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Originally Posted by Mahler
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.
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Actually he was sort of shocked now that you mention it. I am too new at this game to know that trainers shy away from it but his reaction when I told him I wanted to learn deadlifts and squats was of shock. He asked me what I was reading first. Then he asked me if my intention was to become a lifter afterwhich he said I wasn't built for lifting if that was my intention. I told him I had no intention but that some of the people I converse with on a forum post their lift results and I wanted to see what that was about. Besides I read that it was a great hamstring exercise anyway. He said that it is a hamstring blow exercise if not done correctly. I responded that he ought then to make sure I do it correctly and don't go about learning it on my own in the gym.
I am so evil. He won't let me do the Roman type yet but I can work on that if I find value in the exercise.