Deadlifts do not thicken the waist.
Deadlifts do not thicken the waist.
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Deadlifts do not thicken the waist.
What muscles does the deadlift work?
What muscles does the deadlift work?
I hate putting pressure on my spine, I only dead like 100kg for reps, just to keep the o'l lower back fit.
Most would be better of worrying more about the flab they are carrying around their guts than the very minor amount that deadlifts may thicken your waist.
I don't think my waist has increased at all since I started doing deads.
Ah no worries, it seems that maybe there are no 'required lifts' that everyone would agree on...so many people are quick to point out that squats, deadlifts and bench are not essential...is anything essential?
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This is for the benefit of programming for my wife - to avoid thickening up the waist/lower back, would you suggest that I keep her going with RDLs, rather than conventional deads?
She already has a good lower back from dancing (which I can only guess is from being dipped all the time, or south african genetics).
Deadlifts do not thicken the waist.
To be honest mate - you have to be smashing some heavy deads for years for it to "thicken" up the waist area - she will be fine doing con deads - is it purely from a fitness point of view or is she looking at competing in PLing or BBing?
Years of heavy deads/PLing style squats etc will thicken the waist/hip area/glute area.
Where do you think the strength comes from these exercises? Glutes/hips/abs/hamstrings/obliques.
From a bodybuilding point of view - over developing these muscle groups can have a carry on affect in the aesthetics and symmetry of a physique. The goal of a bodybuilder is to create a V-taper.
Deadlifts are still very important in overall development and building a base but you do tend to find from a bodybuilding point of view alot will shy away from them once they have built their base and are more advanced in lifting.
Im not saying they are essential for a bodybuilding point of view, of course doing heavy deadlifts while smashing large quantities of anabolic steroids will cause significant hypertrophy in the muscles associated with a large blocky waist, although it pales in comparison to the GH gut of alot of top bodybuilders.
Drugs aside however, heavy deadlifting and squatting do not thicken the waist or destroy the V-taper, whilst you may not have the smallest waist you could achieve like the classic bodybuilders Darkoz and Silverback jack off too, heavy deadlifting doesnt cause the waist to somehow become massive and chunky.
Just have a look at our resident world champ Scott, and other natty top level bodybuilders/powerlifters like nathan wallace, and my mate boyd buffier (placed second to nathan this year).