Thread: 765lb Pull Pretty sweet

Very nice. That was raw too.

you like that squal. Think you'll ever get there someday?

Yes. Considering I've only been training for about 18 months and I've done a 425 deadlift, I hate to think that I'm most of the way there. Not that I'll probably get past 850 or something, but I don't like the thought of eventually not gaining any more strength. I hope to hit 800 completely raw and natural someday at a healthy BW. That may be a completely ridiculous goal, but that's okay.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

Yes. Considering I've only been training for about 18 months and I've done a 425 deadlift, I hate to think that I'm most of the way there. Not that I'll probably get past 850 or something, but I don't like the thought of eventually not gaining any more strength. I hope to hit 800 completely raw and natural someday at a healthy BW. That may be a completely ridiculous goal, but that's okay.

work at it, u'll get there

Ray just informed me that the deadlift was DOH, which I didn't notice at first, and that he has to be raw because college athletes are tested when on scholarships. That is just kick ass. Plain old kick ass.

Nevermind. Ray doesn't know what he's talking about because that's definitely a reverse grip. Big dummy.

I seen him do even more in my gym. Nice post.

Whatever way he did it, its more than I have ever done!

(will ever do)

he is only like 8 or 9 weeks out from surgery to fix a broken fibula (or tibia, can't remeber) and last year he tore his ACL. To come back and do that is pretty amazing!

that was an amazing clip indeed but ..

the clip says "Do you think matt will let DB's run him over"

then he deadlifted it

then it says "No"

... well, what does being able to deadlift 765lbs have anything to do "preventing" DB's from running him over. I mean, it obviously takes a lot of skill, upper and lower body strength, and most of all quickness and agility on his feet.

One who is 'run over' is generally thought of as being weak. He is not. It's just something to put in there to entertain. One's maximum deadlift can give a pretty good idea of overall strength. Combine that with one's BF% and you have a good idea of how strong and athletic one is. Those things combined will help greatly in just about any sport and football is no exception. Obviously we don't have his BF% but he appears to be quite athletic, so he probably has some amount of speed and obviously a lot of strength. Not knowing a lot about football (at all), I'd say that he's got a pretty good base.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

One who is 'run over' is generally thought of as being weak. He is not. It's just something to put in there to entertain. One's maximum deadlift can give a pretty good idea of overall strength. Combine that with one's BF% and you have a good idea of how strong and athletic one is. Those things combined will help greatly in just about any sport and football is no exception. Obviously we don't have his BF% but he appears to be quite athletic, so he probably has some amount of speed and obviously a lot of strength. Not knowing a lot about football (at all), I'd say that he's got a pretty good base.

oh i know that for sure, it is just ironic to say that in the clip

i wish me knew his body weight but b/c if he wants to have a shot in the NFL playing under 300 lbs which he looks to be he better be faster than most OL stronger, smarter, and quicker but he is a beast

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

that was an amazing clip indeed but ..

the clip says "Do you think matt will let DB's run him over"

then he deadlifted it

then it says "No"

... well, what does being able to deadlift 765lbs have anything to do "preventing" DB's from running him over. I mean, it obviously takes a lot of skill, upper and lower body strength, and most of all quickness and agility on his feet.

Thats like that Tank Abbot Video where he benches like 500 for a single...

Like thats got anything much to do with fighting in the octagon -

It might just be me, but his back looks pretty rounded on the way up in that video

I want to see a clip of Franco Columbu pulling 720.

Originally Posted by Seanp156

It might just be me, but his back look pretty rounded on the way up in that video

I noticed that but didn't feel like pointing it out. I mean it's still an amazing lift but the rounding is certainly there.

Originally Posted by Seanp156

It might just be me, but his back look pretty rounded on the way up in that video

i think its just a pulling style. when i get my bookmarks back (comp died a couple of days ago) i'll post up a dl'ing article that talks about relaxing the traps/upper back to decrease the ROM of the pull. just a thought.

Originally Posted by Yanick

i think its just a pulling style. when i get my bookmarks back (comp died a couple of days ago) i'll post up a dl'ing article that talks about relaxing the traps/upper back to decrease the ROM of the pull. just a thought.

A friend of mine told me about this but I don't know if I'd ever try it.

Originally Posted by Yanick

i think its just a pulling style. when i get my bookmarks back (comp died a couple of days ago) i'll post up a dl'ing article that talks about relaxing the traps/upper back to decrease the ROM of the pull. just a thought.

yea, a lot of the guys do it.

plus, if you look at any of the top deadlifters, their backs always round a little at some point in the pull. I mean, it gets to a point that it has to...your upper back can only hold onto so much weight and in the cases of these guys it defenitly can't keep up with what the lower back and the hips can handle and push. If you notice, their lower backs don't round though.

Originally Posted by P-funk

yea, a lot of the guys do it.

plus, if you look at any of the top deadlifters, their backs always round a little at some point in the pull. I mean, it gets to a point that it has to...your upper back can only hold onto so much weight and in the cases of these guys it defenitly can't keep up with what the lower back and the hips can handle and push. If you notice, their lower backs don't round though.

Ah, I gotcha.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

Yes. Considering I've only been training for about 18 months and I've done a 425 deadlift, I hate to think that I'm most of the way there. Not that I'll probably get past 850 or something, but I don't like the thought of eventually not gaining any more strength. I hope to hit 800 completely raw and natural someday at a healthy BW. That may be a completely ridiculous goal, but that's okay.

Nice to have goals but you need to be more realistic.

very impressive clip

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Nice to have goals but you need to be more realistic.

425 at 16 years old and to be able to do 800 someday is a good goal IMO. I mean 800 lbs is a crazy amount of weight but hey who knows. Actually, I dont' know. 800lbs wow thats a crap load of weight.

Originally Posted by P-funk

yea, a lot of the guys do it.

plus, if you look at any of the top deadlifters, their backs always round a little at some point in the pull. I mean, it gets to a point that it has to...your upper back can only hold onto so much weight and in the cases of these guys it defenitly can't keep up with what the lower back and the hips can handle and push. If you notice, their lower backs don't round though.

Plus, when you're going for 1RMs, sometimes form slips a bit. For example, this guy locked out his hips way early and stiff legged that bitch that last half of the movement.

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Plus, when you're going for 1RMs, sometimes form slips a bit. For example, this guy locked out his hips way early and stiff legged that bitch that last half of the movement.

Whenever I watch powerlifters go for a 1RM it seems a lot of them do this, unless they're doing it with a sumo stance.

Originally Posted by Doublebase

425 at 16 years old and to be able to do 800 someday is a good goal IMO. I mean 800 lbs is a crazy amount of weight but hey who knows. Actually, I dont' know. 800lbs wow thats a crap load of weight.

A better goal is to say 500, when you hit it then set another goal for 600 and so on......people set themselves up for failure by setting goals to far away....step by step and day by day is the best way to get to any goal

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Nice to have goals but you need to be more realistic.

Notice the last sentence in the post you quoted. I realize what you're saying, and I agree, but those smaller goals should all be small parts of the one big goal IMO. I think you need to have long-term goals to shoot for.

It is definitely a crapload of weight, but when I was first training, I also thought 400 was a crapload, so who knows. Besides, I plan on continuing to learn more and more effective methods of training for my specific goals. It's possible (just not practical for everyone) to obtain that goal, though, and that's all that matters.

As an aside, not everyone sees failure in the same way. Many people can simply shrug it off and others get caught up in it forever. It's the people who can't let go that are the real failures; when a champion fails, he just tries again. Of course, JMO.