Poll of the Day > It's my first time doing deadlifts in like 5 years

(+) Yeah! (+)

Starting light but this is a lot more tiring than I remember >_>

The lady in the rack next to me is lifting heavier <_<

This is what I get for sticking with Planet FATness since covid

PK_Spam posted...

This is what I get for sticking with Planet FATness since covid

dont blame the tools blame the user

Deadlifts are exhausting but I hardly ever do them. They're more taxing on the cns than they are beneficial for your muscles. With that said, it's a good idea to do them on occasion. I mean lifting heavy things and putting them down is the foundation of weight lifting... obviously.

I am an athlete and body builder and I've had zero problems getting good pumps at planet fitness. They have multiple squat racks and a leg press I can put a dozen plus 45s on. Only thing is they're smith machines so you gotta find other ways to target those stabilizing muscles. For legs I do weighted box steps and one leg deadlifts.

Deadlifts are an awesome exercise. I deadlift every time I train now (3-4 times per week).

Hint: mix it up with trap bar deadlifts, rack pulls, Romanians, pause deadlifts, dumbbell deadlifts, etc so you're not just doing the same movement every day. Maybe pick 2-3 of them per training cycle to focus on.

Have you still been doing legs in general?

potdnewb posted...

dont blame the tools blame the user

Hey man, dont call me a tool. Dont call me a user

BADoglick posted...

Deadlifts are exhausting but I hardly ever do them. They're more taxing on the cns than they are beneficial for your muscles. With that said, it's a good idea to do them on occasion. I mean lifting heavy things and putting them down is the foundation of weight lifting... obviously.

I am an athlete and body builder and I've had zero problems getting good pumps at planet fitness. They have multiple squat racks and a leg press I can put a dozen plus 45s on. Only thing is they're smith machines so you gotta find other ways to target those stabilizing muscles. For legs I do weighted box steps and one leg deadlifts.

I just feel like my planet Fatness didnt have all that great equipment. Theres only so much a smith machine, leg press, and hamstring curls can do. Or maybe I used that as an excuse and didnt push very hard

GameReviews posted...

Deadlifts are an awesome exercise. I deadlift every time I train now (3-4 times per week).

Hint: mix it up with trap bar deadlifts, rack pulls, Romanians, pause deadlifts, dumbbell deadlifts, etc so you're not just doing the same movement every day. Maybe pick 2-3 of them per training cycle to focus on.

The good thing is that now I have a real gym to go to, so I can finally do all that. Went and got a notebook for tracking my lifts too.

DrPrimemaster posted...

Have you still been doing legs in general?

Like I said above, mostly just the smith machine shit, and whatever other leg machines PF had. Leg press was good, but I always feel like it spoils you a little

Yeah I've been to various planet fitness gyms in my travels and some are certainly better than others. I also have this thing with my health insurance so I can go to multiple gyms in my city for one price so I sometimes mix it up with a gym that has an actual squat rack and allows deadlifts.

The downside is I've never seen free pizza at mine

PF hasnt done free pizza since Ive joined. Maybe they got rid of it when Covid happened.

Otherwise I do love me a good slice