Deadlift bar?

[leckbass]

Is there any benefit to using a standard bar compared to the bar where you stand in the middle or the one that is offset around your knees when you are doing deadlifts?

thanks

 

[Big_Idiot]

Hmmm im confused what you mean, can you elaborate a bit?

 

[leckbass]

i have been noticing a few guys use the hex bar to do deadlifts, i'm wondering if it is better to use a standard bar or should/could i switch to that one. It looks like less knee/shin bashing

 

[Karky]

you could do both. I can't for the love of me remember what the bar is called, which annoys me because I know it. I think using it puts a little more of the work on your quads and a little less on the posterior chain.

 

[leckbass]

i think it actually is called a hex bar

 

[Karky]

trap bar was the word I was looking for. It's also called a hex bar, though, so you're right.

 

[World B]

Hex Bar

I use the hex bar for dead lifts and trap exercises and find it to be effective in keeping my form tight. I have heard that if you are not scraping the front of your shins and running up your thighs you're doing it wrong. I think the back and head position is the same and the tall finish remains solid. The wider grip may put more stress on the arms and shoulders from my experience but using a comfortable weight and advancing in steady increments without messing up my form is key.

 

[andyroid20]

Make sure the deadlifts don't turn into squats though as its easy to fall into that trap (pardon the pun). I've also seen them called shrug bars too.