Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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deadlifts

rjprince
rjprince
Posts: 5
Joined: 2006/04/24
Canada
2006/04/24, 06:30 PM
Im trying to do deadlifts for my back, but i feel alot of work with my legs as well. I thought dead lifts where more for legs?
Zenkei18
Zenkei18
Posts: 277
Joined: 2005/06/22
United States
2006/04/24, 06:42 PM
They work your back. If you do them right, the actual muscle work occurs with the attempt to stand upright with the weight(after legs are straight of course, make sure not to round out your back either, look up etc. etc.)
2006/04/24, 06:49 PM
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/ErectorSpinae/BBDeadlift.html

the exercise works hips, hamstrings, glutes, lower back....
yadmit
yadmit
Posts: 4,670
Joined: 2003/10/05
Canada
2006/04/24, 06:53 PM
I just find it easier to say it works the whole body. :big_smile:

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wrestler125
wrestler125
Posts: 4,619
Joined: 2004/01/27
United States
2006/04/24, 09:30 PM
... biceps, traps, forearms, rhomboids... posterior deltoids, spinal erectors, obliques... adductors, rectus abdominus, lats...

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