NYCmitch25

*topic* Just wanted to hear ppls opinions on improving the deadlift. I have my own thoughts but would like to hear from you.

romanaz

keep your butt down, use your legs til you get past your knees then your back. Push with all your might!!

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NYCmitch25

true! good tip.
I was looking for routines aswell. I can pull 600 for a few but I have been stuck there for a while now. I found 3-4 sets of 8-12 of 405 with short rest periods (60 secs. to 1-1/2 mins) 1 x a week works nicely. Basically pick a w8t you feel comfortable doing for 12. Then have a week of 3-4 sets with reps in the 3-6 range. very light w8t moving right up.


Anyone else?

W8isGR8

Lots of assistance exercises. Good mornings, Pull-throughs, etc. Figure out what's the weakest link in your posterior chain and bring it up.

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Deadlift.

DJSTARER

Learning proper breathing and oblique contraction seem to be huge as well.


i do sets of 4-6 with full step-back 8 second pauses.

I've found my pulling is largly dependent on my grip strength as well.

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I used to think that. I now think it is all in the sqaut. Box squats are King! You cycle the box squat through low, medium and high to build all of the possible sticking points with various rep ranges. Then, you deadlit a shitload of weight and it goes up easier. And if you are like me and love to lift with the back and go right to the lower back as you take it off the floor, doing some GoodMornings can't help but help. (Or, you could save some time and learn to do good form on Deadlifts. Not you personally. Just the average guy wanting to improve his deadlift. )

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One philosophy I've heard is to not deadlift so much. Do other back exercises and save your heavy deads for every other week.

Another is to just look up and make sure the lift is a smooth and fluid motion with a synergy of legs and back.

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NYCmitch25

True - thats what ive been doing. I think im going to try this doing full deads once a month and the rest of the time concentrate on deep, heavy squats, good mornings, reverse hypers, partial deads, rows, glute-ham raises and romanian deads.

NYCmitch25

Good replies. Thanks guys.