Deadlifts are shit for muscle building

[Deusmaximus]

 

[thereallegend]

Plus they compress the spine and make you shorter

 

[Prettyboy]

Romanian deadlifts are great for hamstrings but yeah conventionals are for gymcels

 

[Deleted member 19317]

What's the best ass excercise then tbh?

 

[Deusmaximus]

Romanian deadlifts are great for hamstrings but yeah conventionals are for gymcels

Romanian dl destroys my hamstrings by far the best. Love it.

 

[Deleted member 7725]

Deadlifts are shit. I always get drenched in sweat and have to spend half the time stacking up more plates and then putting them away afterwards. JFL at doing them unless you're an explosive athlete or a powerlifting coper.

 

[Moldovancel]

Romanian dl destroys my hamstrings by far the best. Love it.

What's the difference with normal DL?

 

[Tonymontana]

Completely dropped all barbell, and dumbbell exercises about half a year ago, and replaced them with machines, and a lot more single joint isolation exercises. I grow faster, my joints feel amazing, and I also don't suffer the brain fog, and lethargy that barbell compound exercises give you from smoking your nervous system/recovery.

Machines are SUPERIOR to barbells for hypertrophy. There's a reason why pro bodybuilders use machines for the majority of their training, and many don't even touch free weights. They allow you to stimulate your muscles, and take them to failure without fucking up your joints, or taxing your nervous system which allows you to do more volume, and recover faster equaling more gains.

Not just machines, but single joint isolation exercises (cable flyes, lat pullovers, leg extensions, lateral raises) are extremely effective for building muscle. Always had a lagging chest even when I was doing high volume and progressively overloading on my bench, and incline. Once I switched to only hammer strength chest press, and cable flyes, my chest noticeably thickened up, and is now catching up with my delts (my strongest bodypart).

Machines, and isolation exercises are GOAT for aesthetics/size. Making much faster progress with better recovery/no injuries with them, and will never use barbells again.

 

[Ricochet]

I deadlift once a week and went from 5'9 to 5'8. . It's awesome for getting stronger though or losing weight

 

[wholesome]

Deadlifting is only good for athletes that train sport-specific IMO. Deadlifts are high in risk even with good form at times if you go heavy on this movement, but yeah definitely better alternatives out there.

 

[wholesome]

What's the best ass excercise then tbh

Probably barbell hip thrust or single leg hip to regular hip thrusts if you are new to the movement, or getting those resistance bands that bitches use at the gym and putting them around your knees and walking out or lying down and lifting your one knee up lol.

 

[Deleted member 7098]

Completely dropped all barbell, and dumbbell exercises about half a year ago, and replaced them with machines, and a lot more single joint isolation exercises. I grow faster, my joints feel amazing, and I also don't suffer the brain fog, and lethargy that barbell compound exercises give you from smoking your nervous system/recovery.

Machines are SUPERIOR to barbells for hypertrophy. There's a reason why pro bodybuilders use machines for the majority of their training, and many don't even touch free weights. They allow you to stimulate your muscles, and take them to failure without fucking up your joints, or taxing your nervous system which allows you to do more volume, and recover faster equaling more gains.

Not just machines, but single joint isolation exercises (cable flyes, lat pullovers, leg extensions, lateral raises) are extremely effective for building muscle. Always had a lagging chest even when I was doing high volume and progressively overloading on my bench, and incline. Once I switched to only hammer strength chest press, and cable flyes, my chest noticeably thickened up, and is now catching up with my delts (my strongest bodypart).

Machines, and isolation exercises are GOAT for aesthetics/size. Making much faster progress with better recovery/no injuries with them, and will never use barbells again.

@DoctorLooksmax thought? I thought compound full body are the best way to waste as little time as possible in the gym while being effective enough to achieve a decent physique

 

[Ricochet]

@DoctorLooksmax thought? I thought compound full body are the best way to waste as little time as possible in the gym while being effective enough to achieve a decent physique

They are

 

[ifyouwannabemylover]

imagine even touching a barbell

 

[valhalar]

imagine even touching a barbell

Coceancig line and no barbell theory

 

[ifyouwannabemylover]

Coceancig line and no barbell theory

super bimax + geniopaully or rope

 

[Deleted member 13710]

I think someone wants permission to not train hard at the gym

 

[Deleted member 4430]

super bimax + geniopaully or rope

truly a contributor

 

[ItsOverCel]

I think someone wants permission to not train hard at the gym

over for you
deadlifts suck my dick due to their complete uselessness and they only stunt actual aesthetic brah progress

 

[Tonymontana]

If your goal is aesthetics, and you're deadlifting in 2022, you're a retard.

We now have studies showing that machines, and even isolation exercises build the same amount of muscle as barbell compound exercises. By deadlifting, you're wasting a shit load of energy, risking injury, and getting a distributed subpar growth stimulus across your body.

When you could have done 4 sets of chest supported rows in the same amount of time it takes to work up to a top set of deadlifts, and gotten much more hypertrophy stimulus for your upper back

 

[Deleted member 13710]

deadlifts suck my dick due to their complete uselessness and they only stunt actual aesthetic brah progress

I actually agree that deadlifts are not a good hypertrophy exercise, but the people who take this kind of advice usually end up skinny and weak. They take shortcuts until they end up with nothing.

We now have studies showing that machines, and even isolation exercises build the same amount of muscle as barbell compound exercises. By deadlifting, you're wasting a shit load of energy, risking injury, and getting a distributed subpar growth stimulus across your body.

This is completely wrong. The science is overwhelming that compound exercises are superior for both size nad strength.