All good man. I’m on my own journey. I’ll push this old body as far as humanly possible to get it. Hopefully without major injury in the process.
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I think that’s pretty good “out-of-the-box” strength. That’s probably about where I was 4 weeks into picking barbells up when I was 10 years younger than you are now. It took me another 3 years or so to hit 600. Maybe it takes you longer, maybe it doesn’t. Maybe you won’t ever hit it.
There’s only one way to find out if you will ever pull 600, but let me assure you of one thing. If you’re pulling 365 one month into deadlifting, you can almost certainly get…
STRONG
AS
FUCK
…by any normal standards. Without a doubt you can set yourself apart from most other men in your age bracket. I doubt you will have any regrets if you train hard and see where it leads you.
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Worth noting: in the time since this thread (back in post 178, I teased with a “maybe I’ll see if I can pull 600 this year” post) my name has been added to the roll of people on this site with a 600 deadlift.
I did this with no coaching, no fancy diet, no fancy training program, and with the majority of my workouts done in 20-30 minutes. Maybe this makes me some freak, but I think it’s closer to justifying “most able-bodied men could do this if they made it a singular goal and pursued it for an extended period of time with at least modest dedication.”
I stand by my original position from the first few hundred posts, best summarized by twojarslave from the very beginning:
“Yes, but to deadlift 600 pounds one has to do the things necessary to deadlift 600 pounds, and most people don’t want anything to do with that sort of bullshit.”
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I also want to have abs.
And large traps.
And delts.
And pecs.
And other stuff.
Dammit.
All kidding aside, @losthog, if you pick one lift to chase then I recommend going to @ActivitiesGuy log. It’s very simple. There’s no fluff. And he’s getting some serious stuff done. It’s impressive.
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Knock on wood
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@Frank_C at least you know it. I can’t wait until one day you go, fuck it, THIS (whatever it is) is what I want because you will smash it.
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You know the sad thing is that I’ve always had one of two goals and they should complement each other. Get bigger and/or get stronger. I used to pursue adding muscle mass but I’d get frustrated by weight gain that didn’t look the way I’d hoped. I’d cut the fat and then tell myself “I can increase my strength without adding muscle.” I know it’s possible to do that, but I sure as hell haven’t done it.
It’s now time to increase my size for the purpose of increasing my strength. The down side is that we all want instant gratification and it’s a marathon process—not a sprint. I’m over here eating a surplus of a couple hundred calories a day and losing weight because of my stupid leg. I’m really battling the urge to just eat. And I mean eat a lot. But I’m too old for a dirty bulk. I could get away with it in my college days but I think it’d be a lot tougher to battle the fat gain now.
Patience is definitely a virtue… and not one easily obtained.
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I don’t. I love the grind.
Maybe this is an area that you can try to mentally overcome and in turn it may help with your goals.
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Well, there’s really no such thing as instant gratification so it’s not an option anyway. I’m patient but it’s not fun.
You’re talking to a guy whose only debt is a mortgage. I drive an '03 Tahoe and my wife drives a '00 4Runner. Our rule is to save money and pay cash for everything. By American standards that’s about as far from impulse and instant gratification as you can get.
I know how things work but it doesn’t mean I always like it!
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I’m not patient. lol. I put in the work because I have to. But I WANT to win now.
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I’m with you. We all do what’s necessary but if we have goals then I’d bet we all want them sooner rather than later.
I mean who the hell thinks to themselves, “I want to _______ but it’s ok if it takes three years. I sure don’t mind sucking for awhile.”
When you get to be my age. Time is not your friend. I got no time for dilly dilly.
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I’m only 33 and I feel the same way. I need to get back up to 240 lbs and the smart way to do it will take a couple years. I also know that I could do it in a few months with my appetite. I have to be patient for the sake of quality though.
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What the heck is dilly dilly? I’ve seen it commercials, social media and in conversations. I’m too young to be left behind by pop culture.
Depends on the usage. Urban dictionary has some great dilly dilly. Exotic oils is my fav
We say dilly dally.
Hmmm not so sure about that. If this was the case, would you not attend small regional strongman comps where the competition is easier and a higher chance of winning? As far as I can see, you are aiming higher each time which makes winning harder, but you have the patience to build which makes the victory at the higher level far more sweet.
Hypothetical scenario
You get a pill you can take to be the (most/best at) ___ in the world, without having to work. Would you not take it?
I know I’m late to this party but a 600lb deadlift is not possible for a vast majority of the population, considering (what seems to be) only about 10% of people even go to the gym. Out of those people, I’d say maybe 3-4 out of every 10 have any idea what they’re doing, let alone the drive and desire to be that strong.
Of course my numbers are just guesses. I have no idea how many people in the world have a gym membership, but it IS pretty easy to tell who knows what they’re doing and who doesn’t based on what they’re doing every time they’re in the gym.
This doesn’t factor in things like age, gender, height, etc. so we can assume that based on those factors that it’s possible that even fewer people are capable of it than my original guess.
And to echo what everyone else said–determination has a lot to do with it. Probably more than anything else does, honestly. A 600lb deadlift is one of my all-time lifting goals, and my PR is currently 425x3 at 20 years old. I have no idea how long it will take me or when it’ll happen, but I know that it will eventually. I would imagine the percentage of people on TN who are capable of it is infinitely higher than the percentage of regular people is, seeing as we’re all like-minded individuals who want to be big, fast, strong, aesthetic, etc.
In a hearbeat.
Then I can use my time for more important things like watching videos of Anna Kendrick.
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Anna Kendrick singing toxic is 
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