04.18.11
Dead Lifting: The Pain
One of my favorite exercises, and one of the most painful to recover from, is the dead lift. The video provided on the link shows just about as good of advice as any expert could give on good form – check it out!
Call me masochistic, but this really is fun.
The real pain, however, is the lack of form most people use when dead lifting. I have seen some people whose backs contort to the point where watching them is painful. Nothing about doing a jerking motion with your back sounds or looks even remotely correct – or healthy.
Either drop the weight and use good form, or just don’t do the lift. Heavy weight means nothing when you rupture a disc in your back.
Only when you’ve gotten your form down should you start moving up to heavier weights. I stayed at 135 pound dead lifts for almost a month until I was comfortable with my form. Patience = strength.
Who knows, maybe if you get good enough form you could lift more than this guy: