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Originally Posted by 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.
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I have never heard of this; Lou definitely doesn't say anything about how high the bar should be, in the book. He also shows the model with plates that are not 45lbs. doing the deadlift from the floor. And the model is using even smaller plates in the widegrip deadlift from box. Also, different heights of people will be at a different relation to the bar with 45lb. plates on it. A very tall person will have to reach down farther to lift it even with 45 plates than I would be, as a shorter person.