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Congrats on the deadlift! Man, you are strong!

Thanks Red, you ain't doin' too bad yerself, girlie! I was using an e-z curl bar to do my deadlifts before (b/c I hated moving a 7 foot bar around my gym) so I couldn't lift as much for some reason. I guess the power bar is better distributed???? So it appears like I've really increased in strength when I think the bar was the difference.

The funny thing is that I don't feel it in my hamstrings during the exercise, so I keep thinking I should do more -- except that I can't get the bar off the ground when I go up more. Do you find that too?

SLDLs seem to be the only leg exercise I can get really aggressive with b/c of my knee. I'm always walking that thin line between injury and pushing myself with the others (leg press and squats). Still waiting for my knee to get more stable with all this lifting. Haven't seen it yet after a year of lifting.

Wanda