My deadlift sucks! need some ideas

[SDHW]

You still didn't tell me where you fail on the lift.

I dont fail..lol.. Once i get it going, im good. (so far). I just feel my grip slipping after the 3 or 4th rep.

 

[al420]

I dont fail..lol.. Once i get it going, im good. (so far). I just feel my grip slipping after the 3 or 4th rep.

So that means your grip is failing, right...lol

 

[lavi]

Learn to love the hook grip. I switched over to hook grip a long time ago and you will get stronger and you will want it for your oly lifting anyway. You won't have to worry about left/right imbalances and twisting as well.

 

[curgeo]

like 420 asked, it is a grip problem? You get the bar moving off the floor right? If that is the case, direct grip work is your solution.

 

[s8nlilhlpr]

You said you are failing around the 4th rep or so? Why not train pulling HEAVY tripples for awhile? That way your hands get used to pulling more weight and not slipping.

 

[youngguns]

use chalk

 

[s8nlilhlpr]

use chalk

Read farther back, he IS using chalk.

 

[silver_shadow]

as lavi said above and the reason i suggested the hook grip in the first place - for the olympic lifts. maybe you could pull on mondays and fridays and squat on wednesdays if you want to keep the 5x5 MWF layout. try this for awhile. but the other option is to try static barbell holds to strengthen your grip and/or heavy triples instead of 5s like s8n suggested.

 

[SDHW]

Thanks for tall the tips guys, Im going to try pulling some heavy triples for a while, I will also play around with some different grips. Does anyone think it will be too much to do some RDL's On monday even though im going to dead on Wednesday? Im also doing some heavy trap work after my deads. so That gets the grip work in a little.

I know I need to get more ham/erector work in there. I think this will serve two points 1) it will help me with my quad issues, and 2) it will help with my dead.

 

[silver_shadow]

i'd rather pull on monday and then friday to keep some time to recover. monday and wednesday might be quite taxing.