I think if you’re an athlete during the off season is an amazing time to get a strong deadlift but during the season stay clear as it is very difficult to recover from a heavy deadlift session. If you’re not an athlete and just want to be a stronger dude do it as it’s one of the most functional movements for day to day life

Deadlifting gave me a new type of strength on the mats that I never had before. Most athletes will never get good enough at cleans to make them more effective than deadlifts.

My dad had a stroke and nobody could pick him up to rush him to the hospital. A month earlier i was doing deadlifts and was pulling just 50kg, perfect form. He was about 80-90 kg. But damn straight that i lifted him easily because i was familiarized with the movement. Train Deadlifts fellas, you'll never know when you'll need to lift something or someome off the ground.

Once you've hurt your back, it feels like playing with fire

Counter argument: while those lifts are better for athleticism, the deadlift works better than those for hypertrophy and for strength. A newbie lacking an appreciable amount of strength and muscle would certainly benefit more from deadlifts than from explosive movements. If your sport benefits a lot from having a STRONGER, not necessarily more explosive but STRONGER posterior chain (an example might be wrestling), deadlifts will do more for you. Athletes with appreciable amounts of muscle relative to their sport who need to build more explosiveness (most advanced athletes) would be better served by the explosive lifts mentioned.

"as you age, you get older" Wise words xD Totally agree :D

RDLs fixed my low back pain during off season and helped me get stronger.

I deadlift because it makes my whole body feel pumped for about 3 days.

i feel all the other lift you mentioned as an alternative arebeay more complex to master and open to injury

Counterpoint: deadlifts are a lot easier to reach and train a newbie lifter to do, while cleans require lots of practice, coordination, and coaching to get right in order to reap their benefits

then change the title to “I HATE the DEADLIFT for SPORTS PERFORMANCE”

As a former college athlete. We never did crazy heavy dead lifts. Never even maxed. Was more of a warm up while getting into power cleans and hang cleans

"Trap bar jump" Had me in the first half...

Trap Bar Deadlift, especially with proper platforms to make it lower and counteract the raised handles, seems the best option for anyone who wants a strong deadlift but isn't competing for deadlift and wants to avoid injury. The most functional lift for real life and sports outside of a Farmer's Walk - which you can also do with a trap bar : )

From experience a raw deadlift is the best possible exercise for wrestling and grappling martial arts, good strength in your grip and uncollapsable legs.

I love doing Deadlifts, but I sometimes get a reoccurring lower back injury and I can’t train for weeks. It’s frustrating.

I won’t deadlift because I know too many people who have permanent back injuries from it.

With proper training in Olympic lifts the benefits are unreal. Hang cleans/deep squat/push press/snatch took me from an average football player to first team all state. I still use them to this day because they’re functional if I need to be explosive for any reason

Deadlift is just feeling PERFECT. It's my favourite lift, I do 5x5.