Originally Posted by
Andy Baker (KSC)
I know a lot of guys that train with a Westside style program rarely pull max effort deads. They will use variations of deads heavy, and then pull deadlift singles for speed once per week. Works well in some instances, not others.
Some oly circles will use programming that is heavy on cleans and snatches and their variants with no deadlifts.
I'd say the reasoning behind the Westside guys not pulling heavy deads is much more sound than the oly guys not pulling heavy deads.
My client Bradley who throws Shot at OU now trains on a program without deadlifts. Of course he was stronger going into his senior year of high school training with me, than he was going into his sophomore year of college training on an "elite" program at OU.