Hex bar deadlift

Good points made here for sure. It is hard to argue with Dan and Jake given resumes.

That said, for every person who says deadlifting isn't as important, I can find someone else who swears by it. Usually the non deadlifters out weigh me by 40-50lbs and have some sort of strength background.

I didn't come directly from a college sport, or powerlifting, or strongman. I don't have a base of strength that comes with this.

I came from the couch that I sat on for about 10 years where I was a skinny/fat and weak 200lbs.

Have I made mistakes in season as it regards to training? Yup, and admittedly so. With the help of others, I think I have a solid plan in place.

Not deadlifting I think would be a mistake for me. I started this thread looking for an option to continue this, and found it.


Below you will find a pitcher of a raccoon...

LAWL! Twitchy bastard!!

That track stuff was forever ago. BTW my shot PR in college was 43' lol.

could sling a javelin like a mofo though.

mike landrich wrote: Instead of hex bar DL, have you ever done farmers walk deadlifts? Get a set with a low pick. I like FW picks and hate hex bar DLs.

Suitcase deadlifts.


These are legit btw, lots of core involvement. Will build your grip too... or you and hook grip

Hate

Dickens' post makes me want to state the obvious here, and I don't think I'll sound too dickish by saying it (as Nate already did).

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Ryan, I'm curious though: are you a volume guy on deads or a heavy singles guy?

rob meulenberg wrote:  Dan doesn't deadlift, but I would guarantee you he can pull a good amount of weight.

I was lighter, probably 265 or 270, but came out of college with a 400+ clean, big bench and sick biceps ... okay, not the last part, but it wasn't for a lack of trying.

I've seen how Dan does his cleans. I know where the biceps came from

Daniel McKim wrote: C. Smith wrote: I can say for certain that you finally achieved the last part.   Great discussion! Nate, good topic ... I'm sure you meant it to morph into this!

I've enjoyed this thread from top to bottom. People that say squat more, what does that actually mean? Twice a week? more sets? more weight?

I've been running 5x5 as my first lift of the week.

Justin, you realize the Russians had all that research done decades ago.

That's why Craig and a lot of other guys keep shouting out "Sub-maximal". Your money range for strength is 70-85%. Speed work is traditionally done around 50-60% of a maximal lift. Westside's been doing that for years. Like you said, there's deviance from athlete to athlete but those ranges are golden.

Everyone needs to find their own exercises and groove but taken in a large enough group, the patterns emerge.

Great thread, Nate!

CHAD wrote: Nothing wrecks me like reps in the real lifts (squats/deads/cleans/snatches/anything overhead)

Honestly, nothing wrecks everyone like volume reps in the real lifts. It's only a question of when. Which is usually a function of "How many of the above are you doing all at once at volume?"