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Originally Posted by kfisherx
After this he taught me the basics of the deadlift. I am inspired by Mahler's love of this and asked him to teach me them. I figured it would be a good thing to help my hamstring heal. He wasn't very happy about it but said he would teach me the safe way to do it and I had to promise to not go out and do a locked knee (Roman) way with heavy weights. So I did 3x20 of these with 30 lb db. I also did some step ups onto a weight bench. This was just to load my hamstring. He made me promise to email him in 2 days to let him know what my hammie feels like after this one.
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Ha, ha. I love it. I bet he was shocked when you asked him. I have given my reasons for my preference for the deadlift in my log recently. It is, for me at any rate, an essential lift. I never understand why trainers shy away from the deadlift. At least he is right in starting you out gradually. From my personal experience, the main things that have enhanced my positive experience with the deadlift have been a long period of developing core and posterior chain.