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I was going to say..
I always disliked deads for back development, but kept my mouth shut as it was sacrilegious to think so.
I did do rack pulls and modified them with significant shoulder travel to thicken my traps - upper and lower - to good effect.
Ha ha ha YES I did, being stupid going all out with 585, on the 12th pull ...BANG, felt a sharp pain in my left latI was going to say..
Didn't you tear your lat doing deadlifts? Lol
I used to read in the magazines when i first started in 2002, you must deadlift for a back, so done heavy for me deadlifts since I first started. Been doing them eighteen years just about every week, untill this contest prep when I cut them out. My first ten years I did deadlifts and stiff leg deadlifts all in one week. I switched to rack pulls. They do thicken the lower traps up, spinal erectors, hams, and I seemed to get quad development from them. Recently I stopped them, and while I may do them, im not pushing it. I do think they can contribute to thicken obliques, that said, a lot of it is genetics and a tiny waist will keep tiny, for someone wanting to bring there waist down cutting this exercise down or out could possibility do it
This from November 2020, im on far right , tall guy, this is heavyweight bodybuilding, also did classic physique
you guys really brought the conditioning
I m ok with him