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December 12, 2005
The Best and the Worst Lower Back Exercises
The Worst Lower Back Exercise: the Sissy Deadlift
You have heard of a sissy squat but not a sissy deadlift? -- You have seen it, Comrade, trust me.
This grotesque deadlift mutation calls for a weight lighter than your top curl and demands that you lock your knees and twist your neck to check out your butt in the mirror.
This exercise in vanity will get you nothing but back, neck, and knee problems; your spinal erectors will remain flatter than a road kill.
The Best Lower Back Exercise: the Deadlift Lockout
Be generous with plates and pull a barbell from your knee level or slightly above. Use a staggered powerlifting grip or straps. Keep your whole body, especially your stomach and butt, tight.
Frank Zane digs the partial deadlift for a reason. What reason? -– Do the drill and you will not have to ask.
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Posted by james at December 12, 2005 6:39 AM
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