Trap bar dead only if you don’t compete in powerlifting?
50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD
Jim McDonald
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🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
If you’re not competing in powerlifting, are there any good reasons to deadlift with a straight bar rather than at trap bar? What would you be giving up, and what would you be gaining? If you do compete, should you do trap bar deads at all?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to one good question, our Friday episodes of 80% Facts. |
| 0:14.8 | This week, this is a self-generated question, I haven't seen anybody ask it anywhere, but |
| 0:20.0 | it's worth talking about for sure. |
| 0:22.2 | The question is, if you were not planning to compete in powerlifting, should you do a regular |
| 0:32.3 | deadlift? |
| 0:34.2 | If you have access to a trap bar, I think a trap bar versus deadlift or even conventional |
| 0:40.7 | versus sumo, there's kind of like three options. |
| 0:44.8 | I think should's just so basic, right? |
| 0:46.4 | So like, yeah, are we focusing on physique? |
| 0:48.7 | Do we care about strength? |
| 0:50.1 | I do think that the straight bar conventional deadlift has probably the best like force |
| 0:58.3 | levers to grow hammy and glute strength and all around connect, because as soon as you |
| 1:04.3 | get into the trap bar, depending on how you pull it, obviously if you have really good |
| 1:08.0 | body control, you can do it however you want, but majority of folks, the benefit is that |
| 1:13.1 | you can get more upright torso, but then you're taking away your hammies and glutes, like |
| 1:17.6 | you're still using them, but it's a lot more quad driven, and then it's like a lower |
| 1:22.1 | loaded squat. |
| 1:24.8 | So tons of athletes and stuff, I think it's great, because you know, you can hop onto |
| 1:28.4 | a machine. |
| 1:29.4 | It really is like personal preference, because then you can hop on a leg curl and work your |
| 1:32.8 | hammies separate. |
| 1:33.8 | You can do an RDL with a cable or dumbbells and hit your hinge, but I think the biggest |
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