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Deadlift went from 225 to 315 in 4 months by fixing one thing
I was stuck at a 225lb deadlift for like 6 months straight at Gold's Gym in Austin. Turns out I was pulling the slack out wrong and my hips were shooting up before the bar even left the ground. Once I watched a form video and dropped to 185 to drill it, the number shot up fast. Any of you guys hit a plateau that was really just a stupid technique flaw?
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adam_butler384mo ago
Human folding chair" got me good, I had to laugh at that one. I had a similar thing with my deadlift but it was my grip strength that was the dumb blocker. I was using mixed grip and my brain just decided my left hand couldn't hold onto anything over 275, so I'd fail the pull before my back or legs even got a chance to work. Spent a month switching to hook grip with lighter weight, and suddenly 315 felt like nothing. That's cool to hear @blairstone had the same type of issue with bench, sometimes it really is just one little thing you've been doing wrong for months that you can't see.
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blairstone4mo ago
Pulled the slack out wrong? Man, that's just a fancy way of saying you were a human folding chair until you fixed it. 225 to 315 in 4 months is solid though, once you stop letting your back do all the work for your legs. I had the same dumb problem with bench for a year until I realized my shoulders were internally rotated on the way down. Sometimes the fix is just dumber than you think.
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