I was doing ssb hinged squats to high box on friday. 3*8, so 24 reps total.
I was farting on every single rep of those, sometimes continuous
Such is the fun life of the 125kg strenght athlete, who eats 250+g of protein every day
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you can get plenty strong and fit with alternatives. it's not worth the risk unless you are getting paid. Squats for life though.
There is a bigger chance of getting injured tendons from running, then any injury during deadlifts
At the beginning you arent strong enough to injure
Then there is a while with good overload you could have some overuse injuries, deadlift injuries are extremely rare
and then when you make advanced/elite level, your tissue is too resilient to injury it, instead youll simply burn out your CNS.
When a known strenght athlete has actually a serious deadlift issue, the world knows, because they are so very rare
Bigger chance to tear all your ACL off the bone, then a serious DL injury.