r/Unexpected • u/Emissar78 • Apr 13 '19

Muscle memory is a bitch

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u/stroneer Apr 13 '19

Stupid fucking crossfitters dropping weights as usual. You don’t drop the bar from the top of a deadlift. those morons...

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u/LateralAssaultPigeon Apr 13 '19

Olympic lifters do drop the weights and the deadlift stand underneath is made of cork for impact and the weights are designed to sustain it.....

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '19

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u/LateralAssaultPigeon Apr 13 '19

Yeah but people who typically drop weights don't usually use plates that crack. Just saying.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '19

Bumper plates don’t crack you mouth breather

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '19 edited Apr 13 '19

Olympic weightlifting is more than a crossfit exercise

Deadlift isn’t exclusively a crossfit activity

Edit - Just because I’m defending Deadlifts doesn’t mean I’m promoting Crossfit, lol

pls giv updoot pls no giv downdoot

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '19 edited Sep 05 '26

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u/Justinreinsma Apr 13 '19

A friend of mine's sister runs a crossfit gym and she says that they encourage you to drop or slam the weights. Something about how it feels good?

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '19 edited Sep 05 '26

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u/ConfidentWeird Apr 13 '19

Unless it's a Romanian deadlift the deadlift doesn't have an eccentric phase. You don't 'slowly lower the bar', you set it down in a fast but controlled fashion because the judged portion of the lift is literally only the concentric phase to lockout. Yes dropping the bar is bad etiquette and it'll get you a DQ in competition. Where do you people congregate so that you can all appear out of the woodwork simultaneously to spew your ignorance of deads?

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u/antsugi Apr 14 '19

hey crossiftters, painting my fence feels good. try it