Deadlifts - leg day or back?
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It’s great to hear so many people deadlifting. So when you deadlift do you prefer conventional or sumo and do you use lifting straps or chalk and over hand or mixed grip?0
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haven’t been able to deadlift for 6 months2
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mkgoodson1007 wrote: »It’s great to hear so many people deadlifting. So when you deadlift do you prefer conventional or sumo and do you use lifting straps or chalk and over hand or mixed grip?
Sumo, double over-hand until 225lbs, chalk yes, no straps.0 -
I do upper/lower splits. I do them on lower day although they hit my lower back real good too.0
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I deadlift for warm ups on back day... Then one of two leg days is centered around heavy deadlifts0
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The high number weights are frying my little brain! How you all lift so much is astounding.0
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mkgoodson1007 wrote: »It’s great to hear so many people deadlifting. So when you deadlift do you prefer conventional or sumo and do you use lifting straps or chalk and over hand or mixed grip?
I do both, but my heavy DL day is conventional, light DL day is sumo. Overhand until I can't, then mixed grip. Chalk when I remember.0 -
Silkysausage wrote: »The high number weights are frying my little brain! How you all lift so much is astounding.
Lots of time spent in the gym and practicing proper form. I have been working out for several year but just started deadlifting about 3 years ago and I was lucky to get 3 sets of 185 up. Just a year and a half ago I could only lift 405 once. Now I do 3 sets with 375-405 with a max of 500. It’s not a process that can be rushed but takes time.0 -
Silkysausage wrote: »The high number weights are frying my little brain! How you all lift so much is astounding.
It takes years of training. When I started competing I could only deadlift 400 lbs. it took a year or two to consistently pull over 500 lbs, but going from 500 to 600 was way harder than going from 400 to 500. Once you cross over 500, your form has to be pretty darn good to pull in the high 500's to low 600's. You cannot fake it with that much weight, you also need to have the mental game because your body feels like it's tearing itself apart and you have to be able to push through that and visualize the lift in your mind. If you doubt you can lift it, you can't.0 -
Silkysausage wrote: »The high number weights are frying my little brain! How you all lift so much is astounding.
It can take years. I've been lifting for years and I am still nowhere near these numbers.. but.. I am stronger than I was before so that is all I focus on!2 -
mkgoodson1007 wrote: »It’s great to hear so many people deadlifting. So when you deadlift do you prefer conventional or sumo and do you use lifting straps or chalk and over hand or mixed grip?
Conventional, chalk, no straps. Hook grip for warm ups then switch to over under for working sets.0 -
I do them on leg days 3 times a week.
2 days standard deads, 1 Romanian deads0 -
mkgoodson1007 wrote: »It’s great to hear so many people deadlifting. So when you deadlift do you prefer conventional or sumo and do you use lifting straps or chalk and over hand or mixed grip?
Right now I sumo because a meet coming up and I'm working around back issues so plan B.
I hook grip with chalk my heavy singles and strap my volume sets to minimize further damage to my hand/finger joints.0 -
I use a conventional stance with an alternate grip. I use chalk in competition but not in training. I never use straps. I do double over hand grip up to about 335 lbs, then I switch to an alternate over/under grip. I will use a two finger grip up to about 225 to build hand strength. When you use straps you don't develop to grip strength you will need to hang on to really heavy weights. Grip is usually the limiting factor in how much you can deadlift. Your grip will fail before your legs and back do.0
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Silkysausage wrote: »The high number weights are frying my little brain! How you all lift so much is astounding.
Years of training and using programs that are targeted towards strength...low rep/high weight
I've been lifting for years, but my numbers aren't anywhere near those of others in large part because I typically work in the 8-12 rep range with moderate weight.2 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »Silkysausage wrote: »The high number weights are frying my little brain! How you all lift so much is astounding.
Years of training and using programs that are targeted towards strength...low rep/high weight
I've been lifting for years, but my numbers aren't anywhere near those of others in large part because I typically work in the 8-12 rep range with moderate weight.
Ahh this is an excellent point .. this is mostly how I train.0 -
sarahlifts wrote: »I do them on leg days 3 times a week.
2 days standard deads, 1 Romanian deads
3x per week is impressive. Are you following a certain program with an emphasis on deadlifts or legs.0 -
Conventional here, chalk, straps for back off sets, and alternating grip.
I’m weird in that I think deadlifting is not really all that hard. I hate benching and in 10 months of never missing training I have only gotten to 225lbs. Deadlift on the other hand I can pull 520lbs in same time.
I think I have longish arms for height. This might help with dead’s and hurt on bench.
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Conventional here, chalk, straps for back off sets, and alternating grip.
I’m weird in that I think deadlifting is not really all that hard. I hate benching and in 10 months of never missing training I have only gotten to 225lbs. Deadlift on the other hand I can pull 520lbs in same time.
I think I have longish arms for height. This might help with dead’s and hurt on bench.
This seriously blows my mind how you seem to be such a huge natural puller. I suspect you have a long arms but bench is also a hard lift for most people to increase. Patience and you will find your bench takes off soon.0
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