If we are taught to never lift with our backs, why are there popular exercises like Romanian deadlifts and good mornings which has you specifically lifting with your back?
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Simplicity of messaging, that’s why. It’s the same reason kids are taught the pullout method doesn’t work. When anyone does lifts “with their back”, they’re doing so by using internal bracing, for that specific reason, only doing it a minimal amount of times, and with a lot of practice. Someone who is “on the job” usually isn’t an athlete, is doing repetitive and improperly balanced fast-paced work, so it’s easier to say don’t do it.
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