Stuart McGill

But then they will say, no, this whole disc herniation story, it started with a deadlift. Two years ago, my back got a bit tweaky after that. I kept deadlifting and whatnot. And then they find the fragments of bone. So more than half of that harvested nucleus shows evidence of an overload and compression. When you put that together with the history, and again, it's not the fault of the deadlift.

But then they will say, no, this whole disc herniation story, it started with a deadlift. Two years ago, my back got a bit tweaky after that. I kept deadlifting and whatnot. And then they find the fragments of bone. So more than half of that harvested nucleus shows evidence of an overload and compression. When you put that together with the history, and again, it's not the fault of the deadlift.

But then they will say, no, this whole disc herniation story, it started with a deadlift. Two years ago, my back got a bit tweaky after that. I kept deadlifting and whatnot. And then they find the fragments of bone. So more than half of that harvested nucleus shows evidence of an overload and compression. When you put that together with the history, and again, it's not the fault of the deadlift.

It's the fault of the deadlift. progression. There are some trainers who will take a person from an unfit state through to lifting in a deadlift twice their body weight in half a year. When you look at the stimulus to bone growth, it takes a lot longer than half a year. And when you look at the characteristics of really successful deadlifters, they're not young men and women.

It's the fault of the deadlift. progression. There are some trainers who will take a person from an unfit state through to lifting in a deadlift twice their body weight in half a year. When you look at the stimulus to bone growth, it takes a lot longer than half a year. And when you look at the characteristics of really successful deadlifters, they're not young men and women.

It's the fault of the deadlift. progression. There are some trainers who will take a person from an unfit state through to lifting in a deadlift twice their body weight in half a year. When you look at the stimulus to bone growth, it takes a lot longer than half a year. And when you look at the characteristics of really successful deadlifters, they're not young men and women.

They are people who've trained their body over many years to get that density of bone because that really is the weakest link in a deadlift as far as back injury goes. So there's something to consider, first of all. Let's go back to the back pain person now. And there are some people who do not perform an assessment and they say, oh, if you've got back pain, the symptom of back pain do deadlifts.

They are people who've trained their body over many years to get that density of bone because that really is the weakest link in a deadlift as far as back injury goes. So there's something to consider, first of all. Let's go back to the back pain person now. And there are some people who do not perform an assessment and they say, oh, if you've got back pain, the symptom of back pain do deadlifts.

They are people who've trained their body over many years to get that density of bone because that really is the weakest link in a deadlift as far as back injury goes. So there's something to consider, first of all. Let's go back to the back pain person now. And there are some people who do not perform an assessment and they say, oh, if you've got back pain, the symptom of back pain do deadlifts.

Well, hold on a second. One of the first things we do after we've assessed them is to try and get rid of the cause that almost always involves teaching them how to bend at the hips and not stressing and creating concentrations in the spine. It's called the hip hinge.

Well, hold on a second. One of the first things we do after we've assessed them is to try and get rid of the cause that almost always involves teaching them how to bend at the hips and not stressing and creating concentrations in the spine. It's called the hip hinge.

Well, hold on a second. One of the first things we do after we've assessed them is to try and get rid of the cause that almost always involves teaching them how to bend at the hips and not stressing and creating concentrations in the spine. It's called the hip hinge.

Then we may put a load in their hands, and then we have to assess their hips to determine whether the hips have shallow sockets or deep sockets. In other words, what's the hip range of motion that will allow you to pick a bar off the ground? There are many people who shouldn't be picking heavy bars off the ground.

Then we may put a load in their hands, and then we have to assess their hips to determine whether the hips have shallow sockets or deep sockets. In other words, what's the hip range of motion that will allow you to pick a bar off the ground? There are many people who shouldn't be picking heavy bars off the ground.

Then we may put a load in their hands, and then we have to assess their hips to determine whether the hips have shallow sockets or deep sockets. In other words, what's the hip range of motion that will allow you to pick a bar off the ground? There are many people who shouldn't be picking heavy bars off the ground.

When you look at the size of an Olympic, I call them cookies, but a 45-pound plate, I suppose, that was arbitrarily chosen. In fact, it was actually chosen that if someone dropped the bar on the ground, your head could fit between the bar and the ground. That was where that original size of the cookie came from, is my understanding of it. People lifting alone quite often, is that why? Oh, yeah.

When you look at the size of an Olympic, I call them cookies, but a 45-pound plate, I suppose, that was arbitrarily chosen. In fact, it was actually chosen that if someone dropped the bar on the ground, your head could fit between the bar and the ground. That was where that original size of the cookie came from, is my understanding of it. People lifting alone quite often, is that why? Oh, yeah.

When you look at the size of an Olympic, I call them cookies, but a 45-pound plate, I suppose, that was arbitrarily chosen. In fact, it was actually chosen that if someone dropped the bar on the ground, your head could fit between the bar and the ground. That was where that original size of the cookie came from, is my understanding of it. People lifting alone quite often, is that why? Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Well, there's lots of YouTubes of those injuries. But anyway.

Yeah. Well, there's lots of YouTubes of those injuries. But anyway.