Author Topic: Weightlifters&Deadlift (Read 2691 times)

Shaun Le Conte · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 28, 2006, 09:17 AM »

Personally I don't think that deadlifts make a lifter slow, but they are very intense, so if they are done too often (at high intensity) they can limit your ability to do enough snatches and clean & jerks

I think the reps and volume should be quite low, and reps should never come to the point of being a total grind to finish the set.

Emil Rinse · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 28, 2006, 03:00 PM »

Quote from: "volker lubasch"

my father have deadlift 300kg @90kg

Yeah, my father did 330 @ 110kgs. He worked up to 300 at least every third week. And he was not a bad lifter..

Chris Ⓐ LeRoux · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 28, 2006, 03:29 PM »

I once embraced deadlifts for a while, as an experiment. I put about 30kgs on my deadlift, pushing it from about 200kgs to 232.5kg at around 60kgs in about 6-8 weeks. I did not clean even 2.5kgs more as a result of these gains.

Just food for thought....

Mark Cannella · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 28, 2006, 09:02 PM »

many ways to skin a cat: but Chris i think is correct; not much correlation between deadlift and clean.

I wouldn't advocate them for any lifters per se, maybe another type of sport athlete though.

Food for thought

Pork Style.

Emil Rinse · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 03, 2007, 03:42 PM »

Quote from: "Chris LeRoux"

I once embraced deadlifts for a while, as an experiment. I put about 30kgs on my deadlift, pushing it from about 200kgs to 232.5kg at around 60kgs in about 6-8 weeks. I did not clean even 2.5kgs more as a result of these gains.

Just food for thought....

My first thought was that the gain was just a result of you getting used to pull heavy from the floor and not that you actually got stronger in the posterior chain. Couldn't this be the case?
Posterior chain strength is very important in WL and different forms of (weightlifting-related) deadlifting is highly recomended by most european coaches.