Reverse Band Deadlifts

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did these for the first time today…

I did full range, i used the greens, and set them up so they were pretty much loose at lockout.

is that the way they should be done? my reg dead is in the 600lbs range, and this way let me lockout 625, but 635 wouldnt budge from the floor? was wondering if i should have used the Big Blues? or perhaps a little more tension on the bands

any recomendations would be much appreciated!

thanks

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At southside barbell we do both green and blue reverse band deadlifts. So try both. I am new there so i have only done the reverse blue band deadlifts, and managed 715 i think while my PR regular DL is 700. Obviously you and i need to work on our top range and lockout more, but then again i dont know of too many people who reverse band DL a whole lot more than they pull regularly.

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[quote]davidian wrote:
did these for the first time today…

I did full range, i used the greens, and set them up so they were pretty much loose at lockout.

is that the way they should be done? my reg dead is in the 600lbs range, and this way let me lockout 625, but 635 wouldnt budge from the floor? was wondering if i should have used the Big Blues? or perhaps a little more tension on the bands

any recomendations would be much appreciated!

thanks[/quote]

We use the avg. bands (green) and choke them around the powerack pins where 135 barely ‘floats’ off the floor. If your DL is 600, I would think you should get more than 635. Check to make sure that the bands are set high enough in the rack to float 135. I personally find I can Rev. Band DL about 115% of my reg. DL.

Get it done.

Brian

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Sorry i misread part of your post, you weakness is at the bottom and this definately wont be solved by using even more tension to help you get it up. Try doing some pulls off of a box, this should help alot with your power off the floor and focus on being fast!

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[quote]OGuard wrote:
Sorry i misread part of your post, you weakness is at the bottom and this definately wont be solved by using even more tension to help you get it up. Try doing some pulls off of a box, this should help alot with your power off the floor and focus on being fast![/quote]

I agree.

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thanks for the advice guys…

usually my strength is getting it off the floor, and i usually struggle with lockout (hands grind on legs)

deadlifts while standing on a box? or the bar sitting on boxes?

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That’s really odd. You were basically not able to break the floor with @ 100#'s less than what you normally pull.

Either your pull is not as big as you think, or your position was really bad.

We use light and average bands. Not big fans of huge contrast for these. Even with light, I still manage about 10% more than my best comp pull.

Don’t know what else to tell you.

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I have the handbook on training with bands from Elite and according to this the set up is as follows.
Place the safety pins in the very top pin in the power rack.Hang a strong or average band on the safety pins and place the bar inside of the pins.Depending on the height of the power rack and the strength of the bands,anywhere from 185-225Lbs will touch the floor.This is a great exercise to build LOCKOUT.
I have to say that this is probably not what you were trying for?Lockout i mean. Also when you lockout, the bar should clear the bands.This last bit is on the Westside site.
Hope this helps.
Nobby