Deadlift PR

[supermanz]

I have been a member of this here community for 12-13 years. When I first joined LJ, this was actually the first community I joined. At the time, I was an 17 year old punk kid, fresh out of high school, who had just started to try some "serious" weight training with his friend. We read a bunch of stuff from Louie Simmons and went to the gym with

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[girl_on_a_stick]

Congrats and thanks for sharing your story!

[dukexmachismo]

Very well done!

[hajiomatic]

GYMBRO!!!

Ok... My goal is 2x my body weight.
I am stuck at 315,
I weigh 180 now.
How do i make the jump and blast the plateau?

[vicar]

YMMV, the web is full of fuckmyplateau advice.

For me it was ... everything else. I had to fix my form, really working my back so my lumbar wasn't exhausted.

Also, huge intermediate tip: hamstrings. At least that worked for me - I wasn't engaging them, and with this beardy video, GHR, and Romanian deadlift work, I blew past my (pre-surgery) recovery peak.

Caution: Video includes clip of bearded man on toilet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEy_czb3RKA

I am not good enough to say this is any more useful than a 30 second google, but it worked great for me.

[vicar]

(highfive) Fuck with a side of yeah! Impressive.

It's probably the beard.
Or the coach.

I miss this place being active myself but at least it was, once, and I (with others) benefited tremendously. I still lift, I annoy strangers in the gym less (I hope), and ... stuff.