The deadlift can be a potent exercise but also a significant cause of back pain, particularly in individuals under 30. — Whalespan
The deadlift can be a potent exercise but also a significant cause of back pain, particularly in individuals under 30.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“the deadlift is an an extraordinary exercise and and as you know I I don't know of anyone who's been involved with more world class deadlifters than myself through the back pain uh relationship so you know on one hand I can say well I love the deadlift and on another hand I can say I hate the deadlift I can tell you Andrew that if you take the clients who ask for consults now and they're under 30 years of age I will say half of them will say in their interview with me it started with a deadlift so I would say that is getting onto the category of an epidemic”