It seems that this exercise goes against the wisdom of “lift with your legs.” Why is that?
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As the other poster mentioned, it definitely CAN injure your back.
But so could any other exercise, the way we avoid injury in exercise is by slowly increasing the weight over weeks and months so your body becomes accustomed to the new load and your muscles strengthen to handle the weight safely.
If you have not been deadlifting for weeks or months and go into a gym and attempt to go for a personal record lift, you almost certainly will injure yourself. If you however have been working up to it, the chances are much much lower. As well, it is very common nowadays for folks who do heavy deadlifts to wear a weightlifting belt, this belts goes around your stomach and lower back and significantly increases the rigidity and strength of the area to help prevent herniation and disk slippage (Edit: as others clarified, belts are for advanced lifters and you still need to exercise proper form to use the belt correctly)
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