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I usually just resist somewhat on the way down, rather than try to slowly control it the whole time, and it's quiet enough where I think most around me don't hear it. Here's 465x8 For consideration, here is Greg Nuckols talking about how this kind of annoyance at a commercial gym may have actually helped his deadlift. However, the two times I’ve made the fastest deadlift progress were when I trained at commercial gyms with strict rules about controlling the bar and not making much noise when deadlifting. At first, these rules annoyed me since I was used to being a “hardcore” dickhead and making a ton of noise when I deadlifted, but I sucked it up and was respectful to other gymgoers, controlling my deadlifts and making sure I set the bar down gently between reps. Even though my bench and squat have tended to make faster progress in gyms with a more “hardcore” environment conducive to heavy lifting, I’ve realized my deadlift increased much faster when I was training in those commercial gyms where I was forced to control the eccentric phase of the deadlift. Obviously, there are plenty of confounding variables since my training style has also changed over time; however, that realization was enough to make me pay more attention to my deadlift eccentrics, even though I’m now training at another gym that’s more amenable to loud noises and dropping bars. If it really continues to be an issue, you could bring in crash pads and stand on something to eliminate the height difference.