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2004/06/02, 10:57 AM
Straight leg dead lifts-- These seem to be against everything I've been taught about good back care. My back is still sore 2 days later. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Knees slightly bent, lift with back, hurt for days. Is this right?
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2004/06/02, 11:00 AM
It can hurt a few days. If you think it is more than soreness, rest. If its soreness, lighten the weight. You can also strengthen your back with hyperextensions, supermans and goodmornings.
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Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds.
Charlie
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2004/06/02, 12:08 PM
Perhaps you are trying to do too much too soon. You may need to work your strength up a bit to be able to handle great deals of weight on this excercise. Heed the good advice of charlie826 and decide whether this pain is the good or bad kind and go from there.
Did you check out how to properly do it on the web site?
I think they work the best at developing lower back strength because you can lift more than you can doing anything else and my back has developed quite a bit since I added them to my program. Just mentioned this because your profile said that you were interested in gaining some mass. Should actually help to develop better back strength and you will have less back aches and problems because of it.
Good Luck!
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2004/06/02, 01:34 PM
May be that I'm lifting to much. I could do the reps but was not easy. I've always been careful of my back. I've worked in a shipyard for over 20yrs with out injuring it. The soreness I feel is not damage, it's just sore from extra work. next time I'll try a little less wieght and see how things go. I was under the impression that exersize was for my hamstrings and it does not seem to be working those muscles. May after my back gets in shape I'll notice the hamstrings.
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2004/06/02, 03:55 PM
Yeah, it does help your hamstrings too, but no or not really any excercise out there works only one certain muscle group. When you bench, you are working mostly the chest, but your triceps play into it as well.
I know what you mean though. I do them on my leg days because thats what ft has me doing, but my lower back feels like it gets most of the work. I really like how well it works my lower back though now. You will get sore in the beginning because you haven't used those muscles this way before. As long as it is good pain, make sure that you don't lift TOO heavy, but you should be able to get that nice n' heavy grunt to get it up weight going pretty soon.
I like doing them on a platform. I just made one out of 2x4's and use that for that and for calf raises and stuff. That works well for me anyway because I can get a further range of motion.
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How intense you train is directly relative to the desire you have to be the best that you possibly can be. As for me, I train with an intensity of a big hairy gorilla on speed. How about you?
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2004/06/02, 04:08 PM
Don't lift with just your back, your back and hips and everything have to work together in the stiff-legged deadlift. Keep the natural arch in your low back, push your hips back, lift you butt up away from your heels, lower until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings, and return to the top by pushing the force down through your legs and bringing your body back to the upright position. o light until you get the feel for it.
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2004/06/03, 01:10 PM
Woodie,
I used to get back pain every time I did abs and thought I should avoid back exercises. WRONG!
Since I started doing deadlifts and hyperextensions other than muscle soreness I've not had any episodes of back pain.
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2004/06/03, 03:38 PM
Thanks all, and princesslodgey love your hair.
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