0ni stay mad.
I'm fully cognizant that this is the BB section, it wasn't an attack on you Darkoz, I just wanted to see what your reasoning was.
I lock out my arms while having the shoulders shrugged up at the top of the lift with a barbell, doesn't seem that hard? I'll get someone to watch me next time I do it.
I use Rip as a go to, because I've read his book and he's generally accepted as teaching compound barbell movements properly (without wanting to start an whole other thread on whether that is the case or not). I thought that BB'ers tend to stay away from deadlifts because they're not conducive to a small waist or something along those lines. Don't know as I don't train like that.