First Deadlift competition

[drivehard]

I have pulled in a few North American Strongman events...but we are allowed wraps, and they are always for reps. Last weekend I entered my first strict DL comp. at the Iowa State Fair.

Weight class: 198 (weighed in at 193 with jeans/T-shirt/shoes)
Opening pull:605#
2nd:635#
Final:655#

Picture is of my final lift. All were good lifts...and I strongly believe I could have gone for 675#.
I got first in my weight class, and 2nd best ratio overall.

[Des C]

Nice lift. That's 300kg (ish) @ 90kg in our money! That's very respectable indeed. Have an Irish "Maith thu" (well done) from me!
Des C

[Steelwolf]

Nice bro

[NYCStrongman]

That's a lot of weight...Good job.

[viagra69]

well done savage lift,doing a little powerlifting myself lifts wudnt be anything like yours but maybe you could give me some direction i weigh about 180lb deadlift is 440 for 5 reps my big problem is bottom end,i can lock out without to much problem on 550 if i get a spot with the first 2 r 3 inches of the floor but without that spot on the first few inches off the floor it feels like a tonne weight cant budge it,any idea which muscles are letting me down and excercises i should be doing that would help build them up? any advice would be great tnks v69

[Tomahawk88]

Very nice lift man.

[Cooky32]

Squat more, and practice speed deadlifts with less weight.

[drivehard]

Squat more, and practice speed deadlifts with less weight.

WTF does that mean? I am more than happy to accept advice, but would sure like some explanation....thanks.

[Cooky32]

If you want to increase your max deadlifts do more squats. Then practice speed deadlifts with bands if possible. Go on YouTube and look up westside Barbell club practice sessions.

[GaWd]

WTF does that mean? I am more than happy to accept advice, but would sure like some explanation....thanks.

First question is: Do you squat? If yes, describe the training.

Dynamic Effort (DE) work is explosive speed training. I like to take 50% of my max work set and perform reps against short bands. You don't need much weight for this when you're starting out, so you might even put 40% on the bar when doing these.

Grab the bar, and explode as fast as possible from the bottom position.

Try doing 5-10 sets of 2.

This is extremely easy to work into most raw programs. If you are looking to change up some of your accessory work, this might be a viable option for you. My DE template looks like this:


Squat Max/Deadlift DE
Bench Max/Accessory work
Deadlift Max/Squat DE
OHP/Bench DE