The Deadlift is a very demanding exercise, one that puts extreme tension on the lower back, legs, arms, traps, forearms and the hands. With this in mind in order to pull a maximum lift our deadlift grip must be strong enough to handle the load while under tension. There are various forms of deadlifting: sumo [...]
When people think of the deadlift they mainly think of either the conventional style or the sumo style. Both of these are the top two deadlift techniques commonly used by strength practioners today. However, there is more to the deadlift than just the norm. One of the deadlift techniques that I have started to implement [...]
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4/16 1a)barbell bench 2b)db incline 3c)Dips I pushed the volume on the dips, everything was in the heavy range of 3-6 reps. Except on db incline it was for 2×20 finished with a nasty abdominal circuit. Dips were heavy for 2×6, then a set of 16, then 12 finally bw for 30 4/17 1a)Incline rows [...]
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In the previous Human Jack article I talked about the template that I used to pull my personal best deadlift of 660 at 198lb bodyweight. Now I’m going to teach you about some other deadlift technique that I use to assist in building my deadlift to an even higher strength level. The following exercises show [...]