Freakin Deadlifts

Just did 225x5. That's all the weight I have. Gotta go buy more plates before next Wednesday.

It looks pretty cool with a 35, a 25, a 10 and chingos of 5s on each end of the bar though.

That's awesome man! Go get you some plates!! Pick up a couple of 45s. You gonna need 'em.

That's the plan. A pair of 45s takes me to 315 (320 actually) total. Enough for a good long while.

Don't have a barbell in my gym but I modified a cable gym with the barbell attachment and an aerobic step to raise me enough to do a lift on. Not exactly the same from ground up I don't suppose but the weights were resting so as near as I could get. I did 60kg which is 132lb.. I am pretty amazed at that I must admit as hadn't figured it was that much. Thinking perhaps the actual lift isn't as strong as it would be with a proper set up as seems to be a bit on the heavy side for a first attempt. Roll on christmas when they get some free weights.

Do they have dumbells currently?

I already posted on the 'brag thread' but am so happy with my deadlift from yesterday I wanted to post here also.

I did 3 reps at 200lb yesterday morning - my form wasn't exactly pretty, but heh, I got it up! I am usually never nervous about a lift but in my mind the '2' in front of it was a bit intimidating.

You lifted more than me!!
Congrats! Must feel so great, and I'm sure the form / prettiness will come with time!

Don't have a barbell in my gym but I modified a cable gym with the barbell attachment and an aerobic step to raise me enough to do a lift on. Not exactly the same from ground up I don't suppose but the weights were resting so as near as I could get. I did 60kg which is 132lb.. I am pretty amazed at that I must admit as hadn't figured it was that much. Thinking perhaps the actual lift isn't as strong as it would be with a proper set up as seems to be a bit on the heavy side for a first attempt. Roll on christmas when they get some free weights.

Do they have dumbells currently?

Yeah and mighty ones, was thinking of deadlift with them and had a thread running on here, as I'm using a smiths for squats. I used the barbell adaptation for snatch's too yesterday. I am doing farmers walks with the dumbbells but my grip lets me down if I go over 18kg on my left hand. :$

It will probably be better for the others who have more experience to weigh in here, but I would think it better to use dumbells that the cables to deadlift if you do not have barbells. I would also use dumbells for squats over a smith machine.

Re the weight on the cables - it is really hard to discern what the real weight is on those machines - a lot of it depends on how many times the pully goes up and around. I know the one we have at our gym - on one of the cables, I can only do half the weight on my tricep overhead extensions that I can do on another one of the cables.

Thanks Will go back to dumbbells then just work on upping the weight and strengthening my grip if i'm not too hot / sweaty it's not as bad. I am using them for tricep extensions but not nearly as heavy (I do brain crushers). When you squat with them would you hold them at the side rather than on shoulders? or put them up on my shoulders and hold there? just thinking of down force really if it'd be the same as the smith? I do walking lunges with them at my sides, but haven't done squats with them. Sorry for taking off topic.

Don't have a barbell in my gym but I modified a cable gym with the barbell attachment and an aerobic step to raise me enough to do a lift on. Not exactly the same from ground up I don't suppose but the weights were resting so as near as I could get. I did 60kg which is 132lb.. I am pretty amazed at that I must admit as hadn't figured it was that much. Thinking perhaps the actual lift isn't as strong as it would be with a proper set up as seems to be a bit on the heavy side for a first attempt. Roll on christmas when they get some free weights.

Do they have dumbells currently?

Yeah and mighty ones, was thinking of deadlift with them and had a thread running on here, as I'm using a smiths for squats. I used the barbell adaptation for snatch's too yesterday. I am doing farmers walks with the dumbbells but my grip lets me down if I go over 18kg on my left hand. :$

It will probably be better for the others who have more experience to weigh in here, but I would think it better to use dumbells that the cables to deadlift if you do not have barbells. I would also use dumbells for squats over a smith machine.

Re the weight on the cables - it is really hard to discern what the real weight is on those machines - a lot of it depends on how many times the pully goes up and around. I know the one we have at our gym - on one of the cables, I can only do half the weight on my tricep overhead extensions that I can do on another one of the cables.

Thanks Will go back to dumbbells then just work on upping the weight and strengthening my grip if i'm not too hot / sweaty it's not as bad. I am using them for tricep extensions but not nearly as heavy (I do brain crushers). When you squat with them would you hold them at the side rather than on shoulders? or put them up on my shoulders and hold there? just thinking of down force really if it'd be the same as the smith? I do walking lunges with them at my sides, but haven't done squats with them. Sorry for taking off topic.

235x5 a few minutes ago and I came in the house and growled at the kids!

I didn't think #5 was going to go all the way up so I yelled at it and there it went. It's good I don't work out in a gym.

My iPod must have known what kind of workout it was going to be. It had Mastodon play Blood and Thunder during my warm-up sets and then Pantera started playing By Demons Be Driven as I was putting the weights on for the working set.

I'm still really pumped so this whole post should be read really freakin fast for full effect.