For cycling
For cycling, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more injury protection.
Both are good choices that build different things for cycling, so a plan can use both.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Trap Bar Deadlift. Loads the bones in a way riding never does.
For combat sports, trap bar deadlift rates higher on our research criteria: more injury protection.
For American football, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to American football, more injury protection.
For running, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to running, more injury protection.
For golf, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to golf, more injury protection.
For basketball, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more injury protection, more carry-over to basketball.
For cycling, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more injury protection. Both are good choices that build different things for cycling, so a plan can use both.
About the same: both are easy to learn.
Barbell hip thrust needs a barbell and a bench, so for most people it’s a gym exercise. Trap bar deadlift needs a trap bar, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
Trap bar deadlift: it rates Strong for injury protection in our research rubric, against Fair for barbell hip thrust.