lower back soreness

[dr intensity]

couple of things try dropping deads down to 3 times a month.

you might be experiencing tighter hips/glutes/hams. are you doing anything to stretch or work these i.e. romanians, pull throughs, good mornings?? even single leg reverse lunges.

i suffer lower back tightness frequently and really have to work on other areas to help it such as those listed above.

have you also thought about squat and dead on the same day?? alot of power lifters do this and it works well. give your lower back a pounding but then allow massive recovery time.[/QUOTE



oh no bro, squats and deads on the same day..... it is just not possible for me....


when its deads day or bench or squats days.... i have to put so much into these exercises that any two of them on the same day would just kill me...

yes for the increased soreness i have to stretch more.... i do some good mrnings as well....

however i have never tried reverse lunges.... i`ll try them next week.. this week i have skipped my deads... just too much...

 

[KillerStack]

.... i do some good mrnings as well....

GM's are great for strengthening the lower back and preventing strains from deadlifting. I have done a tremendous amount of deadlifting but they aren't the best for lower back. My deads really jumped when I started heavy GM work. For a year and a half I did heavy GM's 3X per week. I love them except for the ugly bump I have under my neck now.

You might try taking an anti-inflammatory before workouts you know may leave you sore the next day(s). I usually take diklofenac. Also might try doing a set or two of high-rep lower back machine work to flush blood in there (maybe 50-100 reps) at the end of the deadlifting session.

Just what worked for me.