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Originally Posted by Littlemermaidklb
OK maybe I'm just too new at this.... but why do you put the weight on risers? Even when there's room under the bar for your feet? I did mine with a 30lb preset bar today and put it on the floor since my feet could fit under it.... is that wrong?
Great videos girls! How far is where you guys lifted from New Haven? Cuz if you go together again and are willing to put up with my new-ness I'd love to join you :-)
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You do it essentially to make it easier ... deadlifts are traditionally done HEAVY ... so that's with the 45# plates on each end (and traditionally more than one). So that puts the bar starting much higher than if you only had 10# plates on the bar. Lower is harder because the muscles are at a mechanical disadvantage, and requires more flexibility/mobility at the ankle and hip. Since Alwyn will have us doing snatch grip deads off a box at some point, no sense making it harder than it has to be in the beginning. Plus for those just learning, it is better to learn it from the easier point, and not the harder one.
We trained in South Windsor at the LAFitness near Evergreen Walk. It's about an hour north of New Haven just east of Hartford ... quick and easy off I-91 to I-84. You are welcome to join us next time! Are you in school in New Haven, or are you from there?