deadlift question

[NoCalBbEr]

I was wondering, is it important to let the weight  touch/tap the floor?? I notice that every guy that deadlift at my gym  hit the floor on each rep.  when I dieadlft, I go down to the ankle level. I was told or heard somewhere that letting the weight hit the floor is  a bad thing b/c it is a resting point of the movment.

thanks

[tonymctones]

Ive done both and to be honest i dont really notice the difference in either...but I let the weight hit the floor i dont pause i barely touch the weight unless my grip starts to slip

[ngm21084]

honestly if you are going slow and controlled then letting the wieght hit the floor then up wouldnt be bad but i see alot of guys hit the floor and get like a bounce with their body and it that case its bad...i personally always go slow and never let it hit the floor until im done with it....but with that being said on heavier weight amounts i use wrist straps...IMHO i also think controlling it and not letting it hit the ground keeps a greater strain on your muscles therefore a better workout....JMO

[chaos]

i think trying to specifically stop the weight before it hits the floor is like stopping at parallel while squatting, it doesn't feel right to me. I always go to the floor, don't bounce it or jerk it up, controlled smooth movement.

[ngm21084]

you know its like i first said chaos to each his own but IMHO controlling it enough to stop it means more muscle work...no?

[chaos]

you know its like i first said chaos to each his own but IMHO controlling it enough to stop it means more muscle work...no?

More muscle work or more strain on the back?

Like you say to each his own, some people like to stop at parallel on squats, when I try this, I get pretty bad pain in my knees.

Not only that, but stopping 405-455lbs before it hits the floor is a pain in the ass.

[ngm21084]

although i have always stopped it b4 the floor i am in the works of starting a whole new program where its more of a....i think its "called" rep pause rep...so i am going to end up doing the whole let it to the floor while still maintaining control...maybe i will be able to throw a couple more pounds on the bar doing it that way i hope so cause i feel like im ready too...we will see...my biggest problem is sticking with a program long enough...i love to change it up all the time and some may say thats bad i cant help it...

[thewickedtruth]

pause it on the floor.. and get the full benefit of it being a DEAD lift.

[John O]

pause it on the floor.. and get the full benefit of it being a DEAD lift.

Same here. I even go so far as to pause and set up again grip, stance ect ect each rep..  I lift Conventional off season, Sumo training for a meet. 

[Cap]

I think I get more from dead stop deads and power cleans but it was def easier on the body to touch and go. 

[Geo]

I "tap and go" but I've been wondering the same thing recently....

I'll be curious to hear other peoples opinions except chaos's because I'm a lot stronger than he is and his opinion dos'nt really count when it comes to lifting heavy things

[chaos]

I "tap and go" but I've been wondering the same thing recently....

I'll be curious to hear other peoples opinions except chaos's because I'm a lot stronger than he is and his opinion dos'nt really count when it comes to lifting heavy things

Chaos fact: I have a t-shirt that says...

"I'm not very smart but I can lift heavy things"     


BTW "Geoffery" I also do the touch and go, sometimes pause at the bottom, but I always hit bottom, I don't stop short.

[Swedish Viking]

pause it on the floor.. and get the full benefit of it being a DEAD lift.

  This is the stright up truth.  Start from a dead stop and go back up.  I do this with bench presses too-pause for a full sec on the chest(dead stop) and go back up.

[Montague]

I think I get more from dead stop deads and power cleans but it was def easier on the body to touch and go. 

I consider these the hardest.
No cheating, no momentum...
Every rep is like the first.

[endless_raine]

actually.. I think hitting the floor is more harder than not. Take pull ups as an example. If you don't all-release your arm and coming back up, you can do it a lot better. If you release it all the way and have to pull up again, it is much tougher. Kindda like deadlift. If you let the weight go all the way down before you pick it up again it requires more mental and more power to lift up the weights. one after the other.

I was wondering, is it important to let the weight  touch/tap the floor?? I notice that every guy that deadlift at my gym  hit the floor on each rep.  when I dieadlft, I go down to the ankle level. I was told or heard somewhere that letting the weight hit the floor is  a bad thing b/c it is a resting point of the movment.

thanks

[ReEvolution]

always touch the floor.  stopping heavy weight before the floor will just mess your back up eventually.  if you can stop a deadlift before you hit the floor the weight is too light.

[ngm21084]

yea but its not like its gerking to a stop its all under control so i dont see where you baseyour idea of stopping heavy weight before the floor will just mess your back up eventually the way you make it sound is like the wieght is going down to the floor with no control...you get a weight where you can 60 8 reps max and not touching the floor once with it then repeat for 10 and 12 reps twice with different weights obviously see how you feel...if your messing up your back like that then your using to heavy a weight to begin with...unless your going one rep max but even then there has to be some what control...