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Originally Posted by
joeblow
I think you missed my point in the last response. I can't grip the bar with straight legs. I understand that it's perhaps not ideal, what I'm doing to get into position, but it's what I have to do. I'm trying to do the best deadlift I can with the shitty hand I was dealt. Slightly bending the knees to grip the bar will have no deleterious effects by my estimate as the knees are going to do just that as soon as the grip is made anyway (so long as the bar doesn't get pushed forward).