Deadlift Challenge

[rev210]

ok so 125kg @ at about 84kg (lost some weight at some stage over the last couple of weeks )

Height 6.1

couldnt find any chalk and nearly fell backwards on the first rep lol

19 reps

Solid. You looked as though you had several more reps in there dude, did your grip fail or something?

[R32GOJIRA]

^^^^

You're killing me man!

You can do it !!!

I think i can, I think i can lol

[Birds]

+1 for bodyweight bench next. As it's for reps, perhaps no pausing on chest, but must touch and no bounce?

Will try and get my video of deadlifts up this week or early next. Let's keep a good thing going!

[GTR_JOEY]

Solid. You looked as though you had several more reps in there dude, did your grip fail or something?

Umm no I don't thing the grip was quite failing, I stopped cause I thought it had to be continuous and by they stage cause I was running out of breath lol

Your effort was impressive.. Especially in those conditions.. On the grass!!

[Husky33]

+1 for bodyweight bench next. As it's for reps, perhaps no pausing on chest, but must touch and no bounce?

Will try and get my video of deadlifts up this week or early next. Let's keep a good thing going!

Just make it touch the chest. Everyone judges bounce differently. The less judging criteria the better

[SRS13]

Umm no I don't thing the grip was quite failing, I stopped cause I thought it had to be continuous and by they stage cause I was running out of breath lol

Top stuff mate! That is super impressive!

Wont get any where near that but cant wait to give this a crack again next week.

TTT what day does the comp officially end?

[Birds]

It was a challenge for January, so the 31st is your last day.

[rev210]

Umm no I don't thing the grip was quite failing, I stopped cause I thought it had to be continuous and by they stage cause I was running out of breath lol

Your effort was impressive.. Especially in those conditions.. On the grass!!

Dude you didn't turn blue so I reckon you had more in there ha ha... Give it another go next week for 25 mate.

The lawn (such that it is) is the only place I can do them as the patio is paved. Sunshine, bare feet and soft grass isn't so bad really ha ha....

Edited January 24, 2013 by rev210

[markos]

Cheers guys,

will have another crack before the months end

Markos whats an average performance for a competing lifter, was Martins 38 average would u say?

Well Big Nick is a member on here, weighs 105kg, I reckon he could rep over 30 reps with 157.5kg

Nina did 100kg x 20 at 59kg, so 30 reps with 90kg would be a soda for her, better at reps

Guys like Scott are very strong and good at reps, he would match Martin

The thing is most do high rep squats, not deads

Nick squatted 162.5kg x 20@105kg

Scott did 155kg x 20@92kg

Ricky did 195kg x 20@108kg

Nina squatted 60kg x 60@60

Pierre squatted 60kg x 137@80kg

Martin and Scott pull well over 220kg x 10, Martin did 227.5kg

Remember these guys train with very low reps most of the time, so the fact they can rep high as well is impressive

I think you guys will definitely do well on bench bw though

[Mitcho_7]

I weigh 83kgs and I pulled 127.5kgs yesterday for 6 reps which absolutely spent me lol. No vid though as I train by myself and only have an iPhone to do videos. Only been dead lifting since October, so hopefully with a bit more training it'll continue to increase.

One question in regards to form, everyone seems to have a pretty high hip position to start. Does that make it easier than starting lower?

I have been doing with a pretty low hip position and keeping my back locked in extension for the whole lift.

[rev210]

One question in regards to form, everyone seems to have a pretty high hip position to start. Does that make it easier than starting lower?

I have been doing with a pretty low hip position and keeping my back locked in extension for the whole lift.

No. High puts stress on lower back more.

[markos]

I upped a guys PB by 20kg in 5 minutes by raising his hips up

He'd been deadlifting 190kg for nearly a year, 5 minutes later it was 210kg

He was trying to squat the weight up

Check out Martins vid, he pulls 281kg@79kg

Deadlifts are a back exercise

[Mitcho_7]

I upped a guys PB by 20kg in 5 minutes by raising his hips up

He'd been deadlifting 190kg for nearly a year, 5 minutes later it was 210kg

He was trying to squat the weight up

Check out Martins vid, he pulls 281kg@79kg

Deadlifts are a back exercise

I think this why I have such a crap deadlift at the moment.

I start too low and basically end up doing a squat holding the bar infront of me

[markos]

Interestingly I asked this guy what his squat PB was at the time......it was 190kg.

He was simply performing the same movement with the bar in a different place

I'm not saying its the right way, its just the way I coach the lift, plenty do it different

[GTR_JOEY]

This is a similar story for me, I watched some videos from Elliot Hulse and he reckons the higher the hips the better... Ie lesser degree of knee flection..

My deadlift went up instantly..

As stated above its not a squat

[markos]

Something that Tolga and a few of you should consider.

It is a distinct advantage for lighter guys on these challenges, thats why no strength sport uses bodyweight, they use a coefficient

A simpler way for a forum/gym comp is bw + 10kg or 20kg etc

The added 10kg or 20kg handicaps the lighter guy more than the heavier guy on a % basis

Kaz 120kg + 20kg benches 140kg for reps

Minime 65kg + 20kg benches 85kg for reps

Kaz gets a 16% loading

Minime gets 30% loading

We used this for my Ironedge Rep Challenge where we had $4000 prizemoney and it worked well

Just a thought for Tolga

[R32GOJIRA]

Did this today.

I weighed myself before training 99.5kgs.

Got 15 reps @ 150kgs.

Go easy on me, im 30yo and 6'4" lol. Plus i dont powerlift. More focused on strict slow movements for bodybuilding.

I do have a vid on my phone, just gotta figure out how to upload it.

Will try again before time is up for sure.

LOVE THIS SHIT!!!!!

[TTT]

Trozzle - 14

Rev210 - 20

GTR_JOEY - 19

JEPPE - 20 but no vid

R32 Gojirra - 15 but no vid

Remember - The winner decides the next challenge..

not me.

I just wanted the forum to get worked up about something.

Turned out excellent.!!

If I was to set out all the comps they would be

Mens

Deads - 1.5xBW

Squat - 1.5xBW

Bench - BW

Chins - BW + 10kg

Womens

Deads - BW

Squat - BW

Bench - 0.8xBW

Chins - BW

All for max number of reps.

But it's up to the winner to choose the next that they think we should do.

Or if you guys want to use the above for the next 4 challenges, thats all good.

I'm happy to post the rules for each

[TTT]

Just back to old Mate Martin..

Had a look at his log the day that he did his 37 reps of deads on 120kg...

Bench

20x5

60x3

70x3

85x3

100x3 pause

112.5x2 pause

125x1 pause

137.5x1 pause

148.5x1 pause

150x1 pause

132.5x3

132.5x3

132.5x3

DB Bench

30x5

37.5x5

45x5

50x10

Deadlift

40x3

60x3

80x3

100x3

120x37

DB row

30x5

37.5x5

45x5

50x5

55x10

60x10

lol

Such a machine

So jealous

[Mitcho_7]

I wont be able to do the 1.5x bw squats

But I can do the bench and pull ups. What about some dips as well?