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Originally Posted by Cloudguy
You asked about doing stiff leg style, here is my experience with it.
I did deadlifts for a few months before even thinking about stiff leg deads. Once I hit the 3 plate mark on deads (315lbs), I started doing the stiff leg style. I figured by then my lower back was definately strong enough to take the weight of stiff leg style on its own, so I started out light with them and now I am doing stiff leg deads at about 175lbs and I feel like there is still more strength left for me to move up higher with them. I would say use standard deads for a while to get your back used to the idea of lifting weight and then move on to the stiff leg deads later. No need to rush into it.
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I myself prefer SLDL over regular DL's (my scraped up shins thanked me for that) i felt like i was just doing a squat again. Give them a try i find it's easier to perfect your form with SLDL. You may not be able to do as much weight initially but i find i get a better stretch in the muscles and after a heavy session you walk away feeling like you actually accomplished something. Though you may be over coming a back injury i agree with others, go a little bit heavier that way you can 'feel' the movement.