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Submaximal is powerful, but so are big singles, which is how I've broken through most plateaus for this movement. I can remember having average form on a 170kg 1RM; I likely hitched it up at the time and it would have taken 10 seconds to lock out. But my last 1RM was 195kg (from memory) and now I'm pulling 5 of 170kg in quick succession, with no hitching. IMO, outside of competition rules etc., if you aren't rounding your back on a max lift, it's probably not your max lift. I don't recommend everyone train that way, but it's always worked for me and my back has never felt better. Waiting for the weight that tells me it's not the right way to lift. I've failed a weight before and the worst that happens is a dented ego.

They'd send you an EPA notice in the mail, citing it as too loud, as tested by their hearing.

Bought a feather safety with feather DE blades off eBay. Will take some getting used to, coming from a cartridge razor, but not bad so far. Only a few nicks from hair pulls. Would like to give a shavette a go once I adapt to this.

To be honest, I'm having trouble keeping track

Cause you have more practice pulling OoOoOoOoOoO!!!!!

Not saying I won't ever get a deadlift injury, but as a back rounder I've failed a lift before and not injured myself. Have also held the thing above my knees for 15 seconds (very rarely) and hitch the prick up until lockout. It's not good form, but once you surpass that weight and it becomes light, you end up with decent form. Hopefully the day doesn't come when I'm wrong about my gut feelings. I really think it has a lot to do with the way you train your back to lift from the get go. If you are used to lifting only rigid, then going heavy with a rounded back thrown in will see you in trouble; not unlike a hyper extension for someone who doesn't have the flexibility to pull off a movement. If, on the other hand, you have always raised the bar (!) by rounding with heavy weights, I think you are in a much better condition to pull off that style of deadlift.

Much of a muchness for performance; they are probably all made in the same factory anyway, but Nismos have been proven time and time again and they hold their value well in case you part out down the track.

Those are smaller than my rear pads

Will never pay to display my car, that to me is like paying an entry fee to do laps of chapel street...only with worse looking money pits surrounding you. Autosalon etc. was cool when you were 16, but now that you're the age of the people who owned the cars...you realise how young and naive you were.

Because you can get second hand Nismo 555s for the same or less

Oh...I guess I'm the asshole

inb4 he was on Grattan

Yellow 34 GT-T on Chapel at 2:30am lastnight gave me a wave. White 34 GT-T on Burwood Hwy at 3:00am, gave him a wave goodbye

Yeah was having dinner with missus, where were you?

Yeah there's one of Martin lifting 250kg for 6 reps or something ridiculous like that...63% likes because he rounds his back in it. I'm sure all the dislikers could show him how to lift more...

Simon = greatest asshole in the world

That's fair enough then. I wouldn't want my back arched too much for lower weight volume stuff...some serious strength and form issues if you can't stay rigid on the light weights.

That's it, look at some of the strongest deadlifters in the world and many of them round, whilst others stay fairly straight. What works for one may not work for someone else; all about how you've trained your back to lift I say. Million ways to deadlift!

He needs to be a member first Do forgive me if you are and the forum tag isn't there yet...

If she's fat the statement is still valid

Had a dog Coz Asian

Though I'm kind of curious how rounded is "rounded" to boz. I have people come up to me between my heavy sets and tell me that I'm rounding my back, going to hurt my back etc. Never had an injury from deadlifting yet (it's actually fixed injuries for me) and almost everyone who says this stuff to me isn't lifting anything noteworthy with their deadlifts...methinks they play it a bit safe sometimes and are afraid to push their limits to get stronger. If you are lifting at your true maximum weight for the exercise, your back will never stay straight during the lift...it's just the way the back lifts at maximum exertion. But as said before, there's a difference between rounding for max weight and rounding because you have terrible technique from the get go.

Rounded back deadlifts ftw

<3 R1R wet times Wish they were a bit better in the dry though.

90kg x 10 130kg x 10 170kg x 5 185kg x 1 180kg x 1 New 5 rep pb of 170kg - very happy with this! That's a 10kg increase in 2 weeks. Unfortunately, it taxed me for the second rep of 185kg, so left it at a single and dropped back to 180kg. Will try to secure the 185kg x 2 after the 170kg reps next time.