6 Unwritten Rules of the Gym

[Benanything]

I might be reviving a dead(?) thread but I had to point this out…

@shreddedbaby

IF your attitude is that you have better things to do than to spend the 90 seconds to load/unload plates for one of the most effective exercise in the gym, then perhaps your attitude is you have better things to do than workout at all? I just don’t see the logic in that. Your spending x amount of minutes working out… You are probably SAVING TIME by doing deadlifts, even with the time to load and unload the plates because you hit so much of the body in ONE exercise. So really that makes no sense

@shreddedbaby

My lifts are quite weak for my size, I’m bigger than most guys who lift 150% of my lifts. I don’t do 1rm’s as I focus on high volume but here are my current lowest volume PR’s.

Deadlft: 275 for 3 reps

Going by this logic, for the most part you’re probably deadlifting somewhere near 225 since you “focus on high volume”. I don’t deadlift much but I’ve trained with guys who pull in the 400/500s and hell, changing plates were one hell of a mega bitch. That and you know… You pull 275 for 3, you automatically don’t get a say when it comes to loading/unloading plates.

PS: I’m assuming @dt79 deadlifts a reasonable amount or at least is capable of… Though, if I’m being honest, in my mind you pull in the mid 500s?