Adarq.org

^LOL
Also im not sure what i said is correct, re arms/legs/toro lengths.
I remember Lance saying that long legs and short torso harm the squat form , create forward lean etc , making it harder in other words. But for deadlift it was just a chat in here , about mutumbo's huge deadlift.
As for RDL/DL , i was the only one that voted RDL and i am changing it too. I did 1x286 after not regular DLing for 3 years and with my left quad injured, while the 8x253 RDL PR was achieved after a couple of months of weekly progressive overloading.

Edit:
My explanation about hands/torso lengths:
In regular deadlifts, for a given back position , the longer hands and shorter torso you have, the higher 'squat position' your legs will be in the deadlift start, it's like turning the DL to 'half' DL ( in an analogy with squats/half squats ). It is the same ROM but the starting body setup is more advantageous to produce strength.
For RDLs, longer hands reduce the ROM since the end of the movement is standard ( below knee ) while the starting point is lower with long hands.
Nothing to back those thoughts up though, just pulling them out of my hairy ass!

yeah makes sense, but how about leg length? i'm guessing long legs dont help u in deadlifts or squats yeah?


\

A regular deadlift is easier than a RDL because you also get quad power in a regular deadlift, whereas in the RDL you don't. Even though the RDL has a shorter ROM and also has a eccentric period of amortization (that should potentiate you a bit). At least that's how I feel.

gosh that weird. i have problem with deadlifts. it's easier when i push my hips up first making it more like a RDL, or i cant lift the weight.

gosh that weird. i have problem with deadlifts. it's easier when i push my hips up first making it more like a RDL, or i cant lift the weight.

This is how a technically very good deadlift looks like. I bet yours is very different. Figure it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=44OAhh9n7l4#t=214s

It was? I thought that was kinda bad, probably not a max attempt either.

Quote from: Raptor on May 15, 2012, 03:56:31 am

It was? I thought that was kinda bad, probably not a max attempt either.

lol

lol x2

strong girl is strong

DL 550
Squat 424

Whoa.  You were beyond those a month or 2 ago, even without the suit (I think)....what happened?

Quote from: chrisbro1 on May 16, 2012, 11:27:32 am

Quote from: Flander on May 15, 2012, 12:47:29 pm

DL 550
Squat 424

Whoa.  You were beyond those a month or 2 ago, even without the suit (I think)....what happened?

Nah man. These are my raw PRs. Had 484 squat with knee wraps and belt and 605 DL in suit.

Yeah but where's your abz at bro?

DL 550
Squat 424

Wow. I'm almost identical.  545, 415.

Seems like no matter whether I focus on squat, front squat, bandsquats or deadlift.... my deadlift is about 70 pounds over parallel squat, which is 70 pounds over my squat, which is about 70 pounds over my front squat, which is about 70 pounds over my bench and powerclean.   I'm literally +/- 10 pounds from 550/480/410/340/270.  And I had really similar ratios even when squatting 315... 

Haven't tried just benching though to see if that brings everything else up....