# Fitness Gurus - Lower Back

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**Created:** [March 22, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fitness-gurus-lower-back/251028 "2010-03-22T05:49:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fitness-gurus-lower-back/251028/46 "2010-03-23T10:30:51Z")

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> Care to explain? Coming from my experiences things like hyper-extensions put more stress on the spine than traditional dead-lifts.
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> When I started lifting I had serious back pain, it runs in my family. Deadlifts were recommended to me, and I used them without any other excersices that targeted my lower back. I never had a single issue, and I don’t have back pain anymore. There are just too many people that HURT their backs using improper technique.

Coming from personal experience, it’s much easier to hurt yourself doing a deadlift than a hyperextension.

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