For hybrid & fitness racing
For hybrid & fitness racing, the two are close. Treadmill run rates slightly higher: more carry-over to hybrid & fitness racing, easier to learn and fit in.
Trap bar deadlift does more to prevent injuries.
Both are good choices that build different things for hybrid & fitness racing, 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. A strength base for carries, sleds and lunges, and quick to learn.
Treadmill Run. Most of a race is running between stations. Practise it.
For hybrid & fitness racing, the two are close. Treadmill run rates slightly higher: more carry-over to hybrid & fitness racing, easier to learn and fit in. Trap bar deadlift does more to prevent injuries. Both are good choices that build different things for hybrid & fitness racing, so a plan can use both.
About the same: both are easy to learn.
Trap bar deadlift needs a trap bar, so for most people it’s a gym exercise. Treadmill run needs a treadmill, bike or stair machine, 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 treadmill run.