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[Velkar182]

That avatar is sweet. I wish I had some sort of creative skill like that. AND DAMN CAN YOU PULL. I got a woody when I stood up with over 600 on the bar, what's that you got on your avatar, bout 725?
Did I mention that I pulled 700 off a rack recently? It was 4-6 inches from lockout at the start, so that is a bit pathetic. I call it the Mike Miller deadlift.

[Doc.Sust]

That avatar is sweet. I wish I had some sort of creative skill like that. AND DAMN CAN YOU PULL. I got a woody when I stood up with over 600 on the bar, what's that you got on your avatar, bout 725?
Did I mention that I pulled 700 off a rack recently? It was 4-6 inches from lockout at the start, so that is a bit pathetic. I call it the Mike Miller deadlift.

no i wish it was 725, i am not sure how much that lift was, somewhere in the mid six range, someone took the pics at a meet, doctored them up and sent them to me, i am not that creative to do it myself!hahaha

wathc out, miller recently pulled 700 from the floor, its about time!he weighs what 385lbs, he should be able to pullmore than that.

[Doc.Sust]

oh yeah the lift is also raw, just a tight singlet

[Velkar182]

I've never heard of Miller bench of DL. So he's in the 2500's for a total?

See, the thing is that they should do height classes for the deadlift instead of wt classes. It seems taller folks have an unreal advantage on the pull. My BBing buddy never deadlifts and he pulled 525 without ever having done even a single hyper extention. He says his lower back gets enough development from carrying dbs around for other lifts. He's 6'5 and 245lbs..

One of my all time goals is to get into the 900's on the DL by the time I'm 30. I don't know how possible that is, but I've been kickin @SS lately on my imporvement. Hopefully break that 2.25X**ywt barrier in competition soon. I can't wait to be out of undergrad and be able to focus all my resources toward PLing.

[Doc.Sust]

I've never heard of Miller bench of DL. So he's in the 2500's for a total?

See, the thing is that they should do height classes for the deadlift instead of wt classes. It seems taller folks have an unreal advantage on the pull. My BBing buddy never deadlifts and he pulled 525 without ever having done even a single hyper extention. He says his lower back gets enough development from carrying dbs around for other lifts. He's 6'5 and 245lbs..

One of my all time goals is to get into the 900's on the DL by the time I'm 30. I don't know how possible that is, but I've been kickin @SS lately on my imporvement. Hopefully break that 2.25X**ywt barrier in competition soon. I can't wait to be out of undergrad and be able to focus all my resources toward PLing.

miller presses around 800 and deads around 700.

i know alot of short peoplewho can pull, i thin it comes down to arm lengths, i have long arms and that is what givesme an advantage in that deadlift, taller people in general have longer arms.

keep shooting for heavier weights velkar,anything is possible

[Velkar182]

You are probably dead on with the arm length statement. My arms are 2 inches shorter than my brother's and he's 2inches shorter than I am. I don't think that is conducive of big pulls. The more that I think about the physics of the deadlift, it seems longer arms allow the center of mass of the bar rise closer to the lifter's center of mass, which is probably the root to the advantage of long arms.

[Doc.Sust]

i know to guys. close to 50 Years old, who look like the never touched a weigh in their lives, and both pull over 700. both have incredibly LONG arms, much longer than mine. i it is in the arm length.