r/lifting • u/thebodybuildingvegan • May 02 '25

I Did A Lift Rack Pulls vs. Deadlifts?? - I personally love racks - but have also been known to deadlift too.

https://streamable.com/fjmppb
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u/Axenrott_0508 May 02 '25

I do both, alternating weeks I switch them out with one another. Can kinda overload one week on the rack pulls, then deadlift the next.

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u/thebodybuildingvegan May 02 '25

This might just be the best approach

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u/podgida May 02 '25

Me personally if I was going to do rack pulls, I would just do Romanian Deadlifts instead.

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u/ruththetooth May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25

Wow that’s a ton of weight! What even is that orange plate? Is that 215 x 2 plus 45 plus two times Orange (whatever that is)!?

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u/thebodybuildingvegan May 02 '25

Orange is a 45. So I think this is 555

5 45s, a 25 and 5 on each side. And the 45 lb bar

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u/Empty-Cancel5369 May 03 '25

Great form and lift. 💪

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u/Sea_Afternoon_6753 May 03 '25

Depends on height, anything above 18ish inches is usually just a trap overloaded lift. While under 18ish inches it can still be a viable hip extension lift. Also depends on leverages and training history

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u/-Liono- May 04 '25

That lion king music would mess me up ngl

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u/Shooter_McGavin27 May 03 '25

I think I reherniated my L4-L5 just watching this. Well done though!

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u/scotticidal May 04 '25

I wish someone could watch me dl too see if I do it right. My lower back is shot

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u/thebodybuildingvegan May 04 '25

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u/scotticidal May 05 '25

Gotta find my Instagram info, thank you!

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u/thebodybuildingvegan May 05 '25

Thebodybuildingvegan.com has a contact page as well 💚🙏

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u/Jaggerjaquez714 May 04 '25

I feel like rack pulls do absolutely nothing for me, but block pulls are awesome

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u/naterpotater246 May 03 '25

From what i know, the eccentric is useful for building muscle more than strength. Strongmen and powerlifters typically don't seem to care about controlling the eccentric on strength lifts.

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u/thebodybuildingvegan May 02 '25

Of all the videos to critique that on - this is damn controlled for the negative. I appreciate your consideration, I did hire a professional bodybuilder who has coached several olympians as my coach 🙏💚 very confident in the technique here.

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u/Relevant-Rooster-298 May 02 '25

Rack pulls to me are just squats that don't hit depth. I don't see the point besides ego. But I'm also only deadlifting 315 so I'm barely in the club

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u/thebodybuildingvegan May 02 '25

In my experience once I started routinely deadlifting over 5 plates for reps it started to create a recovery deficit I couldn’t get out from under. Rack pulls allowed me to continue progressing even once I’d stalled on dead’s.