The 200kg dead lift club

**PeteG** · 23-09-2010 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by James Copping

My first competition I had done 220x3 leading up to it. At the comp I got an easy 260 (after maxing on squat and bench).

I dont think 290 is too unreasonable, although you would need to do a bit more work with heavy doubles and triples before I would attempt it.

That sounds spot on, I have just switched to doing triples and I did 3x200Kg with a 1RM around 240.

**cr0wd0g** · 13-10-2010 07:47 PM

232.5kg. Only did 1 but pretty sure there was more in the tank. Next time x2 and 242.5kg x 1.

**Odevans** · 13-10-2010 07:55 PM

Its not available mate. Congrats though!

**cr0wd0g** · 13-10-2010 08:05 PM

works ok for me!

thanks for the congrats!

**Odevans** · 13-10-2010 08:25 PM

Now it does. Huzzah!

God damn that flew up! Nice!

**MJ.23** · 13-10-2010 08:36 PM

Any advice from you strong deadlifters on the best way to increase the dead? Its not my biggest concern but i really want to break 2 x bw. I do speed deads on Wednesday and max on Friday. Are there any set and rep combinations that seem to work better for you?

Ive been doing them for about 2 weeks now and really like them! I avoided them previously as i just wasnt convinced my form was ever right.

**Odevans** · 13-10-2010 08:46 PM

5x5 got me up to 225kg, sheiko got me up to 235kg. After thinking about progress made vs time taken (though I had suffered a lot in the health department for months) , I've decided to go back to 5x5 to see how it goes.

Edit: I believe that heavy good-mornings helped a lot, especially with my squat.

**Martin Brown** · 13-10-2010 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ.23

Any advice from you strong deadlifters on the best way to increase the dead? Its not my biggest concern but i really want to break 2 x bw. I do speed deads on Wednesday and max on Friday. Are there any set and rep combinations that seem to work better for you?

Ive been doing them for about 2 weeks now and really like them! I avoided them previously as i just wasnt convinced my form was ever right.

Perhaps deadlift heavy less if you're going speed every week and heavy aswell every week? That's what took mine up. More heavy GM's, RDL's and heavy box squats.

**Odevans** · 13-10-2010 09:10 PM

Martin, how low should a box squat be?

**Martin Brown** · 13-10-2010 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Odevans

Martin, how low should a box squat be?

Depends how tall you are!

I normally squat to where I need to be in comp - which is around 14 inches high for me.

Occasionally we will use a 12.5 inch box and sometime a 15.5inch box. Doesnt matter that much TBH. Even high boxes are useful for the deadlift as hip position during deads is normally high.