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Isaac Wilkins · 03-27-2008, 12:25 PM

The trap bar gives you a very good mechanical advantage that you don't get with a straight bar deadlift.

Once you learn how to really drive your legs and hips straight down you can pile on the weight. There's little element of pushing the hips through like a straight bar deadlift.

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Isaac Wilkins Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 99 My Profile	The trap bar gives you a very good mechanical advantage that you don't get with a straight bar deadlift. Once you learn how to really drive your legs and hips straight down you can pile on the weight. There's little element of pushing the hips through like a straight bar deadlift. __________________ Isaac Wilkins, M.Ed, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, and who cares what other letters? Get big, get strong, get fast: www.wilkinspower.com Got Strength? www.gotstrengthblog.com The life and times of a private strength coach. Laugh, cry, get in shape.