Dave Longley
No one else seems to have mentioned it so thought I’d bring it up.
Taranenko’s figure was finally eclipsed. Initially given 2 reds, Lasha’s lift was passed and became official.
Snatched 225kg prior to the 267kg too.
All three records are now his.
My question for you Rip: could he lift even more if he had abs?
Mark Rippetoe
Think about how ungodly strong he'd be if he did, trap bar deadlifts ... uh, douche pulls.
Bigredbull
I prefer Taranenko’s 266 and I don’t know why.
Jovan Dragisic
Yeah, but Lasha is a fat guy. I would be more impressed with a guy weighing 72 kilos who lifting 150, this would in fact be stronger than the world record in relative terms.
asm44
I think this is the dumbest thing you've said on this forum.
Mmll
I realize that when deadlifting with a double overhand grip, grip strength eventually becomes the limiting factor in how much someone can lift, and that to progress further the hook grip or mixed grip will be required. But why does this plateauing of grip strength happen? I don't understand it.
The reason I’m asking is because my double overhand deadlift hasn't been improving lately. I've reached a point (160 kg) where it just rolls out of my hand after the 2nd or 3rd rep, and it's not improving. I keep trying to make it improve but it's just plateaued. So I know it's time to start using the hook grip or mixed, but I just want to understand why this happens.
Let's think through this: By what mechanism does strength improve?
Frank_B
Do your warmups with double overhand and your working sets with an alternate or hook grip.
Frank: We're thinking here. Hypertrophy is the mechanism. Do you see a hypertrophy bottleneck anywhere in the gripping mechanism?
I would say that the muscles responsible for grip are significantly smaller than the rest of the muscle groups involved with pulling several hundred pounds off the floor.
Good. Where is the OP?
Must have gotten sucked into one of those voting machines. I hear things disappear in there.
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