Ever noticed bodybuilders who didn't deadlift had poor backs?

[TRIX]

I have noticed guys like Kevin levrone and lee priest, had sub par backs, and in there videos i don't even remember seeing them deadlift. Whereas guys who deadlift like Joj have far better backs, mid trap thickness, once phil heath incorporated deadlifts his back has come up tremendously, and is one of the best today.
Why are bodybuilders scared of bending over?

[FREAKgeek]

Why are bodybuilders scared of bending over?

That's not what I hear these days

[Master Blaster]

That's not what I hear these days

what do you hear?

[NarcissisticDeity]

I have noticed guys like Kevin levrone and lee priest, had sub par backs, and in there videos i don't even remember seeing them deadlift. Whereas guys who deadlift like Joj have far better backs, mid trap thickness, once phil heath incorporated deadlifts his back has come up tremendously, and is one of the best today.
Why are bodybuilders scared of bending over?

Kevin's back wasn't sub-par he did bring it up quite a bit from when he first turned pro but sub-par is really not accurate.

[Nirvana]

nasser could DL 855 at one point

[Tapeworm]

Can't say I did.

[~UN_$ung~]

no, your completely incorrect

[phyxsius]

Kevin had a serious back injury and that prevented him from doing heavy deads..

[DK II]

Kevin had a serious back injury and that prevented him from doing heavy deads..

It's always easy to find an excuse for sth.

[geneticmarvel]

Non deadlifters have skinny necks, weak grip, and shake hands like fairy ballerinas. To be a true alpha man you gotta have a monster grip to back up the way you look.

[Lion666]

I have noticed guys like Kevin levrone and lee priest, had sub par backs, and in there videos i don't even remember seeing them deadlift. Whereas guys who deadlift like Joj have far better backs, mid trap thickness, once phil heath incorporated deadlifts his back has come up tremendously, and is one of the best today.
Why are bodybuilders scared of bending over?

oh u mean leg press and shrugs arent same as...

 
 

[mass243]

Lee Priest did deadlifts in his Blonde Myth video. Not from ground but still deadlifts (in rack). So leave great Lee alone.
Good possibility is he did plenty of deadlifts in his earlier years as he was also heavy squatter.

I think here in GB instead we have our own pro who praised against any serious movements like squats, benchp and probably deadlifts (can't remember)...
You can discuss whether he had great back 
Better than mine for sure but then again I'm not making my living out of it and never had.

[Figo]

Lee Priest did deadlifts in his Blonde Myth video. Not from ground but still deadlifts (in rack). So leave great Lee alone.
Good possibility is he did plenty of deadlifts in his earlier years as he was also heavy squatter.

I think here in GB instead we have our own pro who praised against any serious movements like squats, benchp and probably deadlifts (can't remember)...
You can discuss whether he had great back  
Better than mine for sure but then again I'm not making my living out of it and never had.

if you were making a living on your back, thats your biz, no-one would judge you on getbig

[Meso_z]

Lately i prefer to do an extra exercise for my lats instead of deads. I have a good lower back, no need for me to make it better.

[DK II]

Lately i prefer to do an extra exercise for my lats instead of deads. I have a good lower back, no need for me to make it better.

Typical getbigger problem.

[MCWAY]

I don't recall Tony Pearson or Mike Christian being noted for their deadlifts. Both men, especially the "Jet Man" has great backs. But, Pearson has gone on record as stating, "While doing deadlifts, you might just think you are working the back, but you're working the entire body."

[Playboy]

I have noticed guys like Kevin levrone and lee priest, had sub par backs, and in there videos i don't even remember seeing them deadlift. Whereas guys who deadlift like Joj have far better backs, mid trap thickness, once phil heath incorporated deadlifts his back has come up tremendously, and is one of the best today.
Why are bodybuilders scared of bending over?

Nah. You can make that up with weighted hyperextentions & stiff-legged dumbbell lifts.

[mass243]

everybody wants to be a bodybuilder but nobody wants to lift no heavy ass weight 

[~UN_$ung~]

I don't recall Tony Pearson or Mike Christian being noted for their deadlifts. Both men, especially the "Jet Man" has great backs. But, Pearson has gone on record as stating, "While doing deadlifts, you might just think you are working the back, but you're working the entire body."

exactly..........deadlif ts are a full body compound exercise.  particularly when you are doing them heavy, your back is being worked little

the way i have found deadlifts to work for back, it 3/4 deadlifts on the smith machine when you start towards the top of the movement and really focus on squeezing and contracting the back muscles...........

the first part of the movement is legs and glutes......so to me, it is irrelevant during a back workout......for a bodybuilder anyway

[The Showstoppa]

exactly..........deadlif ts are a full body compound exercise.  particularly when you are doing them heavy, your back is being worked little

the way i have found deadlifts to work for back, it 3/4 deadlifts on the smith machine when you start towards the top of the movement and really focus on squeezing and contracting the back muscles...........

the first part of the movement is legs and glutes......so to me, it is irrelevant during a back workout......for a bodybuilder anyway

I did this version in a power rack.....we called them top deadlifts.....and I agree.  You can focus purely on the back much better.  Don't get me wrong regular deads are awesome, especially for athletes, but I prefer the tops for back.

[Tapeworm]

I did this version in a power rack.....we called them top deadlifts.....and I agree.  You can focus purely on the back much better.  Don't get me wrong regular deads are awesome, especially for athletes, but I prefer the tops for back.

I think it's safer this way but a Getbigger once told me off for doing my deads from the top.  "Then you're not doing deadlifts."  Fine by me.  Whatever. 

[The Showstoppa]

I think it's safer this way but a Getbigger once told me off for doing my deads from the top.  "Then you're not doing deadlifts."  Fine by me.  Whatever. 

haha, exactly.  I'm not a competitive lifter, I just want to work the back the best way possible.

[~UN_$ung~]

I did this version in a power rack.....we called them top deadlifts.....and I agree.  You can focus purely on the back much better.  Don't get me wrong regular deads are awesome, especially for athletes, but I prefer the tops for back.

yeh, smith maching or power rack.....either way, i do both

[phyxsius]

It's always easy to find an excuse for sth.

Word

[mass243]

haha, exactly.  I'm not a competitive lifter, I just want to work the back the best way possible.

 
Ronnie Coleman did them proper way... on back day... But then again who is he to school us some back training