Deadlift without weights

[Thanatos]

If one doesn't have barbells etc., would it be possible to do deadlift with a bucket of water? Would the form be correct, then?

Also are deadlifts capable of targeting basically all parts, including abs? Since I am doing bodyweight exercises ONLY at this stage, I am looking to add JUST ONE weight training exercise to the routine - so I thought deadlift would be the one since it is compound exercise targeting all muscle groups.

Correct me if I am wrong, please.

[BIXX]

I mean, you won't be able toeasure the weight you're lifting very well, but as long as they don't slide around on the pole you attach them too (tie them, maybe?) them you should be fine.

[Tim Cornelis]

Regardless of the form (which I very much doubt would be correct, but I don't know enough to make a definite statement -- would the movement with the bucket not also be limited by your crotch?), wouldn't you spill water all of your floor and yourself?

Deadlifts do work out abs.

[BIXX]

Regardless of the form (which I very much doubt would be correct, but I don't know enough to make a definite statement -- would the movement with the bucket not also be limited by your crotch?), wouldn't you spill water all of your floor and yourself?

Deadlifts do work out abs.

I thought maybe they were gonna hang the buckets on a stick or something on either side so it more represented a real DL.

[Tim Cornelis]

I thought maybe they were gonna hang the buckets on a stick or something on either side so it more represented a real DL.

Yeah I thought so as well after reading your post. But then, OP says 'a bucket of water'.

[bropasaran]

If one doesn't have barbells etc., would it be possible to do deadlift with a bucket of water? Would the form be correct, then?

Also are deadlifts capable of targeting basically all parts, including abs? Since I am doing bodyweight exercises ONLY at this stage, I am looking to add JUST ONE weight training exercise to the routine - so I thought deadlift would be the one since it is compound exercise targeting all muscle groups.

Correct me if I am wrong, please.
Simple bodywheight exercises can work the entire body. I do push-ups (core musles, pecs, anterior delts and triceps), crunches and sometimes sit-ups (abs and hip flexors), squats (quads, glutes), running and sprinting (calves plus heart and lungs), pull ups and [underhand] chin ups (forearms, biceps, lats, mid back), good-mornings (core and low back and hamstrings), angled side bridge (obliques and lateral delts) and [underhand] inverted rows (posterior delts, upper back, traps). I do all this at home, without any equipment, for rows I use my dining table, for good-mornings I don't use anything, I still do them bodywheight, but I guess one could use anything around the house that has some weight to it to hold it pressed against his chest and do the good-morning.

Deadlift mostly works low back and glutes, that's covered by squats and good-mornings, minor things that deadlifts do are also covered by other bodywheight exercises.

[PhoenixAsh]

There would be some mechanical problems and weight center issues...a well as splash issues....and you have to take care of your range of motion and execution.

Basically there are different types of deadlifts.

Doing so with a small grip and wider leg stance is called sumo deadlift
Doing so with straightened legs and wide grip is stiffed leg deadlifts
etc.

You can do them with a kettlebell....so I see no reason why you couldn't do one with a bucket of water (or stones)

[PhoenixAsh]

Deadlift mostly works low back and glutes, that's covered by squats and good-mornings, minor things that deadlifts do are also covered by other bodywheight exercises.

Deadlift is the one exercise that trains about 60% of the body muscles

The picture isn't really clear....but in the left upper corner...all the red areas are primarily targeted

http://i.stack.imgur.com/4SCfs.jpg

[La Guaneña]

You have to remember that weight progression is very fast on deadlifts, and it is also the lift that you pull the highest absolute amount of weight. So the biggest problem would be getting heavier stuff to lift everytime.

[bropasaran]

Deadlift is the one exercise that trains about 60% of the body muscles

The picture isn't really clear....but in the left upper corner...all the red areas are primarily targeted

http://i.stack.imgur.com/4SCfs.jpg
Planche works more, almost all muscles in the body, and it's a bodywheight exercise. Anyways, as I said, with the 8 exercises (and their variations) that I do with no gym and no equipment, anyone can exercise the entire body, there's no need to buy or impovise weights for any other exercise, including deadlift.

[IWantToLearn]

Planche works more, almost all muscles in the body, and it's a bodywheight exercise. Anyways, as I said, with the 8 exercises (and their variations) that I do with no gym and no equipment, anyone can exercise the entire body, there's no need to buy or impovise weights for any other exercise, including deadlift.

I might be wrong but i think that there is no BW exercise that hits the hamstrings as good as the DL (not saying that BW exercises are inefficient or whatever as i do them myself).

The planche is a very advanced exercise and requires plenty of progressions so do not feel bad if you can't get it that fast.

[PhoenixAsh]

Planche works more, almost all muscles in the body, and it's a bodywheight exercise. Anyways, as I said, with the 8 exercises (and their variations) that I do with no gym and no equipment, anyone can exercise the entire body, there's no need to buy or impovise weights for any other exercise, including deadlift.

except that planks do not increase the bodies own amount of testosterone.

And also...it isn't true:

deadlift is a compound movement that works a variety of muscles groups:
grip strength (finger flexors) and the lower back (erector spinae) .
gluteus maximus and hamstrings work to extend the hip joint.
quadriceps
adductor magnus
Rectus abdominis (under aponeurosis)
Abdominal external oblique muscle
Abdominal internal oblique muscleIliocostalis
Intertransversarii laterales lumborum
Latissimus dorsi
Levator scapulae
Longissimus
Quadratus lumborum
Rhomboideus major
Serratus posterior superior
Serratus posterior inferior
Splenius cervicis
Teres Major
Trapezius muscle
Quadriceps
Rectus femoris
Vastus lateralis
Vastus intermedius
Vastus medialis
Hamstrings
Biceps femoris muscle
long head
short head
Semitendinosus
Semimembranosus
Gluteal muscles
Gluteus maximus
Gluteus minimus
Piriformis
Superior gemellus
Flexor digitorum profundus



Planks:

erector spinae,
rectus abdominis (abs),
transverse abdominus.
trapezius (traps),
rhomboids,
rotator cuff,
the anterior, medial, and posterior deltoid muscles (delts),
pectorals (pecs),
serratus anterior,
gluteus maximus (glutes),
quadriceps (quads),
gastrocnemius.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Try doing good-mornings instead. They also target the same lower back muscles, yet because of their difficulty you can probably start off doing them without weights, or with a rucksack on your back or some equivalent light weight, and still get a good burn.