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ยป ITT: Lifters - what are your thoughts/your experience with RACK PULLS?
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post 1697839703 02-14-2024, 08:17 AM
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ITT: Lifters - what are your thoughts/your experience with RACK PULLS?

I started integrating these into my pull days probably 5-6 years ago and I tend to cycle them in and out. I've experimented with above the knee, at the knee, below the knee, etc. I primarily used it as a way to improve my deadlift at the time. Now, I don't care about deadlift weight all that much anymore and I throw in rack pulls from time to time because I like them a lot and they're a great way to hammer that final nail in your back day coffin. For myself personally, I also found them to be a great trap workout and a nice way to work on grip strength. I've only ever used straps on really heavy deadlifts and prefer to use chalk now. Seriously, my gym is full of chalk.

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Originally Posted By SirFapsAIot
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Originally Posted By lightsarefallin
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IMHO it's an ego lift with minimal benefits; just pull from the floor.

There's more efficient ways to train grip strength if that is the benefit you want from it. But really just ditch the straps.
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IMHO it's an ego lift with minimal benefits; just pull from the floor.

There's more efficient ways to train grip strength if that is the benefit you want from it. But really just ditch the straps.
I always preferred deadlifts overall even though I don't hit those as hard anymore. Definitely agree with ditching straps, though.
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I hate rack pulls because I'm a manlet, and not every cage has safety bars that go extremely low (I also don't want to stand on plates).

I feel like Flex said they're just an ego lift, and I agree. Any time I ever see someone doing them (not many), they're slamming them into the safety bars. I always think they're going break something.
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feels a lot more natural/less prone to injury. i (and many people) have bad ankle flexibility. really is no reason to do full ROM deadlifts unless you compete/powerlift/strongman
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never done them because I never saw the benefits of it, but I feel like it'd be a great way to improve your deadlift or finish out a workout.
not sure if I'd want to do them, lately the limiting factor in most of my heavy lifts has been lower back pain and I feel like those would just make it worse
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I've never been able to get the feel for them and think my position is wrong.

I've been DL'ing from the floor for 30 years and the way you feel the load increase before the bar moves feels fine. Rack pulls OTOH, the loading phase just feels wrong and consequently makes me not like them.

As far as DL's go, I'm weakest off the floor. If I can get the bar to just below my knees, I can lift it. So, I don't think I would get a huge amount out of rack pulls, even if they didn't feel wrong.
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Decent for back gains and trap gains, useless for deadlift gains. You're not in the same groove doing rack pulls as you are in the actual dl.
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Originally Posted By DuracellBunny
I've never been able to get the feel for them and think my position is wrong.

I've been DL'ing from the floor for 30 years and the way you feel the load increase before the bar moves feels fine. Rack pulls OTOH, the loading phase just feels wrong and consequently makes me not like them.

As far as DL's go, I'm weakest off the floor. If I can get the bar to just below my knees, I can lift it. So, I don't think I would get a huge amount out of rack pulls, even if they didn't feel wrong.
this. Hardest part of deadlifts is exploding off of the floor while staying tight.

I can already rep 405 for 8+ on deadlifts so rack pulls dont seem important, also hate the feeling of pulling off of and landing on the safety bars.
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I'd say these days I like to occasionally throw in a set or two of rack pulls at the end of a back day to finish off the back. Getting older and deadlifts don't feel as good as they used to. Sometimes what I'll do is like an in-between deadlift and rack pull, lifting from the ankles or something like that, rather than off my feet on the floor.
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