Yeah, the grumpy old right wing cunt knows his stuff. He's creating a nice wee school of protégés too.
His 3-4 podcasts with Mike Matthews are good - you might have heard/seen them. Basically putting the case forward for strength (and size) being far more important than the 'less-than-10%-bodyfat' musclehead or male-model types: Plus Stronglifts 5 x 5 is seriously good: StrongLifts 5x5: The Simplest, Most Effective Workout Program
So aye, after coming to increasingly dread deadlifts I finally swapped them out for barbell rows performed explosively from a stop like this- except, with a view to the deadlift, basically from an identical starting position to deads, rather than the more stiff leg position here, which I guess gets a bit more quad into it off the floor than a stricter row Started conservatively at about 170 for 5 and got them up at 270x5 in a couple of months; in that time, without even doing it once, my dead went from 380 to 410 and never in that time did i walk out my wee home gym feeling like I'd been hit by a ghost train. Modest stuff but winwin nonetheless. Basically, these slightly bastardised rows seem to work and might be worth trying if deads beat you up, ja.
Best deadlifter in world concurs - cheat rows ftw! Since learned it was ed coan's fave assistance lift too. Something to this!
That Cailer freak is pulling over 930 at 195.... and without straps. Hall might edge him strapless by 60 odd pounds but he's literally more than twice his weight
Realistically Coan is probably still the goat deadlifter tho- pulled over 900 on a straight bar with stricter judging and like 2m rest between pulls. The modern bendy Deadlift bars subtract a good few inches from the range of motion on pulls that heavy
Probably true in a scenario where you have 20 odd guys training and you have to moniter each of them for form, correct loading, volume etc. But, tbf, the most common injury powerlifters tend to suffer deadlifting is biceps tears during speed work....lower back injuries are really really rare. That said, if you change his wording from 'risk/reward' to 'cost/benefit' hes probably totally right because straight bar deadlifting from the floor just takes so much out of strong guys recovery wise precisely because its so taxing on the lower back. Even alot of powerlifters who have to specialize in the lift will only perform it once a fortnight for a couple sets and do easier variations for most of their work like cheat rows, lighter pause, speed, defecit deadlifts etc. Certainly theyre always programmed with less volume and intensity than squats. Best solution for non-powerlifters- trap bar deadlifts. You can still go heavy but the leverages really take the strain off the spinal erectors and direct it to the quads- all confirmed by emg data. Just feels way better. Joe defranco uses it with all his athletes including guys training for nfl combine
I´ve actually stopped doing heavy deadlifts (before I saw that video, btw) - just focus on a more traditional ´isolation muscle-building´ program, albeit mixed-in with squats, dips, pull-ups, & cleans
Aye, I stopped straight bar deadlifting too....first subbed it with heavy rows, now trap.bar deadlifts which are awesome. If you arent a competitor whats the point in doing lifts you dont enjoy? Ive actually stopped squatting above like 75% 1rm too and basically focus on pushing my 8-10rm up with higher volumes. Same reason, basically- dont enjoy really heavy squats. Especially because i train alone and usually outside the rack - would be a really stupid way to die
Nah looks f'n exhausting. i live on the 7th floor and as long as i can run up with my lidl bags im fit enough
