new personal best

[rbtrout]

Yahoo!!
I've been working on upping my deads. I got 495# yesterday - only one rep and it took me 3 tries, but I got it. I'll be working on an even 500#.

 

[vin01]

Congrats man! 500 isn't too far away! that's a hell of a lift.

whats your bodyweight?

 

[Jim Ouini]

Congrats! that's a big milestone. Tried 2 times and still had the mental toughness to go for a 3rd...nice.

What was your previous best and what did you do to up it?

 

[young_squatter]

Awesome job man, must have felt awesome. Good job not giving up on it.

 

[rbtrout]

6 feet tall, 230 pounds with a bit too much bf. I've been bulking (very slowly) since mid-July and put on about 20 pounds.
My last try was 455 about 8 weeks ago. I've been adding a bit ever since. I actually had a minor leg injury that kept me out of the gym last week. I guess the break helped me come back stronger. I'm hoping my Christmas present to myself will be a 500 pounder! I'm also hoping Santa will bring me a 400 pound atf squat.

 

[Morrigu667]

good job man hope you reach that 400 pound squat fk i still find it heavy mainly cause im a slacker with doing squats.

 

[perp69]

Awesome lifts,including the 400 squat when you get it. What is your squat at now?

 

[blut wump]

Nice work. I think you're considered undisputedly strong when you have 300 bench, 400 squat and 500 dead.

 

[rbtrout]

My 1rm squat is about 365. I'm working on it.

 

[Guinness5.0]

My dead frustrates me to no end. I can rep 365 on squats but have yet to break 450 on dead.

 

[perp69]

I hear ya. Eveyone seems to have their weakness unless your Coleman I guess. Mine is bench so I have been blasting my chest with inclines and weighted dips and making deceit progross so far. I'm at 235 on incline right now. I just got 405 for 3 on deads and am estatic and now looking at 450. Squats at 355 right now. I credit the 5x5 for my progress. A great program.

 

[Madcow2]

My dead frustrates me to no end. I can rep 365 on squats but have yet to break 450 on dead.

I am confident that when you can rep 500 in the squat you will absolutely break 450 on your dead - maybe tell us where you sticking point is and what's going on in the lift exactly.

 

[Guinness5.0]

I am confident that when you can rep 500 in the squat you will absolutely break 450 on your dead - maybe tell us where you sticking point is and what's going on in the lift exactly.

Still stuck at the bottom. It either flies up or doesn't go more than an inch off the ground.

 

[blut wump]

Have you attempted it with straps to see whether your grip is the problem?

 

[Guinness5.0]

Have you attempted it with straps to see whether your grip is the problem?

yup. With a mixed grip or straps, it doesn't seem to matter.

 

[Madcow2]

Still stuck at the bottom. It either flies up or doesn't go more than an inch off the ground.

Popular stuff for assistance can be pulling off a platform (not a big one, even a set of 45s is fine). Also pulling with the snatch grip will lower you relative to the bar and get you working through that range. If you have long legs and shorter torso this tends to be the place people get stuck. It certainly is for me and I also see that your max squat is likely below your dead so I'm guessing this is your build. Also, more squatting power and posterior chain can only help.

 

[Jim Ouini]

What about sumo/semi-sumo stance? Depends on your goal of course, but maybe your body type lends itself more to sumo style from a numbers standpoint.

I dug up the formula from the late Purepowermag:

- divide trunk length by arm length (1)

- divide trunk length by lower body length (2)

If (1) < 0.82 and (2) <0.55 consider conventional; if (1) and (2) are >0.82 and >0.55, respectively, consider sumo.

Not to sweep it under the rug, but with lower back problems and your obviously strong hips and legs, might be worth a try just for giggles.

 

[Guinness5.0]

What about sumo/semi-sumo stance? Depends on your goal of course, but maybe your body type lends itself more to sumo style from a numbers standpoint.

I dug up the formula from the late Purepowermag:



Not to sweep it under the rug, but with lower back problems and your obviously strong hips and legs, might be worth a try just for giggles.

you know, I never really thought about sumo. That would be a good thing to try. I may play with 'em after today's workout.

EDIT: What's the def. of trunk length? Nape of neck to waist?

 

[Tweakle]

good work, 500+ is very respectable for pulling

 

[Jim Ouini]

EDIT: What's the def. of trunk length? Nape of neck to waist?

Here's the whole thing (typed it up in another thread )

stand up straight and measure from your shoulder to the floor = total body length

-with arms hanging down measure from shoulder to end of your arm (making a fist) = total arm length

-measure from shoulder to where your thigh rotates in the pelvis (this point is determined by raising your thigh) = trunk length

-subtract trunk length from total body length = lower body length

Perform the following calculations:

-divide trunk length by arm length (1)

-divide trunk length by lower body length (2)

If (1) < 0.82 and (2) <0.55, consider conventional; if (1) and (2) are >0.82 and >0.55, respectively, consider sumo.

Hey you're not really gonna measure are ya? Just try it IIRC they said it's just recommendations and personal preference is the final call.