waist measurement importance and possible training/dieting routes

[synnfusion]

But on a more serious note I might actually pull 500 by then. Just hit 405x5 yesterday. And if I want to brag to my non lifting friends, 500 deadlift probably sounds about as impressive as 550 squat and admiration is all we're truly after, right? The admiration comment is a less serious part of the more serious note.

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

What weight did you go from and to ?

I didn't heed Rip's advice for ~4 years, but I was a 181.