Raped Shins

[mark]

How do you guys get around this? I'm thinking about buying some ace wraps and wrapping my shins before DLing.


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/dragns/rapedshins.jpg

[quickie]

I usually get more of a thigh burn than a calf scrape. Either way I find wearing pants helps.

[smuggie]

I wear long pants to deadlift most of the time, but I have wrapped my shins in ace bandages when DLing in short pants.

You could also try wearing knee socks.

[Chelsinator]

Soccer shin guards!!! :lol:

Okay I don't use them, but you could :D

I just wear pants but shins still get raped...

[mark]

I usually get more of a thigh burn than a calf scrape. Either way I find wearing pants helps.

I got it right on top of my knees, too. Not as obvious in the picture. It's too hot to wear pants, though.

[mark]

You could also try wearing knee socks.


:gay:




:lol:

[smuggie]

:gay:




:lol:
If it's good enough for PLs it's good enough for you. :lol:

[MichelleS]

you should see the bruises I got from last fridays work out. people on the beach looked at me weird cause it looks like I got banged really hard :wink: But that can't happen cause hubby is in Iraq

[smiles:)]

:gay:




:lol:

That is the funniest thing I've seen all day!

Well, second after that Ameriquest commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgV4zT-JqYo).

[jaleena]

Man up and wear pants. It's never too hot for pants.

[Aaron_F]

Soccer shin guards!!! :lol:
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plastic Coke bottles cut up, use them the same as shin guards

otherwise, learn how to lift without huyrting your legs

[matt]

Ignore it.

[accismus]

I thought the bar wasn't supposed to touch your legs. Have I been doing things incorrectly?

[matt]

I thought the bar wasn't supposed to touch your legs. Have I been doing things incorrectly?

It depends on what kind of deadlift you are doing. Either way, don't really see how you can not hit your upper thighs on any deadlift.

For regular deads, some drag up their shins, some do not. My sumos tear up my shins pretty good, but my conventional pull usually doesn't hit my shins.

[MichelleS]

I always hit my upper thighs just some times I bruises and some times I don't

[Lynny]

Soccer shin guards!!! :lol:

Okay I don't use them, but you could :D

I just wear pants but shins still get raped...
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I always wear pants+knee socks and I still get shins with scrapes...I'm seriously thinking of wearing shin guards!! :lol: No one would see them anyways!:D

[matt]

A lot of lifters actually do use shin guards in training.

[mark]

Ignore it.


It's hard to ignore, when you rip off the scabs from the previous session and the blood starts running down into your socks. :baby:

[colo1278]

anyone else object to the word "rape" being used in such a cavalier manner?

just a thought. Perhaps we could add an 's' and a 'c' and quit pissing on the women who have actually suffered through such a horror?

[matt]

It's hard to ignore, when you rip off the scabs from the previous session and the blood starts running down into your socks. :baby:


I hear stamp collecting has minimal injuries involved.

[smiles:)]

I really hoped his shins weren't sexually assaulted.

But there is more than one definition of rape and we all understand that he means:


# Abusive or improper treatment; violation

I guess keeping a pad on the bar would keep it too far away from your legs than you want it?

[accismus]

Hmm maybe I'm not lifting heavy enough if I'm not bleeding and bruised by the end of my workouts...

[jaleena]

Accismus, there are world-class PL'ers who don't get messed up shins from deadlifting. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that scrapes are not indicative of how heavy one is training. I've burst blood vessels in my eyes and torn my palms to shreds, but I've never scraped my shins...and that isn't one of my future workout goals.

Smiles, pads are silly. And yes, they'd keep the bar away from your body, which would really mess with the lockout.

[13Harley]

How about some dorky tube socks - the kind with the stripes at the top?

[jaleena]

Tube socks are acceptable :)

[Chelsinator]

How about some dorky tube socks - the kind with the stripes at the top?

:blink: Dorky?? Excuse me, those are stylish!! :lol: :suicide:

Someone push me off a cliff if I ever wear those (again :oops: :lol: )

[GqArtguy]

I would say to learn how to pull more efficiently. If youre dragging on your shins then youre reducing the speed of the bar on the way up.

[colo1278]

I really hoped his shins weren't sexually assaulted.

But there is more than one definition of rape and we all understand that he means:

I guess keeping a pad on the bar would keep it too far away from your legs than you want it?
I am fully aware that we all know what he means. That's not the point. Everyone knows that to "jew someone down" means to bargain with them and get a "better" deal, but it's still wrong to say it.

As for the alternate definition, well, I guess technically speaking it's all right to use the word, but I think socially and ethically, it's not IMO. I know I am sensitive about this... I just hear people say it a lot using "alternative" definitions and it always rubs me the wrong way. No need to continue the argument I guess- not gonna change the world. I need to just learn to ignore people.

[mark]

I hear stamp collecting has minimal injuries involved.


I hear those paper cuts are a mother.

[lilbear]

I need something for this to. I've started dreading DL's because it hurts to scrape the same spot over and over. It's also messy. Where can I get these shin wraps?

[matt]

I hear those paper cuts are a mother.


:lol:


The tube socks work for Phil from bad attitude. Phil APF srs deadlift (http://badattitudegym.com/video/2006%20APF%20Senior%20Nationals%20-%20Phil%20705%20DL.wmv)

[jaleena]

Am I supposed to be patient and then something happens, or do I just get a blank window?

Edit: nevermind, my computer can't find an application to open it.

[matt]

.....

[matt]

Edit: nevermind, my computer can't find an application to open it.


It is a Windows Media Player file.

Mac people... :nonono:

[smuggie]

You tell her, Matt. :lol:

[jaleena]

:cheeky:

[tienzel]

Hmm maybe I'm not lifting heavy enough if I'm not bleeding and bruised by the end of my workouts...

that is what I thought, too ;)

[jaleena]

Did you get over thinking that?