DL PR! Not great but regaining lost ground.

[Deleted member 33117]

After going 6 months without deadlifting (I was convinced they were making my glutes too big) I started doing half deads in the rack. Worked up to doing 765 for 5 rest/pause reps. WHen I went back to full rom deadlifts I found that I could no longer handle 585 for a double even though I've gained a considerable amount of lbm. For 2 weeks in a row I could not break 405 off of the ground for more than a double...grrrr.... The problem seemed to be my setup. SO I decided to switch to 25 ibs plates. My third workout with the smaller plates, which require me to start much lower was yesterday and I managed to get 445 (16 25's and the bar) for a triple and 495 for a single (didn't try more than one rep). Hopefully within a couple of weeks I'll be able to switch back to the 45's and handle 585+.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

Looks like you have uncovered a secret to your own personal deadlift development. Nice job.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Thanks Hammer, of course the other bodybuilders at my gym all wonder why I care how much I deadlift... most of them are high volume/high rep guys. They also wonder why I'm thicker and harder than them with barely 3 years of training under my belt and I use half the doses they do in my cycles... could it have anything to do with double a fair amount of doubles and triples on compound movements with heavy ass weight? Everyone wants to get big and ripped but no one seems to want to lift heavy weights...

 

[b fold the truth]

Seems like you are definately on the right track..

I'd be interested in seeing your entire week's workouts...

B True