Is there any other exercises that will help bring your deadlift up?

[GetTheRage]

I was wondering if there are any other exercises besides deadlifting that will really help bring your deads up?

[Duke07]

Squats, Pull up's, T-Bar, and more dead lifts.

[Dukkit]

rack pulls

squats

["Maximus"]

Form is more important than the weight you're trying to lift, this is rule #1. Try rotating various posterior CE, chain exercises, to help strengthen your upper body first... gms, rdls, snatch grip deads etc.

Try to improve all of your back muscles, especially your upper back ones, with a mixture of row exercises and rack pulls... olyimpic, speed pulls in a mixture of heavy and single/multiple sets. Spread them into multiple days, so you don't over train the muscles and cause induced muscle fatigue/burn out.

Lastly, like stated above, improve your squat to give you overall balance and to achieve good form.

[audis4]

work core, straight legged deads

and as said, squats, rack pulls (with chains/bands)

[GetTheRage]

Thanks guys ill have to look into this all and see what i can get going.
I'm sitting around 500 now and got there pretty easy but I really wanna see 700.

[quarry206]

also don't be scared to take a week off and switch it up.. deads, not always, but with some people burn your CNS faster.. so play with doing them more for four weeks then a week off.. and then back to them

[strength_addict14]

Heavy shrugs help with lockout as well... good luck man.

[BgMc31]

Where are you weak at? The top or bottom. Rack pulls and deficit pulls if your lock out is weak and romanian, snatch grip, and deads off blocks if you're weak off the floor.

[GetTheRage]

Basically if I can get it 3-4 inches off the floor its coming all the way up

[BgMc31]

sounds like you're weak coming off the floor. I would deadlift off blocks (4" or 6"). Snatch grip deads will also help.

[SmittyTheOX]

The 2 best things ive found to improve getting the bar off the floor is:

- Deadlift standing on 2" blocks/matts
- Deadlifts with bands

While the bands do put more strain in the top portion of the lift, they increase starting power by forcing you to explode off the bottom

[GetTheRage]

What is the benefit with the snatch grip?

[kojak_x]

Try doing a strength peaking program. I did the Russian Power Peaking Program. Its Linear, buts worked great for me.

[BgMc31]

What is the benefit with the snatch grip?

It causes you to get lower to the bar. Thereby forcing you to squat lower and use more leg drive.

[Mastadon]

Good Morning's, Glute Ham Raise and Reverse Hyper's can all help increase your deadlift.

[NASAKYCHAIRMAN]

Great article By Louie Simmons about: Overcoming Plateaus Part 2:
THE DEADLIFT
http://www.deepsquatter.com/strength/archives/ls22.htm