Originally Posted by
Andy Baker (KSC)
Since I’m one of the authors, I’ll throw in my own $.02. I’ve been training about 24 years. During that time I’ve only had one “major injury” under the bar. Ruptured my distal biceps tendon about 2 1/2 years ago. - so about 22 years into training. Did it on a set of DE Deadlifts. Weight was at 405 which is something I’ve pulled for thousands of reps over the years. Problem wasn’t that I went too heavy. Problem was that I didn’t respect the load on the bar. I got sloppy and lazy with my technique and allowed some small degree of elbow flexion to creep into the speed pulls. At heavier weights I’m cognizant of what my supinated arm is doing. When the weight feels light and fast I paid less attention to this small detail, and even though 405 was “relatively” light at the time (probably about ~65% of 1RM)......it’s still 405 lbs. I’ll also say that I distinctly remember ACTIVELY IGNORING a little voice in my head telling me that doing a high volume of speed pulls (I think 6-8x3 that day) with a supinated grip was dumb. My inner voice was telling me to go get my straps. They were in my truck outside, and my laziness won out over my good sense and instincts and I would up in the OR a few days later.
Don’t know if that adds to the conversation but there you go