I wish this trope would go away. Can you hurt yourself picking things up, especially if you pick them up incorrectly? Yes. Can you hurt yourself trying to pick

I wish this trope would go away. Can you hurt yourself picking things up, especially if you pick them up incorrectly? Yes. Can you hurt yourself trying to pick something up beyond your limits? Yes. But neither of those requires DLs to happen, and shouldn't stop people from learning how to properly pick something up from the ground. People also don't need crazy weights to make the deadlift useful[1]. Too often people avoid DLs because 'they don't want to hurt their back', w/o realizing they are setting themselves to get hurt later. Years of DLs mean I instinctively pick up everything with good form. Meanwhile my friend hurt his back by awkwardly picking up his toothbrush that fell on the floor... [1] I heard a measure once that for non-workout people, a good rule of thumb is to be able to easily and correctly KB squat and DL ~#45-#50 - the average weight of a toddler.