Author Topic: How much can Dorian Yates deadlift?  (Read 1634 times)

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Re: How much can Dorian Yates deadlift?
« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2026, 08:38:43 PM »
I fucked up my lower back squatting when I was younger. Also hurt my back with deadlifts a few times. Fortunately not to the point where I could not recover from it. Dorian was smart to ditch those exercises. Ronnie did not and look at him now. Deadlifts are still very useful and I might do them with much lighter weights. I used to get morning wood the day after even lighter deadlifts. Your whole body is activated by the movement.

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Re: How much can Dorian Yates deadlift?
« Reply #26 on: Today at 02:01:03 AM »
I think most people deadlifting alot fucks up their back eventually.

I mean just think about the load you put on your spine in a compromised position. And people go out their way to load it as much as possible. It's pretty fucked when you really think about it :D

many lifters has completly f-ed backs. Some don't want to admit it some just lift through the pain, some are forced to quit.
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Re: How much can Dorian Yates deadlift?
« Reply #27 on: Today at 02:51:04 AM »
Deadlifts really seem to have nothing to do with muscularity, anyway.

The biggest deadlifter I ever saw IRL looked like he never touched a weight in his life.  Tall, skinny arms, skinny calves, large gut.

In bodybuilding, and especially serious drug-assisted bodybuilding, it's wise to avoid exercises with high potential for injury -- which includes freeweight squats and especially deadlifts. 

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Re: How much can Dorian Yates deadlift?
« Reply #28 on: Today at 03:00:43 AM »
I think most people deadlifting alot fucks up their back eventually.

I mean just think about the load you put on your spine in a compromised position. And people go out their way to load it as much as possible. It's pretty fucked when you really think about it :D

many lifters has completly f-ed backs. Some don't want to admit it some just lift through the pain, some are forced to quit.


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Re: How much can Dorian Yates deadlift?
« Reply #29 on: Today at 03:01:52 AM »
Deadlifts really seem to have nothing to do with muscularity, anyway.

The biggest deadlifter I ever saw IRL looked like he never touched a weight in his life.  Tall, skinny arms, skinny calves, large gut.

In bodybuilding, and especially serious drug-assisted bodybuilding, it's wise to avoid exercises with high potential for injury -- which includes freeweight squats and especially deadlifts.

just stop