[missjane]

PIcture the oly bar with 45 lb plates on it. See where the bar would be? That's where you want the bar when you deadlift. If there are no plates on the bar or little ones, the bar will be too low (cuz the plates are so small). If you are reaching down further than where the bar should be (with 45 lb plates on it), then that's a deficit deadlift (reaching further than normal). When lifting with the 45 lb plates, and WANTING to do a deficit deadlift, you stand on a platform or step to increase the reach that way.