ANyone not feel deadlifts on the legs?

[gracie_barra**]

I started lifting when I was about 15 (7yrs ago) for HS wrestling and did deadlifts back then. Whenever I did them the next day I never felt them hitting my legs at all , but more in my traps- of course the point of DLs was never to build quads, but they do help with that. Even to this day when I do them , I don't feel them hitting my legs at all. However when I do squats, my quads are done for like a week. I noticed that some guys use DLs solely as their leg work out (Ie. Lesnar) and that really surprised me. Does any of you actually feel DLs on your legs in the least?

 

[Pilgrim35]

I feel deadlifts in my hamstrings, but nowhere else in my legs, except occasionally in my calves. But like you, for me it's mostly my traps (plus my erector spinae). And my forearms, since gripping is a bitch.

 

[Thorgrim]

i only feel the soreness in my hamstrings and glutes, never thighs. but i dont really bend my legs, some guys squat halfway, and bend over halfway.

my legs are almost always straight.

 

[PowerHungry]

 

[GenkiSudoReturn]

I always feel them in my hamstrings and glutes. There are times that I can't walk the next day because of the soreness...

 

[Bulletproof]

Deadlifts seem to hit the front part of my legs and a bit of my back, but more recently they've been hitting my abs really good. For some reason I can't get squats to hit my quads anymore. I think I might have a form problem. I'm feeling sore in my mid-back and my hips. I seem to be able to get deeper squats using dumbbells, but then my hamstrings get more of a workout.

 

[Blenderate]

Some people in this thread are using the terms "legs" and "quads" interchangeably. There are more muscles in the legs than just the quadriceps.

Watch a video of a top powerlifter performing a conventional deadlift. The hip angle will be much more acute than the knee angle. You would expect to feel that the muscles which extend the hip are used much more than those that extend the knee.

 

[oyaji poi]

Some people in this thread are using the terms "legs" and "quads" interchangeably. There are more muscles in the legs than just the quadriceps.

Watch a video of a top powerlifter performing a conventional deadlift. The hip angle will be much more acute than the knee angle. You would expect to feel that the muscles which extend the hip are used much more than those that extend the knee.

Good call Benderape, that leg /= quad thing is the first thing I thought of as well. My ass and hamstrings often hurt after deadlifting, rarely my quads though as my knees barely bend.

 

[Universal]

I tend to feel it more in my erectors, whole glutes and hams. But I for sure feel the structural impact pretty much everywhere. Needless to say...DL's are the shiznizzle:icon_chee

 

[Standard]

Some people in this thread are using the terms "legs" and "quads" interchangeably. There are more muscles in the legs than just the quadriceps.

Next you're going to tell me there is more to "arms" then "biceps". Like the back of my arm does anything...

 

[Universal]

Deadlifts seem to hit the front part of my legs and a bit of my back, but more recently they've been hitting my abs really good. For some reason I can't get squats to hit my quads anymore. I think I might have a form problem. I'm feeling sore in my mid-back and my hips. I seem to be able to get deeper squats using dumbbells, but then my hamstrings get more of a workout.

Try narrowing your stance so you can go ass to heels. You'll feel it in your quads man.
Your quads won't have a choice. By the way, yeah, I feel the DL's in my abs to...more in the obliques...well DL's hit the entire core pretty nicely.

 

[ghostwipe]

I don't normally feel it in my legs, but when I warm up with light front squats beforehand my DL session always goes more smoothly.

 

[Rauta]

I did some deadlifting yesterday for the first time in two weeks. My whole posterior chain hurts.

 

[joshetc]

I usually dont get sore from working out unless I skip a session or two then start working out again.

 

[XPirate]

So you're saying just because they weren't sore, you don't feel them being used?

 

[joshetc]

So you're saying just because they weren't sore, you don't feel them being used?

Its absurd to think I never made gains in like 2 years just because I don't get sore very often.

Thats why this whole thread seems kinda dumb to me, maybe I'm missing something.

 

[Universal]

I started lifting when I was about 15 (7yrs ago) for HS wrestling and did deadlifts back then. Whenever I did them the next day I never felt them hitting my legs at all , but more in my traps- of course the point of DLs was never to build quads, but they do help with that. Even to this day when I do them , I don't feel them hitting my legs at all. However when I do squats, my quads are done for like a week. I noticed that some guys use DLs solely as their leg work out (Ie. Lesnar) and that really surprised me. Does any of you actually feel DLs on your legs in the least?

Well it depends on how u do em. Some guys use their legs more while others barely bend their legs at all. So yeah, the more you bend at the kness from the starting position, the more knee extension will occur on the way up, therfore engaging your quads alot more. Regardless, DL'ing envolves hip extention (glutes, hams,) so you should feel those muscles taking alot of the load. Doing heavy DL's is awsome cause your whole body goes to work! Hope this answered your question.
CHEERS

 

[XPirate]

Its absurd to think I never made gains in like 2 years just because I don't get sore very often.

Thats why this whole thread seems kinda dumb to me, maybe I'm missing something.

Not you Joshetc, lol, I'm talking to the OP. Your numbers say you know what your doing.

 

[joshetc]

Not you Joshetc, lol, I'm talking to the OP. Your numbers say you know what your doing.

I didn't think you were talking about me, haha. I was more or less agreeing with you, my reply stands to this thread as a whole. I think it is actually mentioned briefly in the FAQ, "feeling it" has no bearing on whether or not you have a good workout or your ability to make gains.

 

[RedNeckJiuJitsu]

I didn't think you were talking about me, haha. I was more or less agreeing with you, my reply stands to this thread as a whole. I think it is actually mentioned briefly in the FAQ, "feeling it" has no bearing on whether or not you have a good workout or your ability to make gains.

That was my thought as I read through this thread as well. Just 'cause you're not sore doesn't mean you won't get stronger. When I'm lifting regularly, I hardly ever get DOMS.