Do You Deadlift?

[Simplyme]

If so how often and what is your reps/sets?

I know deadlifting is a great mass builder but I am curious with all the potential for injury do you do it regularly and do you prefer low rep sets? Or do you take the risk and do higher rep sets?

[BeFit4Free]

Originally Posted by Simplyme

If so how often and what is your reps/sets?

I know deadlifting is a great mass builder but I am curious with all the potential for injury do you do it regularly and do you prefer low rep sets? Or do you take the risk and do higher rep sets?

Doing deadlifts for higher reps is typically much safer, because lower reps usually means much heavier weight.

When I do deadlifts, they're always pretty heavy, because you don't really build much mass with light weight.

http://www.befit4free.net/videos/30-...exercises.html (Back Training Video. Bodybuilding Back Exercises)
In this back training video, Chris Horning is doing sets of deadlifts with 495 pounds!
You just have to use good form.

[elvenrunelord]

Back in the day when I was weightlifting, I tried and tried to gain mass but never did. What I did do was gain a ton of endurance and muscle tone. Just about ever muscle in my arms and legs was toned and outlined, but the mass never did come. My trainer at the time said he had never seen anyone with the endurance to do the workouts I did, and said most likely the reason I did not gain the mass was due to genetics. He said I was doing everything right at the time to gain mass, my body just would not cooperate. lol

At one time I was working out about 8 hours a day. I would do exercises like every hour at work. 100 jumping jacks, 100 sit ups, 100 push ups and then jog in place for about 5-10 minutes. Had a job with little supervision or responsibility so i could get away with that. lol

Then after work I'd start my weightlifting routine and work on that for about 4 hours. alternating the lifting with push ups, sit ups and jumping jacks again.

I was very well toned and had the endurance of 3 bulls but never did gain the mass. even now 15 years later some of those muscles are still corded and toned. lol

[BeFit4Free]

Originally Posted by elvenrunelord

Back in the day when I was weightlifting, I tried and tried to gain mass but never did. What I did do was gain a ton of endurance and muscle tone. Just about ever muscle in my arms and legs was toned and outlined, but the mass never did come. My trainer at the time said he had never seen anyone with the endurance to do the workouts I did, and said most likely the reason I did not gain the mass was due to genetics. He said I was doing everything right at the time to gain mass, my body just would not cooperate. lol

(After reading your exercise program, there was no way you'd ever gain any weight with that kind of exercise).

Originally Posted by elvenrunelord

At one time I was working out about 8 hours a day.

(8 hours of exercise per day? That's a guarantee not to gain ANY mass, but to decrease body fat and also burn a LOT of muscle mass. An hour of intense HEAVY resistance training is sufficient as long as you're taking in enough calories! 8 Hours is absolutely too much to gain ANY mass.)

Originally Posted by elvenrunelord

I would do exercises like every hour at work. 100 jumping jacks, 100 sit ups, 100 push ups and then jog in place for about 5-10 minutes.

(You should have been eating every hour or 2, but NOT that much exercise. There's no way to gain muscle mass if you kept breaking it down instead of rebuilding it with food and rest.)

Originally Posted by elvenrunelord

Had a job with little supervision or responsibility so i could get away with that. lol

Then after work I'd start my weightlifting routine and work on that for about 4 hours.

(You should have been doing 50 minutes - 1 hour)

Originally Posted by elvenrunelord

alternating the lifting with push ups, sit ups and jumping jacks again.

I was very well toned and had the endurance of 3 bulls but never did gain the mass. even now 15 years later some of those muscles are still corded and toned. lol

[elvenrunelord]

Well your probably right, but I sure did tone up very well. Virtually every muscle I had was defined, it was just not large. lol

[DianaR]

I avoided dead lifts. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was making my waistline thicker by doing them.

It may not have been based on any facts, but sometimes you just have to go with your feelings.

[Simplyme]

No, I think you are right I definitely could tell the difference after I started deadlifting with the waistline getting a bit thicker (not fat just thick...lol) but overall I really love the results I got deadlifting though. My brother is a UFC type fighter but he did Powerlifting long before that and he was a deadlifting fanatic. He has his deadlift videos on his MySpace profile lol.