I tried deadlifts & GM's today

[Tweakle]

Now I've not done the straight bar deadlift since back in April when I messed up my back on a warmup set, so I'm not sure exactly what I was thinking.

Today I trained at a local gym and found myself working in with an 80Kg powerlifter and before I knew it there was 500lbs on the bar.

I pulled a very easy double which kinda suprised me, on the one hand it was cool to be able to pull that but on the other I was expecting more carryover from the trap bar deadlifts I've been doing for the last month. He went up to 550 but I couldn't get it off the ground with a flat back and I didn't want to risk humping it up.

then I tried GM's for the first time which totally kicked my ass. Even 135 was a real bitch to get out of the hole at the bottom of the lift. From now on I think I'm going to include these in my back workouts instead of partial DL's.

 

[spatts]

 

[b fold the truth]

Nice job...

Interesting that someone else found that the trap bar deadlift didn't have much carry over to the regular deadlift.

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[thebrute]

everyone is different i guess..nice work brotha..your dead will really go up once you start doin some GMs. tb

 

[Tweakle]

My errectors are totally spazzed today, they're so fuckin sore and pumped that I can hardly move - it feels great!

I'm going to alternate the trap bar with the regular dead and try to get up to 300ish on the GM's because its obvious that the trap bar's not been working my lower back anything like hard enough.

Clint, I saw you doing DL's off a platform in one of your vids - is that something you'd reccomend? (If I can get the bar off the floor I always get the rep but I find breaking it off the floor REALLY hard)

 

[b fold the truth]

Clint, I saw you doing DL's off a platform in one of your vids - is that something you'd reccomend? (If I can get the bar off the floor I always get the rep but I find breaking it off the floor REALLY hard)

I've been doing them off a 6" platform to work on helping for the Atlas Stones. It is a VERY deep pull for me...lol. Fries my lower back as well as all of my erectors and hamstrings.

Give them a try sometime...but don't kill yourself on them the first day.

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[DBCooper]

damn a 6" platform you probably wedge your feet under the bar by then don't you lol? 4" and my belly is in the way, I take a half breath and roll my but down and knees over the bar and get it going otherwise I bow leg out of the hole to get to the bar lol.

 

[b fold the truth]

damn a 6" platform you probably wedge your feet under the bar by then don't you lol? 4" and my belly is in the way, I take a half breath and roll my but down and knees over the bar and get it going otherwise I bow leg out of the hole to get to the bar lol.

Yep...I can't get my entire foot under the bar...just the tip of my toes mostly.

My belly does hinder me a bit too I use it to spring me out of the hole

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[PolishHammer1977]

Excellent job brutha.

I am VERY proud of you. Just remember to exercise caution and intelligence at all times.

Congrats Tweakle

 

[jackangel]

500 for an easy double? I like it. It must feel great to come back to DLs after such a long hiatus and still pull that kind of weight.

 

[Tweakle]

thanks guys, tell the truth I thought my deadlifting days with the straight bar were over but the warmups were cake and my lower back didn't complain at all. Onwards and upwards, if I can get to 6 plates by the end of the year then I'm going to finally grow some cojones and enter a PL contest.

I hear ya Hammer, caution's my middle name. I don't ever want to fuck with my back again!

Not so sure about the intelligence bit

 

[Debaser]

How much do you deadlift with a trapbar?

 

[JOKER47]

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=272458




Joker

 

[b fold the truth]

I really hope that you continue to keep us updated on your progress.

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