Deadlift Progress And Improvement Thread

[Sisbro666]

Back in my hey day did around 190kg on the bar for 5

[Sisbro666]

Back in my hey day did around 190kg on the bar for 5

[Birds]

What height and weight were you?

[Sisbro666]

6'1 was around 102 I think

[Birds]

Nice, that's a pretty strong lift in my eyes!

Can't imagine repping 190, but I'm sure I'll get there eventually.

[Sisbro666]

That day my mates back popped on the 5th rep

We never trained together again...

[-FIGJAM-]

got 100kg x 4 reps the other night. Not enough, I feel like I could squeeze a little bit more out before form really goes on me.

[Birds]

What do you 1RM on this, Mitch?

[Mitcho_7]

I know that comment isn't directed at me, but I figured I'd post in here anyway.

All my lifts have gone backwards recently since I had uni exams and then I have had some weird stomach virus for about 2 weeks. It's amazing how quickly you go backwards when you can't eat properly and lift as you normally would.

Only a month ago I managed a 170kg 1rm and first session back into deads the other day and I could only go 125kg x 8 for 4 sets. My 1rm would lucky to be above 150kg now I think.

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[-FIGJAM-]

havent tried a 1RM but I think I could get 120kg out once with average form, maybe a bit more.

[Birds]

havent tried a 1RM but I think I could get 120kg out once with average form, maybe a bit more.

Give it a shot dude, stick it at the end of your volume sets if you like...1RM training is great for boosting the weight of your working sets. Everytime I go up 5kg on the 1RM, I can push out another rep in one of my working sets next session. You'll be at 150kg 1RM in no time,

Form is always going to suffer when lifting max weight...don't stress too much about it not being perfect. If you can break through the weight barrier, your back will be stronger and you will eventually have perfect form on 120kg once you've far surpassed it.

[Birds]

I know that comment isn't directed at me, but I figured I'd post in here anyway.

All my lifts have gone backwards recently since I had uni exams and then I have had some weird stomach virus for about 2 weeks. It's amazing how quickly you go backwards when you can't eat properly and lift as you normally would.

Only a month ago I managed a 170kg 1rm and first session back into deads the other day and I could only go 125kg x 8 for 4 sets. My 1rm would lucky to be above 150kg now I think.

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Know that feel bro...but you'll be amazed at how quickly you can get back to it, too. I took 3 months off deadlifting...it only took me 4 sessions to get back to what I was doing before I stopped. Hang in there!

[No Crust Racing]

I'm the same, no idea what my 1RM is, but assume it would be 120 maybe? I think if I only had to do it once, and not after 20 previous reps I could do 10-20kg more?

My current DLs look like this, these are 5x5s, breaks in seconds are 60, 75, 90, 120.

Socks only, narrow stance.

88, 93, 101.5, 104, 109

So I know the feel of being a low weight lifter FigJam

I actually think it's this giving me a big butt I feel a lot of contraction in my glutes during this exercise.

[Birds]

Well most people perform a 1RM much earlier than I do. I tend to stick mine after the volume training, much to Markos' dismay.

The usual practice is a light warm up at high reps, followed by decreasingly low reps as you make your way closer to the 1RM weight. Last couple of sets will be singles themselves, so you've prepared yourself for the heavy weight but haven't used up all your energy.

Mine is the masochist way

[No Crust Racing]

Whatever works for you, I can't say anything because I can't lift shit so anyway is better than mine

[Birds]

90kg x 10

120kg x 10

150kg x 5

185kg x 1

90kg x 10

120kg x 10

150kg x 5

185kg x 1

No difference in numbers tonight, just a repeat of last time for the sake of backing it up and keeping form in check. Felt a bit ordinary/tired today, so wasn't in the mood for stepping up. See how I feel on Tuesday.

[No Crust Racing]

Nicely done.

How often is everyone training deads here? Is there such thing as too often?

I'm doing them 3 times a week, 5x5s so 25 reps per session.

I pull up fine but I only do light weight.

[Birds]

I'm only training twice a week and 3 sets + 1RM. Have stepped up 1RM nearly 15kg in 3 weeks.

I wouldn't say you can train it too often, but if you're not stepping up the weight often enough, then in Markos' words you're wasting your time doing the same workout three times a week.

[No Crust Racing]

Fair enough.

I like to consolidate the weight before advancing, so I know I can do it even on a bad day, also gives time for the secondary muscles to catch up, but that's just old cautious Dan talking.

[Sisbro666]

If your are doing them 3 times a week u aren't training hard enough, it should take almost a week to recover from the last set, also you need rest and time to train other body parts like Lats and legs that will help with the dead lift