Deadlift Journey to 870+ Total.

[deadlift]

Hi, I'm Deadlift, or you can call me Matt. I am shooting for the 870+ total from 750 total before I'm 15, which is in about 5 months. I am a powerbuilder so I will be focusing on low and high reps during my workouts. Here are my stats:

Height - 5' 10''
Weight - ~165
Arms - 13 3/4
Chest - 42
Thighs - 21 1/2
Calves - 14 1/2
Bench - 180 TNG, ~165 P
Squat - 240 Par, 205 ATG
Deadlift - 330

Goal Stats:

Weight - ~175-180
Arms - 14 1/4
Chest - 43 1/2
Thighs - 22 1/4
Calves - 15
Bench - 210 TNG, 185-190 P
Squat - 260 Par, 225 ATG
Deadlift - 405

I set these goals on the way I been going up lately. My squat is finally going up, and at a fairly well rate so I might blow over that goal very early. My workouts change alot so I'm not writing down a planned workout schedule. I train 3 times a week though, focusing deadlift, squat and bench, along with additional exercises to aid in those lifts. So, let the lifting begin.

[3speed]

Welcome aboard deadlift. Very respectable numbers. Your goal is doable with a lot of smart hard work.

[deadlift]

Thank you. I'm hoping to exceed that and possibly get 900 total. But I know I'll get 870 so that was my goal.

[chancey]

If your willing to put the work in anything is possible and at your age the sky's the limit.

[deadlift]

Leg's today. Here's how it went:

Squat - 185X3,3 PR
Seated Calf Raises - 225X20,12,12,12 [205X10]
Hack Squat - 185X8,8
Leg Ext - 120X10,10,10 PR
Leg Ext - (BigAnt's giant set) 65X10,120X10,150X2,65X20 PR
SLDL - 215X5,4 WTF???
Leg Curls - 75X10,8,6

Later tonight:

CoC - TX10,10, 1X12,12,12
Pinch - 10'sX30s,30s,30s

I've been going up very well in squats. I'm very happy about that. Tuesday will probably be my deadlift day, can't wait.

[thatnuckolskid]

welcome aboard deadlift! you're doing the right thing posting your workouts on here, there's an amazing amount of knowledge on this forum. if 3speed, dopar66, chancey, hammer3000 or some of the other guys give you advice, trust me, it's basically gospel. good luck in the world of raw lifting, hopefully i'll see you in a meet in the not to distant future.

[deadlift]

Thanks thatnuckolskid. Expect to see me getting into meets after Feb. 26. This thread is actually to get me ready for the meets. And one of my long term goals is to hit 800 deadlift, raw, before 25. If I could get a WR on deadlift, that'd be awesome. But it high hopes and hard work from here till then.

[thatnuckolskid]

dang! 800 is a pretty darn big pull. i'm workin at trying to get 600 before i turn 16 (november). but good luck man, if ya wanna be great, you have to set great goals and that is CERTAINLY a great goal.

[lysimacus]

Welcome to the board. A great place with good people with lots of experiance. I'm looking forward to reading your log.

[deadlift]

I've already noticed the good people and experience.

800 is big. I've been going up very well lately and I'm sure I have alot of room to go up still. So if I went up 75 pounds in 3 months, I think I can get at least an extra 50 pounds a year, for a few years.

[dopar66]

Howdy, and welcome! I felt mighty obligated to come to a thread by a dude named Deadlift.

:')

NICE numbers, that's a strong foundation to start with! I am more impressed that you're not even 15 yet!

Your goals are within reason, and you'll recognize the theme here, but train smart as you do hard. That'll make your lifting career last a LOT longer.

Don't have much to comment on about your squat workout (btw, congrats on the PR!) until I see the next one. I will comment on this: Sunday to Tuesday is about one day closer to do deads after squats than I'm comfortable with. You're a heckuva lot younger than me so can probably withstand it for a while. About 4 days is perfect, but not always practicable.

Can't wait to watch you log unfold!

God Bless!
Doug P.

[deadlift]

I wasn't much in the mood to weightlift, but I needed to get at least squat and SLDL out of the way. Next weeks is much more intense.

[deadlift]

Yesterday had a competition kinda with another kid in my PE class... of course I won. This kid talks poop about my friends lifting, in his words, "dick weight". So I put him up to a challenge. Here's how it went(TNG BTW)

WeightXMe/Him

95X1/1
115X1/1
135X1/1
145X1/1
155X1/1
165X1/1 (He didn't go all the way down, but I let him have it)
175X1/0

175 went up pretty easy, but he didn't get it so I didn't have to prove anything else.

I'm probably gunna half donkey my workout today. Not up to it... I'll probably just get my deadlift n rows done and that'll be it. We'll see after supper tho.


