850 bp and a 23 total, let me guess a 600# dead

Scot will be back to take it!

I am all for wearing gear...BUT for christ's sake why can't people be as serious in their deadlift training as training to use the shirt and squat suit?

I think people neglect training the deadlift for some reason, if you talk to guys who deadlift big they deadlift on a weekly basis.

I do think gear does play a big part in it, no doubt. But it also has to do with how people are built. Us short stubby people with short arms are built much better for a bench than deadlift. Damnit, screw the deadlift, I'm starting a new federation with only the squat and bench. I'll call it SOB, squat or bench. LOL, j/k...

Great job to Glen though!

eric if you make the sob ill join!

Brad, I think it's because up until Bolton pulled his 1003, noone gave a moose's ass about the dead. Also, not one gear manufacturer has developed a deadlift suit that gives lifters the same on the dead that other suits give on the squat or bench. Just my opinion, though. Even though Bolton pulled his half ton, the dead is still not the glamour lift that the other two are.

I agree, i think because maybe its where lifters get the least carryover from the equitment though. But guys like andy train in the template "LESS IS MORE" but he trains the deadlift on a regular basis as other big deadlifters do. The deadlift is the test of strength, no argument. I agree though that not having ashort torso can be a culprit in the movement.

And no one ever will, because the weight is placed at the lower point of the trajectory in deadlift, while in squat and benchpress the weight is placed at the upper point.

That's because the stomach and short arms that give good leverages for bench give really bad leverages for deadlift. Skinny guys with long arms make for a good deadlift and a weak bencher.

The bench is the "sexy" lift. There are tons of bench specialists. How many deadlift specialist are there? There are more bench meets that pay cash than full power meets that pay cash.

The average joe can related better to bench press since they've done it. Any non-powerlifter's first question will be, "how much do you bench?"

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