[Jaspersharpe]

Uh, Si, you been to Romania lately?

My imaginings are locked on the Cold War - behind the Iron Curtain old skool Olmpic weighlifters with mad scientist coaches beasting them with 24/7 training schedules pumping them full of roids and human growth hormone

[cha1n]

Up to now my only 'training' for climbing has been bouldering but I spotted this a while back and put it in my favourites. It may be of use to some people:

http://climb-strong.tumblr.com/

[mark s]

Uh, Si, you been to Romania lately?

My imaginings are locked on the Cold War - behind the Iron Curtain old skool Olmpic weighlifters with mad scientist coaches beasting them with 24/7 training schedules

feeding 15 year olds turinabol saying take these vitamins,they will make you strong 

[Krank]

Did it work?

[measles23]

Jesus its quite intense - is it normal to feel a bit dizzy after? The bumpy boys reckoned it might have had something to do with forgetting to breathe for several minutes from the shock..

Also the gym scene takes some getting used to - its a bit much to go from feeling like the fat cnut at the crag to being the 7 stone (I wish..) weakling - I could taste the pity - I'm sure next time they're gonna strap me to the bench and force feed me whey and 'roids

[Dr T]

2x body weight - holla 

[Sasquatch]

2x body weight - holla 

Jesus its quite intense - is it normal to feel a bit dizzy after? The bumpy boys reckoned it might have had something to do with forgetting to breathe for several minutes from the shock..

Also the gym scene takes some getting used to - its a bit much to go from feeling like the fat cnut at the crag to being the 7 stone (I wish..) weakling - I could taste the pity - I'm sure next time they're gonna strap me to the bench and force feed me whey and 'roids

I'm really glad our local wall has a weights area so that I get to feel like the "fat cnut at the crag" all the time. 

[measles23]

I'm really glad our local wall has a weights area

Lucky boy - not many British walls do weights

I thought this was interesting:
http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/DeadliftStandards.html

Most people here seem to be starting at intermediate and above level, from which you could infer that climbing makes you pretty good at deadlifts, and tempting to extrapolate the reverse that deadlifts help climbing

3 sessions in - feels good and I can nearly stand upright again..

[mark s]

for someone who is not a powerlifter,this is impressive

[mark s]

this is interesting
http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/StrengthStandards.html

[Richie Crouch]

Love watching Ronnie! 'lightweight' 

[mark s]

Love watching Ronnie! 'lightweight' 

when people call a 10 stone climber a beast for something or other,i think of people like this for the meaning of the term

[mark s]

I did 190 for 1 rep today which I'm chuffed with.

[measles23]

I did 180 last week so will have a challenge to share the title tomorrow!

Which felt better - the 190 or the V3s??

[mark s]

haha funny
definatly doing the deadlift.
i did 180 a couple of months ago,i hadnt done any for a couple of weeks.i did 180 ok today and thought id try a bit more.
ooh id best keep at them then,cant loose the medal

[Gus]

Word you should be doing way more than 190kg!!!!

[Yossarian]

In preparation for IRON JULY (a six week pre-wedding fitness kick, not an ironing festival) I have been assembling the various instruments of pain in my garage. Chief amongst these is the deadlifting equipment. Had a little play the other day, and was still struggling with the technique. 80kg felt like quite a lot.

However, last night, after a number of glasses of wine, I managed 150kg! And I managed to put it down again too. I then tried 160, but my inner Hulk must've gone back to bed as the barbell stayed firmly on the floor.

Quite encouraging anyway. I do weight more than 90kg at the moment though, so some way to go before I reach the magic 2x.

[Sasquatch]

and was still struggling with the technique. 80kg felt like quite a lot.

However, last night, after a number of glasses of wine, I managed 150kg! And I managed to put it down again too.

 

Just be careful about the wine and lifting.  I've done beer and lifting and the results were disastrous....  Maybe wine is different though.

[Yossarian]

Yes, probably not the most sensible approach! I have tried bench pressing in the past slightly the worse for wear and, as I recall, I got stuck under the bar and had to effect my escape via various skin shredding contortions.

Bizarrely though, I found the deadlifting process quite sobering.

When IRON JULY starts I will eschew the wine in favour of chakra-attuned magnetically balanced green-hyper-tea sports juice so will no longer have any excuses for failure.

[mark s]

Just be careful about the wine and lifting.  I've done beer and lifting and the results were disastrous....  Maybe wine is different though.

not as dangerous as drunken arm wrestles though

[Serpico]

Just be careful about the wine and lifting.

Unless you're a woman...

[rodma]

Just be careful about the wine and lifting.  I've done beer and lifting and the results were disastrous....  Maybe wine is different though.

not as dangerous as drunken arm wrestles though

 

Tore my shoulder up really badly "winning" an arm wrestle with a strong friend. couldn't train at all for about four weeks. Never again

[pyrosis]

How do you guys program the deadlift? I have heard that the deadlift is so taxing to the nervous system that one set of five is adequate.

I've been doing them 1-2 times per week, with 1 set of 5 reps as my work set. Preceded by 5 sets of escalating warmups and then one work set. For example, this week was:

warmups
65#x5
95#x5
135#x5
185#x3
225#x2

work set
275#x5

That's only 1.5x BW

[Fiend]

Jesus its quite intense - is it normal to feel a bit dizzy after? The bumpy boys reckoned it might have had something to do with forgetting to breathe for several minutes from the shock..

Tried this yesterday as part of a general weights sessions, 3 x 5 x 80kg, felt pretty dizzy after each one. I'm guessing it's not particularly aerobic on the legs (which would fuck my shit up specifically), so I'm guessing it is just generally intense?? This is quite appealling.

I found the regular technique was easy to get right going up, harder to get right lowering the weight, was hard to keep my butt out and avoid brushing my legs.

[Serpico]

Jesus its quite intense - is it normal to feel a bit dizzy after? The bumpy boys reckoned it might have had something to do with forgetting to breathe for several minutes from the shock..

Tried this yesterday as part of a general weights sessions, 3 x 5 x 80kg, felt pretty dizzy after each one. I'm guessing it's not particularly aerobic on the legs (which would fuck my shit up specifically), so I'm guessing it is just generally intense?? This is quite appealling.

Deadlifting is such an intense, full body contraction that blood pressure goes through the roof during a heavy lift because no blood can flow through occluded arteries. Couple this with 'blocking' which is a breath holding technique to stabilize the core and it's easy to get dizzy. This is one of the reasons it's so important to return the weight to the floor after each lift - so you can de-contract and take a breath.

I found the regular technique was easy to get right going up, harder to get right lowering the weight, was hard to keep my butt out and avoid brushing my legs.

Many lifters tape their shins because they drag the bar up them, don't avoid brushing your legs with the bar.