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Forum ยป Proof that deadlift doesn't do chit for adding muscle mass
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Thread: Proof that deadlift doesn't do chit for adding muscle mass

post 1670179033 10-27-2022, 04:11 PM
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Proof that deadlift doesn't do chit for adding muscle mass



Start watching it around 8:40 min mark. Dudes in the vid are lifting anywhere from 400 lb (180 kg) to 550 lb (250 kg) and none of them look like they lift, lmao.
post 1670179373 10-27-2022, 04:19 PM
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And do you know why that is?
post 1670179623 10-27-2022, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
And do you know why that is?
It's a useless exercise for muscle building.
post 1670180133 10-27-2022, 04:40 PM
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I could see DL being the most CNS/neuromuscular dependant lift. Far as hypertrophy goes tho, not many are doing 8-10-12+ rep DLs... mostly it's rippetoecels pulling sets of 5-6.
post 1670181483 10-27-2022, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted By sapdori⏩
It's a useless exercise for muscle building.
It changes your skeletal system

Its also good know you can pick up a 400lb dude by the legs atleast
post 1670181753 10-27-2022, 05:06 PM
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Rack pulls > deadlifts
post 1670182163 10-27-2022, 05:14 PM
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Because anything less then 8 to 10 reps is **** for hypertrophy. And most of the guys deadlifting big numbers only do 1-3 reps.


I'm sure if you were to do 3-5 sets of deadlifts for 10-12 repetitions and progressively overload in that rep range some muscular growth would occur.



The biggest deadlifters in any commercial gym are either fat mode or look like the guys in that video.
post 1670182323 10-27-2022, 05:16 PM
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Powerlifting is a meme for retards.

Goku, meet Namek.

If you want functional strength, go fkn do construction. If you want aesthetics, do bodybuilding.

If you want to look like a fat retard, do deadlift, bench, and squat LMAO.
post 1670182353 10-27-2022, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted By sapdori⏩
It's a useless exercise for muscle building.
Explained at about 4:40

post 1670198943 10-28-2022, 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted By guest89⏩
Because anything less then 8 to 10 reps is **** for hypertrophy. And most of the guys deadlifting big numbers only do 1-3 reps.


I'm sure if you were to do 3-5 sets of deadlifts for 10-12 repetitions and progressively overload in that rep range some muscular growth would occur.



The biggest deadlifters in any commercial gym are either fat mode or look like the guys in that video.
Yea I've been saying this for years. Deadlift is all leverage. Your leverage obviously matters a ton for bench and squat as well but deadlift is by far the most leverage-dependent lift.
post 1670199163 10-28-2022, 02:07 AM
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Still mirin' lb. for lb. strength tho
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh1VU-_OF98
post 1670199933 10-28-2022, 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted By 1hardgainer⏩
Still mirin' lb. for lb. strength tho
I guess. Pretty lulzy most big miscers would struggle with 500 lb deadlift, and there is some skinny 70 kg Asian dude lifting 550 lb.
post 1670200793 10-28-2022, 04:01 AM
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no shtt

its one of the few lifts that doesn't have strong correlation to bodyweight

there are sub 200lb 900lb pullers

and 150lb women deadlifting 600lbs these days


its all leverages and CNS
HTC is too skinny for me. Fat Girls only crew. serious
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post 1670200853 10-28-2022, 04:08 AM
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I was bigger than this guy at age 12 yet he pulls more than me

in a fight I could ragdoll him
HTC is too skinny for me. Fat Girls only crew. serious
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post 1670200923 10-28-2022, 04:11 AM
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Maybe some of the weights are just for show?

It seems like a street performance, it's possible the bar is lighter than it appears.

He's probably doing some guys a solid too make them look very strong in front of the ladies lol.

Then at the end where he's counting up the wons, maybe it is just a street show.
post 1670200953 10-28-2022, 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩


I was bigger than this guy at age 12 yet he pulls more than me

in a fight I could ragdoll him
sumo lift? check

broccoli? Check

trap beat? Check

raw zoomer energy

not a bad lift though
post 1670201853 10-28-2022, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩


I was bigger than this guy at age 12 yet he pulls more than me

in a fight I could ragdoll him
yeah tall and long arms and you can deadlift alot, dont even need muscles
post 1670201983 10-28-2022, 05:21 AM
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Nice, OP doesn't know what muscles are primarily worked with the deadlift


OP in this instance is a complete retard
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post 1670202073 10-28-2022, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted By mcdojo⏩
yeah tall and long arms and you can deadlift alot, dont even need muscles
Yup. Short torso and long arms = automatic 2x bw deadlift without training.
post 1670202103 10-28-2022, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted By plebmaximus⏩
Nice, OP doesn't know what muscles are primarily worked with the deadlift


OP in this instance is a complete retard
Nah, there are tons of miscers who believe big deadlift will give a "huge" back which is a complete nonsense. I'm just dispelling myth
post 1670202153 10-28-2022, 05:28 AM
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Looks like the video is from China where everything is upside down so gravity works different there unlike the western world, so deadlifting is actually easier in China
post 1670205453 10-28-2022, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted By snowergrower⏩
Looks like the video is from China where everything is upside down so gravity works different there unlike the western world, so deadlifting is actually easier in China
hehe, it's from Korea. Close enough
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