Can anyone recommend a good peaking routine for a meet 4 weeks away. Im thinking of entering a push+pull in about 4 weeks and havent been training deads. In the past I have done well at meets with a comparable amount of time to prepare. I dont deadlift year round. I start training when I see a local meet. I usually dlift 1-2 times per week working up to some singles usually something like 5,5,3,3,1,1. Ill start on Monday any suggestions.
D.Lifted for the 1st time in about a year last night, Started very slow 315X15, 405X5,495X5 just to get acclimated. Ill start for real next week. Any suggestion on how to prepare in 4 weeks. (last year i ended up w/655 with similar amount of prep time so im lookin to improve on that)
655 is a very good pull at any weight nice job…big martin
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Thanks BM but Im lookin for some advice on how to best prepare over 4 weeks. Any ideas?
Gabe- i truly dont belive in peaking for any lift, i think if you specialize in the deadlift for 4 weeks it will actually set you back, i would probally pull every other week working on where your weak point is, rack pulls , deadlifts standing on 4 inch boxes, and reverse band deadlifts…big martin
Totally concur with Grandiose Martin. Dude, if your are pulling over 600, from a neuromuscular standpoint, you know how to pull. Paul Childress offers some awesome words of wisdom in his statement that you don’t get much stronger 3 weeks out, but you can get weaker. I think less than a month out you need to train competition pulls for speed (50% focusing on doing it right every time.) Then grab 2 core accesory movements that you think make sense relative to your mini max and alternate them. (ex. GM’s and zerchers.) Then train your usual follow-up movements. Take 5-7 days off and hit it hard. The biggest risk you incur is overtraining your CNS, IMHO. Good luck and let us know how you do!
Gabe,
Those numbers of yours are a bit disapointing. When I don’t Deadlift for a year I always start out with around 500lbs. and work up to 600lbs. I take short jumps.
Hey, don’t worry you will get there. Perhaps another year off from Deadlifting will help you out.
( Im smiling )