How do i avoid scraping the front of my legs, shins/knee area something bad when i'm doing deadlifts?
I would also like to know.
Wear pants.I've never actually hit my legs with the weight while deadlifting, so examine your form again.
sounds like you have bad form.
>>183878WTF BABIES CAN'T BENCHPRESS
>>183887Something about having to keep the weight in the center of the body throughout the movement which surprisingly enough, the legs are in the way until you can get the bar over the knee.
Wear sweatpants.
QUIT BEING A FUCKING PUSSY.
You're doing it RIGHT if you're scraping your shins with the bar. Learn to love it.
>>183927BUT IT HURTS BAWWWW it leaves my shins all bruised and shit.
>>183932You honestly think you'll be worrying about your silly little shins in the middle of a five plate deadlift? The pain makes me pull harder.
Look for something called a "trap-bar"
just keep your stance narrow enough so it slides on the smooth part of the bar.then you just get red marks
It shouldn't scrape your shin. Check your form, the bar should be mid foot from starting position. Don't pull using just your upper body and you won't hit your shins.
>>183969it should scrape your shins buddy
wear long pantsor something like that
>>183991O RLY? okay, carry on
PUSSIES! Accept the scrapes into your life.
The skin on your shins will get stronger & it won't hurt anymore. Just keep with it and you'll be fine.
Rippetoe said the bar should brush your shins and everything. Once you get used to bringing the bar straight up with your ass and legs, you'll do it without brushing it against your knees.
>>183878friction > baby powderwww.youtube.com/watch?v=eOxNFRIRSEs
Wear tights.
And now that I think of it, if you're really serious you can just buy deadlift socks.
teflon strips on shins works
>>184430as my form gets better i'm just holding the bar out a bare minimum distance from the legs. Like half a centimeter or something. it lightly touches sometimes but I have enough strength that I can control it. So I say just get better.newb deadlifter though here.