Freakin Deadlifts

i like overhead presses

Are you out of your mind woman!!! :laugh:

What he said.

Although OHP is my weakest lift as well.

the weight that I use for OHP is really quite pathetic.

Aw, don't feel bad. I've been training my wife for a little over a month and she still have trouble getting the 45 lb bar up without an assitance spot. She's killing her deads at 90 lbs though!!

I actually posted this as my status today and feel it fits here....

*****It's not how you start that matters, it's how u finish!*****

I'm hoping to get some room made in my garage in the next few days so I can set my stuff back up. I'm getting the DTs from not lifting weights for a week. I figure a week off has probably done me some good though.

Did this recently. Watch how strong you come back after a little rest!!

After dropping a warm-up 70kg dead-lift after 5reps with my trainer last weekend I was feeling a bit nervous about my deads last night.

My trainer is now on holiday, but I managed 70kg x 10. I'm happy with that.

I was tempted to move up, but since my confidence was a bit shaken, I decided to stick there.

With OHP, why is is so much easier to do it with a bar rather than dumbells? Is it a stability muscle thing?

After dropping a warm-up 70kg dead-lift after 5reps with my trainer last weekend I was feeling a bit nervous about my deads last night.

My trainer is now on holiday, but I managed 70kg x 10. I'm happy with that.

I was tempted to move up, but since my confidence was a bit shaken, I decided to stick there.

With OHP, why is is so much easier to do it with a bar rather than dumbells? Is it a stability muscle thing?

Yeah girl!
Re OHP: I use dumbbells for OHP because my right side is much stronger than my left. Trying to correct that. Doesn't really answer the question at all, haha.

Well I think that's my issue as well, with the bar my right side can give the left a bit of a boost, but with dumbells, my left is all wimpy.

Week 3 of http://tsampa.org/training/scripts/coan_phillipi_deadlift/?curmax=450&targetmax=500&type=lbs&submit=Calculate

1 X 2 @ 425, 6 X 3 @350...next week's a PR

After dropping a warm-up 70kg dead-lift after 5reps with my trainer last weekend I was feeling a bit nervous about my deads last night.

My trainer is now on holiday, but I managed 70kg x 10. I'm happy with that.

I was tempted to move up, but since my confidence was a bit shaken, I decided to stick there.

With OHP, why is is so much easier to do it with a bar rather than dumbells? Is it a stability muscle thing?

Yeah girl!
Re OHP: I use dumbbells for OHP because my right side is much stronger than my left. Trying to correct that. Doesn't really answer the question at all, haha.

Yeah the oly bar helps stabilize a little bit but unfortunately your right arm can overcompensate for the left. You really have to focus on making sure your left arms is pushing just as hard as the right. I would continue to use both. Do a few sets with BB's and then a couple sets with DB's. You can vary your routine and do heavier sets with the BB and then do something like and just do like 2 or 3 sets of max reps with DB's, minimum of 15 reps. Do that until you feel your left side's strength come closer to balance with the right. Even without the imbalance you should do some DB work as it helps you to build strength from the start of the movement to the middle of the movement.

Not sure if anyone used Ed Coan's deadlift program that I posted, but just finished my first cycle and pulled 505 the other day. Monster PR.

I have not but I've heard good things from it. 505 is a pretty monster pull, especially if that was raw. Nice job!

Not sure if anyone used Ed Coan's deadlift program that I posted, but just finished my first cycle and pulled 505 the other day. Monster PR.

I have not but I've heard good things from it. 505 is a pretty monster pull, especially if that was raw. Nice job!

Thanks!! I encourage you to try it out whenever you have an opportunity to work it into your own program. I went up 55 lbs in the 10 weeks.

As far as equipment - just chalk!

No shame in that, that's an awesome lift!