2849: Are Deadlifts Actually Dangerous? The Truth About So Called Risky Exercises
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What is the main argument about deadlifts in this episode?
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There's often a lot of controversy in the strength training world with certain exercises. These are deemed dangerous or risky exercises. Should you skip them or are they valuable? Oftentimes, some of these exercises are listed as some of the best exercises. But then you hear experts say, don't do them. They're bad for you. Who's right? What's going on? Do them or not do them. Let's talk about them.
Did you hear the interview not that long ago? Who was interviewing Robert Obrist? Logan, right? No, no, no. That's when he originally said it.
He originally said it on Rogan.
So he originally said it on Rogan, but then somebody else. Oh, I want to say it's, was it Eddie Hall?
It's Eddie Hall, yeah. It was his buddy Eddie Hall, who's another strong man. And they were kind of like going back and forth on live or FaceTime or whatever. Yes. But yeah, so he, yeah, and that one's pretty nuanced. But it's, you know, he was trying to make the case that the risk really wasn't worth the squeeze for your average person to do deadlifts.
Yeah. So it's interesting you guys brought up deadlift because that's the exercise. I'll pull up what I read. That's the most controversial. There's a lot of exercises. There's exercises trainers say don't even do these. At least deadlift some people will do them, but that's the exercise that prompted this topic. So there was a narrative review that was published in the Journal of Sports, and it was a 2026 one, and it was titled Beyond the Neutral Spine. And it really reignited this kind of heated debate around the deadlift. And the research cited in the sports medicine publications confirms that approximately 73%, which by the way, I don't know how they got this number, but anyway, 73% of recreational gym goers demonstrate notable lumbar flexion when deadlifting under load.
And the conventional deadlift places compressive forces on the lumbar spine that can reach eight to 10 times body weight at peak load. Sounds really scary. Then you got people like Dr. Stuart McGill. He's a spine biomechanics researcher. And he argues that the deadlift requires near perfect technique to be performed safely by Jen Popp.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main argument about deadlifts in this episode?
0:00–7:14
2
Why do some experts warn against deadlifts?
7:14–14:27
3
What are the risks associated with deadlifting?
14:27–16:49
4
How can proper technique prevent injury in deadlifting?
16:49–44:09
5
What are the current trends in the peptide space?
44:09–44:24
6
How do peptides affect muscle growth and performance?
44:24–45:22
7
What are the implications of using myostatin inhibitors?
45:22–45:49
8
How can one balance boxing and weight training effectively?
45:49–1:31:04
Speakers
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