405 x 10 DL Check

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This again will sound dumb, but, maybe two days prior to your deadlift workout where you will pull for reps, pull a heavier weight for a few reps, not to failure. Then when you come back to 405 the reps should happen easier, allowing for better technique.

I still say that if you want to pull 405 for reps, pulling 315 for more reps will help you as much as increasing your 1rm.

The most I have pulled for reps on 315 was by doing singles for a couple of months then pulling 315 for as many as I could minus 1 or 2. Two days later I pulled 405 for reps short of failure, two days later I pulled 495 for reps short of failure. Three days later I hit 315 for almost 40 reps (39.65???), not rest pause, using straps. I don’t pull high reps all the time just when I’m coming back from a layoff or slumping on the heavy stuff. But I think they can have a benefit to overall training quality if you choose to use them. I beleive that even the great Louie Simmons has written about pulling high reps on rare occasions for capacity work.

Oh, and you’ll learn how to move the weight efficiently in the selected movement. What you are doing in reps 1-20 will determine how many reps you will get in the end. Same goes for 10 to 20 rep sets. Your body will adapt to technique that will make the reps easier for you in time. Or at least mine does…

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405x10 is a good milestone. I’m currently at 405x4-5. Trying to make my way to 500.

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[quote]PRCalDude wrote:
jt561 wrote:
I am astonished this hasn’t been brought up.

Seriously, im very surprised at no one saying this.

Your legs are locking damn near before you even pass your knees with the bar, or around there. From the knees up all the pressure is on your lumbars. If that’s what you want, fine, but if you want to lift heavier weight and hit an overall greater amount of strain? don’t lock out so early.

Look at the first few reps, when you go to put the weight down versus how you picked it up. Your putting the weight down naturally in the manner that requires the least resistance. do you see the difference?

Your shins seem pretty long in proportion to your quads, but it’s not an excuse for losing strength due to putting the focus of the lift on one area of your body. It is a whole body exercise.

Consider dropping the hips a little bit, and pulling up and back, not just up (Though you do a good job thus far).

Pause the video at any rep when the bar is in front of the knees and going up, and pause again on way down. Your pulling hideously from the glutes to the lumbars solely. These guys are all worried about your upper back curvature and the pressure there? I don’t see what for. Your fine there.

I think the way your body is built your naturally strongest deadlifting the way you did in the video, but it’s not the best way to develop your strength efficiently. especially for this lift. You may have to shave off a few pounds the first 2-3 workouts you try this, but believe me with all your heart when it’s the best thing to increase your deadlift and the amount of muscle fibers activated doing the deadlift, while maintaining safety.

Otherwise, you might as well just go romanian deadlift or stiff legged, your not far from it

LOL. Can you pull 405x10?

The fact that he’s pulling the way he does has to do with his inherent biomechanics, not some fault in his lifting. Some people, due to the length of their torso, femurs, and tibia/fibula simply pull like that because that’s how they have to pull. He’s got long legs, therefore he’s going to start his pull with his torso a lot more parallel to the floor than someone with shorter legs who will start more upright. The only way for him to start with his torso more upright is to have his knees further over the bar, which will just result in him pulling the bar into his shins and having the bar never clear his knees.
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I’ve been pulling 405X10 easily since I was 17, the deadlift being one of my most proud and powerful lifts. I understand that he pulls naturally that way due to his biomechanics, and I even mentioned that in my answer, which I don’t think you read very well at all. As for his leg proportions, and pulling into his shins? some of the best powerlifters in the world believe in doing so, I’m assuming your too bitchmade to wanna scrape some hairs off with the weight. And positioning his upper body more upright, and dropping the legs would not hideously throw the weight into his shins, where it renders him unable to complete the lift, it would simply force him to lean forward more, which would compensate nicely and help him in his lift.

I didn’t lOl at your reply, it was too sad.

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Indeed, apparently some people can naturally pull massive amounts of weight; check this kid out: Forums - T Nation - The World's Trusted Community for Elite Fitness I tried leaning back more (upper body more upright), and it didn’t seem to help a whole lot and felt akward, but maybe that was just due to it not being what I’ve become accustomed to.

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It looks to me like you’re locking out with your lower back, especially in the later reps. If I were you, I’d focus a bit on getting those glutes stronger so you can lock out with the hips instead of the back. It might be good for long-term lumbar health.

Other than that, looked really solid. Respect on 405x10.

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[quote]Benway wrote:
It looks to me like you’re locking out with your lower back, especially in the later reps. If I were you, I’d focus a bit on getting those glutes stronger so you can lock out with the hips instead of the back. It might be good for long-term lumbar health.

Other than that, looked really solid. Respect on 405x10.[/quote]

Thanks.