Very short day tonight. Here's how it went:

Deadlift - 255X7, 280X5, 300X2.5, 320X0
Rows - 170X5,5,5 PR
Clean and Jerk - 95X3

I'm trying to get into clean and jerks for my schools weightlifting team as I'm joining this year.

[deadlift]

Great day last night.

Bench - 150X6 150X5 160X2 170X1
MP - 100X3,3,2
Flyes - 25X8,8 10X16
Tri Ext - 20X8,4 10Xfailure

Wasn't much of the mood with the weather. But at least I got bench in. Squats today, gunna be short and sweet - strenght numbers.

[deadlift]

Very short. Anyone know any good powerlifting squat programs? If so please post before next Thursday as that's my next squat day. Thanks in advance.

Squat - 195X1 PR (Broke my plateau, great feeling. Although I was shootin for 195X3)

[deadlift]

Got a few squat programs. Going to do pyramid squat program until my bench starts to lag alittle. Then 20 rep squat for 6 weeks then hoepfully I'll have a bench over here and I'll start on Smolov's squat routine.

[thatnuckolskid]

i usually squat once a week and one week i'll do really heavy stuff and the next week i'll do explosive stuff. i also train DL same day as squats cuz you have to do both the same day for competition so i don't wanna get too used to deadlifting totally fresh and then getting smoked when a competition rolls around. for 8 weeks it may look something like this:

week 1:
8 sets of 10 squatting
8 sets of 3-5 deadlifts off a 3 inch platform

week 2:
squat with blue bands 8 sets pyramiding. if you don't have bands to work with just try to find a weight you can move fast and do bow squats
power cleans - 8 sets of 5-10

week 3:
8 sets of 5 squatting
8 sets of 3 deadlifting

week 4:
8 sets of squats with blue and purple bands
explosive jumps holding heavy medicine ball/plate

week 5:
8 sets of 3 squatting
8 singles deadlifting

week 6:
squatting with blue and green bands
speed DLs

week 7:
8 singles squatting
8 sets of pin pulls from right at your knee. more of just a lockout. pyramid and go really heavy

week 8:
MAX so you'll know where you are and can reassess your goals and when weights you need for the next time through the program if that's what you wanna call it.

of course add in other work like lunges, hypers, good mornings, and lots of jumping along with the other stuff. every rep you do, do it as explosively as possible while focusing on form. adding inches to your vertical adds pounds to your squat cuz you can explode out of the hole and get momentum going up.

that's just a rough outline of what i do. i dont' follow it too stricly, i just mainly go into the gym and try to work out whatever i'm weak at so i won't have any perverbial chinks in my armor when competition come around.

[thatnuckolskid]

*box squats.

typo on week two.

[deadlift]

At skool

Gunna try dat routine nuckols. Thanks

[thatnuckolskid]

any time!

[deadlift]

Tried speed bench and stuff to stimulate my fast twitch muscle fibers.

Bench - 150X6,5 160X1,1
Speed Bench - 115X3,3,3
Clap Pushups - BWX6,8
Decline Crunches - 25X8,8 BWX15
Full Contact Twists - BAR+25X5,5
Planks - BWX30s,30s

Wasn't bad. Hope next bench day I can get 160X3 and 170X1-2

[deadlift]

Quick fix for my biceps.

BB Curls - 80X5,5,4
DB Curls - 30X4,4
Hammer Curls - 25X6,4
Light Rotator cuff work.

Reason I did light rotator cuff work is, well, I never trained them... And I hoped it would decrease soreness.

[deadlift]

Back to deadlifts!!!!

I was overtraining before, heavy weights and about 20 sets I believe? Yeah...

Anyways here's today:

Deadlift - 270X5, 290X3, 310X1 (With a shrug on all)
Bent BB Rows - 155X5,5,5 (Just back pulling) PR
Pullover - 25X10,10,10 (Light, Focused on breathing heavy, hoping to bring out chest)
Pullovers - 45X4,4
Crunch - 35X15,15

Feels good to do deadlifts again.

[dopar66]

"Feels good to do deadlifts again. "

You speak my language!

Don't do it yet, but I have a strong sneaky suspicion you will need to change your deadlift number in you signature soon..... You just hit 290x3 with a shrug and followed up with a 310x1 with a shrug....... You had gas left in the tank........ I am guessing 330 will soon be a distant memory.....

SWEET workout. I'm also a big fan of reducing the total number of sets/reps on the deads.

God Bless!

[deadlift]

Thanks. Lately I been shooting up. Don't know if I put it in my first post but I shot from 225 to 300 in 3 months. That was over the summer, when I took my bulking/strength training seriously. Since then I gained about 25 lbs. on my bench, 20-30 lbs. on my squat and 75 lbs on my deadlift also gaining 10 pounds mostly muscle. I'm very proud of these results and looking forward to improving.

I'm glad there's also other people who love deadlift as much as me.