A little about me

I have competed in both Olympic Weightlifting and Bench-Only Lifting. I competed in Olympic Lifting as a kid. Best lifts of 255 Olympic Press, 225 Snatch, 255 Clean & Jerk. I met many of the great lifters and coaches from the 60's and 70's. After a 20-year break to serve my country I started lifting regularly again and competing in Bench-Only. Best Lift: 419lbs "equipped".

Feel free to follow along on the adventure...

Steve Denning

11/24/07

T-Bone Strength 11-23-07

Big Dead Day!

Deadlifts:135, 225, 315, 405 all for singles
495x1!! No BELT!!!

Sumo Stance Deadlifts:Worked up to 405 for a fairly difficult single and called it quits

Romanian Deadlifts: 3x8x315
Pulldowns:3x8

It was pretty sweet to pull 5 plates without a belt. I did hitch a little bit near lockout but I'll correct that as time goes on. My lower back is absolutely taxed so I'm going to give it some good rest this week and do active recovery on the squat and deadlift while still working on my bench given how easy I made 335 full range I'm sure I can improve on that. We'll see where this takes me in time. But all I can say is that 6 plates on the dead will fall soon enough, hopefully before state so I can put up a 1800+lb total. Bodyweight is 300 at the moment so 308 I can make no problem and I could even go down to 275 if I really wanted to so we'll see. Diet, hard training, and solid rest=Strength!
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Island Strength said...

Beast!

Yes, 40 reps with 70. But, as you know, all push-down machines are different. 70 on mine may be less on yours.

Semi-seriously. Look into the idea of building strength in opposing muscle groups (I mean biceps). Not only for joint health but to maximize strength. You do it for quads (hams), chest (lats). Why not triceps?

November 25, 2007 at 3:31 PM

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