Lance can't do this on his bowflex

[The Beer Slayer]

400 lbs sumo deadlift, my personal best so far

That's about 182 kilos for you foreign devils who use the unholy metric system.

my bodyweight is 160 lbs so it's 2.5 x my weight





Smartass responses welcomed . . . and encouraged.

[troubleagain]

I hate deadlifting. And I can't lift sumo, because it hurts my knee even worse than standard.

However, here's my husband, deadlifting 405 in competition. And yes, he's a total dweeb for turning his head mid-lift.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/troubleaga ... 759913874/

[Arneb]

Not meant as a smartass response, just a question: Is the lift considered successful when you have the weight at your hip, or (that's what I know from the competitions one sees on TV) does it have to be over your head on your outstretched arms (wonder how you do that with this twisted hand position).

Otherwise, also quite unsmartassish: Congrats, beer-slayer. All those slain beers have ended uo inside your muscles, not in front of them like they did with me...

[The Beer Slayer]

Overhead? You must be thinking of either a snatch or a clean & jerk, the two weightlifting events you see in the olympics. A deadlift just involves picking the weight up off the ground until your knees are locked and body upright.

The snatch/clean and jerk are much more technical and very challenging. You don't use the mixed grip for those.

[KLA2]

Wow, BS, TA (husband).

Be safe, be careful. A 400 lb lift is a momentary victory. A back injury/torn muscles are forever.

My brother in law, a high school phys ed teacher, (winning) football coach, black belt karate teacher and all around healthy guy, recently tore his pectoral muscle "pumping iron."

Very painful and debilitating.

How was that possible?? Not his first day working out.

[Arneb]

Thanks, TBS. Yes, the Olympics events were precisely what I was thinking of. I never heard of deadlifting - but at least I noticed that the hand positioning would give you a hard time for overhead lifting, didn't I.

Congrats again. Hawesome.

[Superluminal]

You look like a young Vin Diesel.

Now go forth and slay those beer kegs.

[Lance]

Lance can't do this on his bowflex

No, no I couldn't.

Impressive.

[troubleagain]

You look like a young Vin Diesel.

He's better looking than Vin Diesel.

[Heid the Ba]

That makes my knees ache just looking at the photos. Good work people.

[KLA2]

You look like a young Vin Diesel.

Now go forth and slay those beer kegs.

The hell with the beer kegs. Go slay the babes! (Figuratively speaking, of course. 8) )

Hey, man. You got the looks ... if you're not scoring, work on the charm. (Meaning, hopefully, just be yourself.)

Or should this "advice" be ancient history? :wink:

[KLA2]

Just a (too lazy to Google) question. I notice that the grip on the barbell is one hand over and one hand under. Why?

[troubleagain]

According to Himself, it's to keep the bar from rolling out of your grip (opposing grip means it can't roll either direction, either toward or away from you.)

Edit to add: Himself says nice lift, Beer Slayer!

[Enzo]

We have a dead-lift regimen at home. Every so often, the wife gets up off the couch.



Hey, gotta run...

I'll be here all week, I think...

[Мастер]

Good work, man, very impressive. If I ever meet you in person, I'll try not to piss you off :P

[Enzo]

Geez I can't decide...


He could give you a lift...


OR


It might be an uplifting experience.

[KLA2]

Good work, man, very impressive. If I ever meet you in person, I'll try not to piss you off :P

Or at least, stay out of reach. :wink:

[pmcolt]

Wow. It's pictures like that that make me feel inadequate. I mean, 400 lbs... that's like lifting one of me in each hand.

On the other hand, I really only need to be strong enough to open a stuck jar lid. I have tools to do everything else. It's not like these guys are quite strong enough to lift a car off the ground with one hand, and change the flat tire with the other...

{edit}

P.S. The Beer Slayer, I'm not sure my reply was sufficiently smartass, so I wanted to add a :P emoticon just to be sure it was conveyed clearly.

[Enzo]

Honey, please hand me that piano. Thanks.

[Dragon Star]

Well if we are going to brag, I'll join in...

Stats: 5'10" 136 lbs

The machine in the gym here at the hotel maxes out at 200lbs, so that is the extent of my tests. All my strength is natural from living on farms and riding my dirt bike years ago.

Bench: 200lbs, estimate max around 220.

Squat: 200lbs, estimate max around 280-300.

Curl: 50lbs per arm with free weights, but I curled 140 combined on a machine...I don't know what that's about... must be something to do with the extra strain to control a free weight VS a controlled one while seated and leaning on a chest bar.

So not bad for a scrawny ass, eh? :P

[troubleagain]

Not bad at all. 8)

[Dragon Star]

Aww, I was getting used to the crickets.

[KLA2]

EXERCISES FOR PEOPLE 50 & OVER

Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5-lb potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can.

Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato sacks. Then try 50-lb. potato sacks and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level)

After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the sacks.

No disrespect intended to any of you bodybuilders. :wink:

[Superluminal]

With mouse in right hand, and 12 oz. beer in left hand.
Lift beer to mouth, while clicking the mouse. Take a sip and lower beer back to starting position.

Lift, click, sip, lower.
Lift, click, sip, lower.
Lift, click, sip, lower.
When beer is empty, make nonsensical post on IRU.
Get full beer and repeat.

[Enzo]

The bran in my Cheerios is deffective.


yeah, I feel lighter already.