Interesting. So, when did sumo deads become PL- legal, or were they from the very start?
Think I'll stick with conventionals anyway, but I don't at all mind learning about lifts, powerlifting and so on.
Ah, okay.
Also, I used to hear stuff about taller guys (like me) being better off with sumo deads (I ignored this anyway ), but it seems that's just so much bullshit.
This article is the kind I like - actual studies done properly, as far as I can tell. Noice.
Ah, okay.
Also, I used to hear stuff about taller guys (like me) being better off with sumo deads (I ignored this anyway ), but it seems that's just so much bullshit.
This article is the kind I like - actual studies done properly, as far as I can tell. Noice.
I find that at the end of the day it's an actual increase in bodyweight that stimulates the growth of calves.
Your shins have to go from an angle to perpendicular so it goes without saying that the calves are heavily involved i was just asking if the sct of deadlifting and squatting was enough to train this motion. Like the hamstrings they act as dynamic stabilisers so i thought it wasnt a giant leap to ask if like hamstrings they could do with extra work
Assistance does have its place, but much further down the track, first you must pay your dues.
Your shins have to go from an angle to perpendicular so it goes without saying that the calves are heavily involved i was just asking if the sct of deadlifting and squatting was enough to train this motion. Like the hamstrings they act as dynamic stabilisers so i thought it wasnt a giant leap to ask if like hamstrings they could do with extra work
Are you injured?
The primary purpose of the CALVE muscles is to act as a shock absorber, you feel me?
Understand?
If this wasn't true, then one should be able to jump of the floor only using those muscles and nothing else.
Think about that.
The action of your shins going from an angle to perpendicular is knee extension. Your calves don't extend your knee.
are you saying not to do direct calve work?
I gave up hitting arms and calves about 6 months ago, ive noticed no difference, if anything my arms are fuller, calves the same, but without the tendonitis in my achillies flaring up
Your whole body is heavily involved in the deadlift, do you think bicep curls would help your deadlift?The hell? It's you that's giving out the "facts" here
I just asked whether direct calve work would be of use, seeing as the article explicitly mentions the calves being heavily involved in the deadlift
The ankle is flexed at the start of the deadlift and then it extends. Quads don't flex your ankles, calves do
Once again, we've allowed a thread to become a 0ni factoid regurgitation thread with no obvious value.
More often than not, I reckon that, The three power lifts and power cleans will take someone farther than any other form of training.
The deadlift is just plain tough, and to make the most of these three, one needs to just focus on them.
Lol. Are you suggesting that the action of your shin going from angled to perpendicular in a deadlift is by some sort of massive contraction of the calves?