Quote: (04-01-2017 10:44 PM)dies irae Wrote:
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Thanks for this. I have lower back pain which causes me to sweat like crazy when doing squats, deadlifts and even overhead press.
I just accepted it's the nature of heavy lifting.
Yesterday, I tried the first bridge exercise at the link above for 2 sets 25 reps each in the morning.
I went to the gym in the afternoon for deadlifts. After my deadlift sessions, 10-minute walk from the gym to my house would be a torture because of the pain I feel on my lower back. It was so bad that I had to pause for a while after each 1-2 minutes of walking so that the pain subsides and I can walk 1-2 minutes more again.
Yesterday, the walk from the gym to home was painless. I still felt pain when I was deadlifting but not like before. I am convinced that if I keep on doing bridges, my lower back pain will disappear. I already did 2 more sets of bridges this morning and my lower back feels good.
Bridges are amazing but you should NOT be experiencing lower back pain from deadlifts. I had the same problem and it forced me to work on my form – you should do the same.