do Deadlifts make you shorter?

[Tapeworm]

Queer as dutch

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

bottom 1/3rd of the movement is all legs. do deads in a rack to isolate upper body (back,traps, rear delts)

Massive lol @ using DL's as isolation.

At matrix:

Yes, I read somewhere that heavy lifting compresses your spine temporarily. I'll try to find sources.

[Firemuscle]

 Doing deadlifts can make you shorter. Squats can too. Anything that puts a lot of weight and strain on the back can do it.

 Doing yoga can make you a little taller too.

 People's spines can get stretched out or compressed down. It can make an inch or two of difference.

 Personally I never go really heavy on deads or squats. The 8-10 rep range is the lowest I go. Better to stay injury free.

[mass243]

gayer than not beating up a woman

 

Men not suffering high estrogen still exist on GB 

[dj181]

It seems to me that barbell squats would put more compression forces on the spine than deads would, being that the bar is placed across the neck and makes a more direct compression on the spine than deads do. Just sayin... FYI, God (gh15) says that the gh/test spike from doing deads/squats is next to nil

[Firemuscle]

It seems to me that barbell squats would put more compression forces on the spine than deads would, being that the bar is placed across the neck and makes a more direct compression on the spine than deads do. Just sayin... FYI, God (gh15) says that the gh/test spike from doing deads/squats is next to nil

 I've been wondering about that for a while. You always hear people talk about this test spike from squatting and I thought it sounded like an urban legend.

[Master Blaster]

I've been wondering about that for a while. You always hear people talk about this test spike from squatting and I thought it sounded like an urban legend.

Lets ask Fat Panda, maybe he can show us some studies.

[Ex Coelis]

haha.

 

[Hulkotron]

Yes, even just regular gravity will compress your spine.  Measure your height first thing in the morning then last thing before you go to bed sometime.

[haider]

Yes, even just regular gravity will compress your spine.  Measure your height first thing in the morning then last thing before you go to bed sometime.

what about your tendons?

[Hulkotron]

what about your tendons?

Not sure what you mean haider.  Tendons get shorter from gravity?

[chaos]

Been deadlifting for years, still the same height.

[haider]

Not sure what you mean haider.  Tendons get shorter from gravity?

are they strong? 

[Hulkotron]

are they strong? 

You lost me.

[chaos]

You lost me.

Nevermind haiter, he's on the ganj.

[haider]

You lost me.

sorry

its the current great debate on getbig:
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=359561.25

scroll to the bottom... it continues well on to the rest of the 9 pages 

[haider]

Nevermind haiter, he's on the ganj.

stop hatin' bro 

[Hulkotron]

sorry

its the current great debate on getbig:
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=359561.25

scroll to the bottom... it continues well on to the rest of the 9 pages 

Haha, well I'm not going to bother reading 9 pages of that shit.  But the failure (rupture) strength of tendon is far beyond the force that even the most steroid-addled muscle fibers can produce. 

[haider]

Haha, well I'm not going to bother reading 9 pages of that shit.  But the failure (rupture) strength of tendon is far beyond the force that even the most steroid-addled muscle fibers can produce. 

yeah i know man, don't blame ya  they trolled the shit out of that dumbass SMM 

[TrapsMcLats]

I think with Sevastase deadlifts you flex your knees a bit.  Stiff-legged are supposed to be truly straight-kneed and are mostly a ham/glute exercise.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/OlympicLifts/RomanianDeadlift.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Hamstrings/BBStraightLegDeadlift.html

no bro, you're supposed to bend at the knees slightly... unless you want to blow out your back... which im guessing most don't want to do. i know dorian did them with actual straight legs... but look at his laundry list of injuries.

[Hulkotron]

no bro, you're supposed to bend at the knees slightly... unless you want to blow out your back... which im guessing most don't want to do. i know dorian did them with actual straight legs... but look at his laundry list of injuries.

Yeah I usually bend my knees quite a bit when I do them.  It's one of the few lifts I can do an above-average amount of weight on so maybe I'm just cheating

[TrapsMcLats]

Yeah I usually bend my knees quite a bit when I do them.  It's one of the few lifts I can do an above-average amount of weight on so maybe I'm just cheating

nice... ya, i bend a bit too... but thats just because I feel it more in my hammys and not in my back that way.   I actually feel strong when I do these... as opposed to when I  bench press  

Damn scottish genes...

[JOCKTHEGLIDE]

gayer than asking a man for a spot on deadlifts telling him "make sure YOU GET ME FROM THE BACK REAL TIHGT'

[spude]

Doing deadlifts can make you shorter. Squats can too. Anything that puts a lot of weight and strain on the back can do it.

 Doing yoga can make you a little taller too.

 People's spines can get stretched out or compressed down. It can make an inch or two of difference.

 Personally I never go really heavy on deads or squats. The 8-10 rep range is the lowest I go. Better to stay injury free.

So what your saying is bob chick might have been 6foot tall when he was younger...then he started doing heavy donkey squats with joe weider on his back...here's the result