Deadlift Progress And Improvement Thread

[WGNPWR]

been getting back into the gym and by far my favourite exercise is deadlifts

Last workout yielded:

6 x 100kg

6x 100kg

6 x 105kg

6 x 105kg

body weight is 105, so im happy after 2 months back at the gym that ive gone from nothing to being able to lift my own weight

one quick question, is there any advantage at all to putting a 1RM set in there, or is it just so you know how much you can actually lift?

[Birds]

Yes, 1RM / singles will help you to break through plateaus and progressively increase your volume sets.

[rev210]

one quick question, is there any advantage at all to putting a 1RM set in there, or is it just so you know how much you can actually lift?

depends on your purpose or goal for training. You don't necessarily need to do 1RM at all, as part of training.

Working in a lower volume range is arguably better for this kind of lift.

[WGNPWR]

depends on your purpose or goal for training. You don't necessarily need to do 1RM at all, as part of training.

Working in a lower volume range is arguably better for this kind of lift.

by lower volume i assume you mean sets with lower rep counts?

[rev210]

Yes.

[WGNPWR]

so id be better for aiming for say sets of 4-6?

[Birds]

so id be better for aiming for say sets of 4-6?

Have a look at my posts in this thread from start to finish (it's not that long)...you'll see a gradual pattern of stepping up weight, both in volume and single rep training. You don't have to do as many reps as I do, as the exercise does favour low reps and I love my volume, but you'll see that what makes a difference over time is stepping up the weight as often as you can. Singles are good for this, because you're adding a minuscule amount of weight to them every session, so you barely notice the difference, but over time it adds up.

Obviously look after your technique first and foremost, but don't be afraid to put that weight up. As Markos says, people major in the minor shit too much. Rep ranges have their place, but your focus should be on trying to get the weight up. If you can't do that, then do more sets and reps.

[WGNPWR]

yeah i make sure that im not on the same weight for more than 3 sessions, and i havent hit any kind of plateau yet.

generally i aim for a min of 6 and a max of 10, when i get to 10 i bump the weight up, thinking i might back that down to 4 and 8

[markos]

Marty is our best deadlifter, check out his shins

[jangles]

Marty is our best deadlifter, check out his shins

Shins...what? I just see quads.

[L33SH]

strong bruises.

[bozodos]

yeah I was watching one of Ripptoe's videos on deadlift form which supports the scraped shins theory. They are some impressive looking quads btw, I assume Marty isn't into calf isolation excercises?

[Birds]

Good deadlift scars, that's what I was talking about!

[markos]

[Mitcho_7]

Marty is our best deadlifter, check out his shins

Dat quad sweep!

How long has martin been lifting for?

[markos]

Martin and Max started at 15, so 6 years now

[L33SH]

Just watched a dude deadlift 300kg tonight; was awesome!!!!! but there were not many plates left for anyone else lol

[rev210]

been helping train a mate with deads and a few other things (too slack to bother lifting myself, just doing token demos). 3 weeks 3 training sessions. His weight 78kg. Height 6ft 2 . 40 years old, Skinny -fat dude. No weight training experience. Nothing special.

Starting deadlift weight 60kg . Did 140kg tonight.

[L33SH]

That's good! He skinny! well done to him

When I was talking to this dude at my gym 2 weeks ago he was dead lifting 260kg and did 300kg tonight, pretty impressive jump IMO

Edited August 30, 2013 by L33SH

[jangles]

That's good! He skinny! well done to him

When I was talking to this dude at my gym 2 weeks ago he was dead lifting 260kg and did 300kg tonight, pretty impressive jump IMO

IMO, he wasn't lifting to his potential 2 weeks ago.