Guest guest Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 I think you mean barbell was too heavy. Dumbell is the one held in each hand. Usually barbells unweighted are around 40 pounds so you'll have to be the judge of what's too heavy. But YES you want to be using a barbell across your shoulders. DMM > > > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 In a message dated 11/1/03 7:13:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, s.fisher22@... writes: > having said that, i got advice from a different trainer (3 now) on my form, > and the last one told me to bend from the *hips* not the back. previously i > had been arching my back quite a bit and apparently bending from my back. > i've found since concentrating on bending from the hips, my back can take a > lot more weight without hurting. Yeah, that's #1 important. Plus you probably can't use nearly the weight with stiff-legged deadlifts as normal ones, as you're concentrating the force in your back instead of your whole body w/legs. But it's imperitive your back stays arched slightly backward, and does not bend during the exercise. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 >>>>>You must mean a barbell. Why don't you try using just the bar and see if you can handle it? How many reps can you do with 10 pound weights? If you don't feel exhausted to failure after 10, then you should be able to handle a barbell easily, just don't add any weight to it at first. (The bar itself weighs 45 pounds, which is a little more than twice what you're using now). If you can do that 5 times there's no reason to use the dumbells (10 pound weights) in my personal opinion. But that's going to depend on what strength you already have. ----->when i first started doing stiff legged deadlifts several weeks ago, i found that when i did it with the barbell my lower back always hurt quite a bit. so i started doing them using the dumbells, and up unitl yesterday when i lifted to heavy a load, i was doing fine - no back problems. i think for anyone having difficulty starting out with the bar, the dumbells are a good way to build up to it. having said that, i got advice from a different trainer (3 now) on my form, and the last one told me to bend from the *hips* not the back. previously i had been arching my back quite a bit and apparently bending from my back. i've found since concentrating on bending from the hips, my back can take a lot more weight without hurting. Suze Fisher Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine http://www.westonaprice.org ---------------------------- " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -- Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics <http://www.thincs.org> ---------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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