Eddie Hall's advice to hit a new deadlift PB. Part 1

[-.Ascendant]

"im stuck at 925 pounds" is a crazy statement

[scar]

Someone saying “I was stuck at 420 KG” is so unfathomably crazy for a human being I can’t even believe this is real

[armitageshanks]

So basically Eddie's noob gains lasted until a 420kg deadlift🤣🤣🤣

[stevearttus]

"And ripping my hair out..."
Well, that explains the Mohawk...he can't reach the top of his head....
Eddie is a class act. Love watching him and Brian Shaw interact.

[secretsauce]

Must be nice too be so genetically blessed that you dont need to learn how to program until you 420kg on deadlift 😂

[aldoringo]

So basically, this guy reached a 420kg deadlift while using a training method than made his progress "go backwards"

[lanceoakley]

my favourite part was when he explained what the elements were

[Taurus]

"I was stuck on 420kg", wish I had that problem

[JulioRicoGainz]

Took me so long to realize this! Hit a 600 lb Pull after Months not pulling. Now I go for 90% or above every other Tuesday. Happy Pulling Gents

[TuckyTuck]

This happened for me on bench at 225. Starting a program and breaking through that 2 year plateau was one of the best feelings ever. Went from 225–>260 in four months

[bobbymorris]

Cool, so max every week until I hit 420kg, then break into 2 elements and just make up what those are. Cool video, real useful.

[stevenreed]

1. They’re fast twitch whether you’re lifting heavy or light, slow twitch are endurance fibers. 2. This is just a westside/conjugate/concurrent template where he’s doing dynamic effort one week and repeated effort the following week.

[Tablespoonmischief]

I like how the principles of recovery that Mike Mentzer was espousing 25 years ago are finally becoming more mainstream. Now with Elliot Hulse endorsing high intensity training.

[floydpattersonii]

He sounds like he's one of the nicest ur neighbor you chat with from time to time

[Chappelle-JTTP]

"Why are you depressed man?" "Oh, I only deadlift 420 kilos."

[trpy_g]

Mike Mentzer's advice! The heavier you go, the less frequently you can train because the more rest your body requires 💯🙏

[blztxgf]

Mike mentzer says the more weights you can push, more rest you need. I've also heard you can get 300% stronger, but can only increase recovery rate by 50%. So it makes sense that a stronger man would need more and more rest since he does more and more work.

[rayjay]

This is a really great Point. Listening to Tom Platz talk about his leg training and how his super aggressive sessions he would do once every two weeks. Best legs in a business! Speaks volumes about the training philosophy.

[yourbigheadcousin]

Eddie has such great deadlift technique. Watch how his knees dont lock out until right before his back does. You see lots of lifters straighten their knees too early and pull with their backs the rest of the way

[Mockturtlesoup]

Ever since I started lifting, I went hard. I first started going to the gym with my older sister(who could drive) during summer break between 6th and 7th grade, and eventually convinced my best friend to join also. We rode our bikes to the gym and stayed for 2-3 hours literally every day, high weight low reps all the time. And around 9th grade, I (and soon my best friend) hit a wall, where no matter what we did we weren't increasing in strength on...well, almost everything it felt like. Since I first started lifting(this would have been like mid-late 90s) I'd heard about how important rest was, and would often overhear the conversations of the older guys who would debate this stuff. But I always figured, I don't hit each muscle every day, so each muscle/muscle group is getting at least a day or two of rest.
Though actually there was a long period where we did bench/chest/tri's first thing, every single day, and that was the hardest/longest wall I'd ever hit(again, around the start of 9th grade), or at least the most frustrating one, given how much time we spent in the gym, how hard we went, the fact that despite being a relatively small(well, average I guess) sized guy(I'm 5'10 or 11" now for reference, was probably only about 160 in 9th grade), I was assigned to play linebacker, and I desperately wanted to get as big and strong as I possibly could, as it's not fun having to take on blocking linemen, fullbacks, 200+in running backs with agility of a...I dunno, a kangaroo?)
Anyway, I was stuck at 245lbs for bench, and couldn't lift more than that for what felt like a year(barring the usual random good days, or when I was hyped up, etc.) And the worst part was watching these other guys from school, or other football players in the weight room who hadn't lifted before, making huge gains in strength.
Eventually my friend and I agreed to rest each muscle group for at least 3-4 days, and to only bench about twice a week. And wouldn't you know it, we started lifting more. Not huge increases, as we weren't on gear or anything, and could barely afford protein and weight gain shakes(gaining weight was particularly difficult for me), but enough to make it feel like all of the time and dedication was worth it.