[OptimistK]

They freaking rocked!!! I literally felt so many parts of my body working: glutes, hamstrings, quads, lower back, abs. I think I'm hooked.

[Meg]

Many people consider deadlifts to be the king of exercises. Good for you! You're becoming quite the weightlifter!!

[FlabulessPhyllis]

What are deadlifts? I've never heard of them before but they sound great.

[Meg]

A picture (or video) is worth a thousand words: Deadlifts.

[FlabulessPhyllis]

Thanks. the picture didn't load but I read the explanation. Sounds like I would kill myself. hehe

[Meg]

Try this one instead: Deadlifts. I promise you wouldn't kill yourself if you give them a try!

[elisa822]

Oh, now I'm confused I came to say that I also love deadlifts but then I looked at the link and that's not what I've been doing!

After some searching, maybe I've been doing Straight Back Deadlifts http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...gDeadlift.html or Romanian Deadlifts http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...nDeadlift.html(not sure of the difference).

Now I want to try those too. The one Meg linked to looks like a combination of a squat and what I've been calling a deadlift. Whatever you want to call what I've been doing, I learned in my Power Class and I used to think they were sort of a waste of time but not anymore!

[OptimistK]

Thanks, Meg!

Yea Phyllis, I tried the barbell deadlifts. They seem so simple, to me at least, which they kind of are, but they work so many different muscles. They're awesome!

[baffled111]

Meg, I thought we had decided that deadlifts are the Crown Prince of exercises?

Deadlifts are great, in both their stiff-legged and regular varieties. The stiff-legged ones put more emphasis on the lower back while the regular, Crown Prince variety rely a little extra on the glutes. (And there's nothing like a nice bum My bf has been commenting on mine recently. I think the CP deadlifts are actually doing something visible to the world!)

Hooray for weights! And good for you, Kim, trying something new!

[Azure]

I've been doing Romanian deadlifts and they're my favorite! The ones in the video above look like a squat/lift all in one! I'll have to ask the coach guy at the gym about those!

Congrats for trying out the deadlifin', Kim_Renee! It's currently my favorite exercise, too!

[Meg]

Originally Posted by baffled111

Meg, I thought we had decided that deadlifts are the Crown Prince of exercises?

Baff, it's those in-bred royal families -- makes it so hard to figure out who's related to who.

Romanian deadlifts (or stiff-legged or straight-backed) are a great hamstring exercise. But deadlifts like Kim posted about are a true compound exercise that - like she felt - work almost every muscle in your body.

[Lifeguard]

I love deadlifts!