Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Posted June 13, 2006 - The chief danger lies in curling the bar and frankly you should learn to lock out your arms completely, consider them hooks in ANY of the three used deadlift grips, the double overhand, double underhand, or the most prevalent mixed. Any failure to keep your arms completely locked out from the very start causes a jerk or a loss of pull that can translate to a big problem in several muscles on the way through. By the way, it's not JUST the bicep on that failure to lock the arm, but i've seen a pectoral tear too on a fella who tried to finish a DL by slightly curling 295 kg... it resulted in his being off the platform for a couple of YEARS. A good reason to learn to lock your arms.....it should be automatic even with your first WARMUP! One way to prevent this sort of failure to lock the arms on take off is to think of " locking your lats " . this tends to keep the arms straight and also close in.... (that's for conventional DL'ers mostly). This way of thinking can also assist in getting the back into a better position too. The Phantom aka Schaefer, CMT, CSCS, competing powerlifter Denver, Colorado, USA ---------- It was written: Hi I'm sorry if this one has been discussed in the past, but I'd be grateful to hear what any one thinks on the safety of using a mixed grip on deadlifts, as I hear it can damage the biceps. Thanks in advance Greenland East Sussex UK Quote
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