[quote=Blogstar]What I don’t get about the dead lift is how people can hold the bar with their hands with hundreds and hundreds of pounds? 1/3 of a ton maybe in some cases?More? That’s just scary.
Good job, Scaredy.[/quote]
I grip lightly, hook with fingers. also both hands go overhand in kind of a sumo deadlift.
I also drop the weight when I am up over the knees. I bought bumper weights and we drop them once we get close the thigh which saves grip. Once the weight is that high off the ground all the good stuff is done. Getting it off the ground is all that really counts as far sudden burst of strength. This guy took Pavel’s stuff with a 130-lb little girl and got her to deadlift 3X bodyweight. All this with almost no body-weight gain. Gold medal winner Allyson Felix
