Any deadlifters out there, how do you avoid scraping the shit out of your legs on lifts?
Even using the bar at my gym with the most worn-down knurling, my shins (regular DL) or inner leg (sumo) get scraped up when I deadlift. It's been happening more the past couple months as my PRs have been climbing. It's not the discomfort so much as that I've broken the skin slightly a couple times, and it's a bit of a showstopper for DLs that day.
Is this a function of not pulling through my hams and straightening legs early enough in the lift? Or if it's just part of the lift to learn to live with, anyone have a strategy for working around this?
Even using the bar at my gym with the most worn-down knurling, my shins (regular DL) or inner leg (sumo) get scraped up when I deadlift. It's been happening more the past couple months as my PRs have been climbing. It's not the discomfort so much as that I've broken the skin slightly a couple times, and it's a bit of a showstopper for DLs that day.
Is this a function of not pulling through my hams and straightening legs early enough in the lift? Or if it's just part of the lift to learn to live with, anyone have a strategy for working around this?