Ok Vitty here's my two cents on the matter....
Personally I deadlift once a week in conjunction with a back/shoulders routine. It's a great compound muscle workout and one that I feel some of my best gains have come from. I swear by it but I can get why a lot of people rubbish it these days, it can lead to injury - both long and short term - if you don't do it correctly.
For me, the most important factor in gaining muscle, the out and out BEST way to bulk - or at least the best foundation for bulking - is FORM. That goes for ANY ANY ANY lift or exercise you do, I can't stress that enough. I feel confident in my deadlift form ergo I deadlift as part of my sets with increasing weight weekly. Same goes for any workout, without proper form you will a) struggle to gain muscle and b) fuck all your shit up.
I don't use deadlift and deadlift alone; as stated it's part of my shoulder/back set, although of course it works legs and a little chest also. On the days where I deadlift the rest of my set consists of bent over front rows, military barbell press, pull ups and incline bench press. Keeping as many compound, free weight workouts in there as possible to build muscle. Deadlift works well, but I couldn't imagine it would do you any real favours doing that and nothing else.
I recommend deadlift, but make sure you get some real advice on proper form so as to avoid injury, limit it to once a week and make sure your other exercises are compound as much as possible too eg barbell/weighted squats on leg day, flys, switch pushups and bench presses chest day. I like to stick to one/two areas of focus on each day, with a day of rest between, hitting each muscle group with focus only one day a week. That's just my regime though, find what works for you man.
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That hannibal for king vid just made me feel like a fucking 6 year old ballerina forreal.
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