650 RAW deadlift @ 181 pounds, 20 years old

Shelby · Mar 23, 2009

strength:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0hRTOfRvIg

AWN2004 · Mar 23, 2009

Sick!

My favorite movement. I have a ton of respect for a strong deadlift.

SacToSD · Mar 23, 2009

pretty nice. Deadlifts are my favorite exercise after the clean/press and squat. And my bitch: why is it that I'm one of the only guys I ever see squatting or DLing at my gym? End bitch.

Showy0023 · Mar 23, 2009

Very impressive for his age!

elings · Mar 24, 2009

WOW!!! VERY IMPRESSIVE.

stinkpelt · Mar 24, 2009

Awesome! I added deadlifts into my routine late last year and Love them!

Shelby · Mar 24, 2009

800lbs Raw Deadlift, 18 y/o @ 258lbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7peiAaDMrU

617ricky · Mar 24, 2009

Strong kid.. I just hope that's not his Dad talking in the background, haha.. If it's coach or whatever, fine - but if it's his Dad he just sounds like 1 of those psycho controlling parents..

biglewis · Mar 24, 2009

here in ohio 3 weeks ago at the columbiana high school raw powelifting meet their was a 15 year old kid from struthers,ohio in the 225 ib weight class who benched 395..deadlift 580....squatted 545.

skulbone · Mar 24, 2009

650 @ 181 is strong as hell. Kid put some work into himself.

jm425 · Mar 24, 2009

I believe that some people start off being naturally stronger than others. Shit, if we all just put in work for years, we'd all be dead lifting 800 pounds eventually.

B~RAD · Mar 24, 2009

jm425 said:
I believe that some people start off being naturally stronger than others. Shit, if we all just put in work for years, we'd all be dead lifting 800 pounds eventually.

i dont think so....

Both of those lifts are very impressive nontheless though.

jm425 · Mar 24, 2009

B~RAD said:
i dont think so....

Both of those lifts are very impressive nontheless though.

I never said that those lifts weren't impressive. Why is it that some people can do massive amounts of aas and only bench 225 dead maybe 315 max while there are people out there that are natural that can dead 500+? And they have both been lifting the same amount of years. Explain that one to me.

B~RAD · Mar 24, 2009

jm425 said:
I never said that those lifts weren't impressive. Why is it that some people can do massive amounts of aas and only bench 225 dead maybe 315 max while there are people out there that are natural that can dead 500+? And they have both been lifting the same amount of years. Explain that one to me.

I deadlift 550 and am natural. AAS doesnt mean shit. I know numerous people who run AAS but havent a clue what they're doing in the kitchen. THAT'S THE REASON. You changed your number to 500. I do believe ANYONE can pull 500 naturally. 800 though? no fucking way. There's countless guys pulling 500, many that are natural too. But only a handful of guys have pulled over 800, and I'd venture to say a very high percentage, if not all of them, have used aas.

617ricky · Mar 24, 2009

jm425 said:
And they have both been lifting the same amount of years. Explain that one to me.

You're definitely right IMO. Some guys are just genetically stronger naturally, they could be stronger than someone else could ever get on gear.. It's just the way it is.. Muscle size isn't the only thing that goes into someone's strength, there's many other factors, which someone could be superior in naturally giving them a strength advantage over others.. Then to top it all off it's how hard your mind can tell your muscles to work.. Because even when someone is lifting, they're not using nearly all their strength, even if they think they are.. You only use your full capability in rare instances where it's a life or death type situation, but the body doesn't let that happen often, to prevent damage.. Muscles are strong enough to snap themselves right off the ligaments and tendons, after all..

GoneForever · Mar 24, 2009

Shelby said:
800lbs Raw Deadlift, 18 y/o @ 258lbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7peiAaDMrU

I liked this vid. Very cool when he had it just sitting there and is like "fuck yah" That shit was motivating. That is one big 18y/o. I just hope he doesnt abuse the juice too much.

OxFuckedInTheAss · Mar 24, 2009

617ricky said:
You're definitely right IMO. Some guys are just genetically stronger naturally, they could be stronger than someone else could ever get on gear.. It's just the way it is.. Muscle size isn't the only thing that goes into someone's strength, there's many other factors, which someone could be superior in naturally giving them a strength advantage over others.. Then to top it all off it's how hard your mind can tell your muscles to work.. Because even when someone is lifting, they're not using nearly all their strength, even if they think they are.. You only use your full capability in rare instances where it's a life or death type situation, but the body doesn't let that happen often, to prevent damage.. Muscles are strong enough to snap themselves right off the ligaments and tendons, after all..

Good post bro!

And yeah, those all are some impressive lifts! I wish that I could still lift heavy, *sigh*

OP

Phidias · Mar 24, 2009

fourthgen said:
I liked this vid. Very cool when he had it just sitting there and is like "fuck yah" That shit was motivating. That is one big 18y/o.

Yes I loved that moment too!

Dude looked more like he was 28 y.o. than 18 though...

jm425 · Mar 24, 2009

617ricky said:
You're definitely right IMO. Some guys are just genetically stronger naturally, they could be stronger than someone else could ever get on gear.. It's just the way it is.. Muscle size isn't the only thing that goes into someone's strength, there's many other factors, which someone could be superior in naturally giving them a strength advantage over others.. Then to top it all off it's how hard your mind can tell your muscles to work.. Because even when someone is lifting, they're not using nearly all their strength, even if they think they are.. You only use your full capability in rare instances where it's a life or death type situation, but the body doesn't let that happen often, to prevent damage.. Muscles are strong enough to snap themselves right off the ligaments and tendons, after all..

Thank you ricky. Once again b-rad you proved my point. So your saying that we're all born with the same strength? I don't think so. Some people have stronger tendons than others which is a huge factor in how much someone can lift. Your also wrong in saying that you think that anybody can deadlift 500 pounds. I know people that have been on powerlifting programs for years that can't lift that.

AWN2004 · Mar 24, 2009

B~RAD said:
I deadlift 550 and am natural. AAS doesnt mean shit. I know numerous people who run AAS but havent a clue what they're doing in the kitchen. THAT'S THE REASON. You changed your number to 500. I do believe ANYONE can pull 500 naturally. 800 though? no fucking way. There's countless guys pulling 500, many that are natural too. But only a handful of guys have pulled over 800, and I'd venture to say a very high percentage, if not all of them, have used aas.

I agree.

Going from 500 to 600 was tough and now being in the middle to upper 6's at my best, I can't imagine how the transition from 7 to 8 would be.