I’ve done both and frankly I prefer the touch and go. What are your thoughts on this. Did the BBM folks have anything particular in mind when they were making the templates or was it just preference?
I am sure this has been asked before and I searched but didn’t find anything but if someone wants to link something I can go read that works as well.
Thanks
In my personal experience touch and go is easier because of the bounce and momentum gained. But, you’re losing out in the conditioning benefits of an actual “dead”lift in addition to form breakdown that is more likely to occur doing the touch and go version, also not sure that touch and go is really a deadlift as it doesn’t occur from a dead stop, so there’s that argument. Actual deadlift > touch and go, unless you’re Jessie Norris, but it doesn’t matter at that point.
I don’t really disagree with what you said and that is one of the reasons I switched. That being said I am not sure dead stop deadlifts have really helped and in some cases hurt.
For one i feel like I have lost grip strength and I fatigue much faster with stopping. So I guess the question is, is it better to get in more volume with a higher weight that does not act like a regular deadlift or less weight and actually having to pull each one from a stop.
I have also read a couple of articles about the pros of touch and go concerning keeping the body under tension longer, grip strength and some others.
Keep in mind I am talking about a controlled touch and go not bounce it off the floor.
Jordan and Leah address this directly in the short below linked video. (you can skip the first min and 15 seconds, where Alan Thrall shows off a DL PR and intro’s the rest of the video)
Awesome thank you!