Leg Day

Shelby · Jan 4, 2009

DC Romanian Deadlifts – this is a style of doing RDLs that Dante taught me back when I was a client of his in 2002.

You do a set of 6 with a weight you could get about 12 reps with, then rack the weight, add a dime to each side, do 6 more reps, add another dime to each side, etc. until you can no longer do 6 reps with a given weight.

Today I did 305 x 6, 325 x 6, 345 x 6, and 365 x 4:

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

Leg Press – 1100 x 8, and 810 x 27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CoKkhY-LTA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB-rw2X7TMA

mountaindog1 · Jan 4, 2009

Shelby said:
DC Romanian Deadlifts – this is a style of doing RDLs that Dante taught me back when I was a client of his in 2002.

You do a set of 6 with a weight you could get about 12 reps with, then rack the weight, add a dime to each side, do 6 more reps, add another dime to each side, etc. until you can no longer do 6 reps with a given weight.

Today I did 305 x 6, 325 x 6, 345 x 6, and 365 x 4:

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

Leg Press – 1100 x 8, and 810 x 27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CoKkhY-LTA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB-rw2X7TMA

Shelby - just wanted to thank you for the cool post as usual. I love the fact you do the crazy high rep sets too....I hit an 8 plate on each side set of 50 today on leg press. Keep up the good work brother.

John Meadows

Shelby · Jan 4, 2009

mountaindog1 said:
Shelby - just wanted to thank you for the cool post as usual. I love the fact you do the crazy high rep sets too....I hit an 8 plate on each side set of 50 today on leg press. Keep up the good work brother.

John Meadows

Thanks John.

I remember when you were on the front of a Parillo Press issue about 11 years ago - it was about your back training and the crazy shit you did. It had a sweet back pic of you too - a rear double bicep if I remember correctly. I was always very motivated by that.

Happy New Year

StoryOfTheYear · Jan 4, 2009

Shelby said:
DC Romanian Deadlifts – this is a style of doing RDLs that Dante taught me back when I was a client of his in 2002.

You do a set of 6 with a weight you could get about 12 reps with, then rack the weight, add a dime to each side, do 6 more reps, add another dime to each side, etc. until you can no longer do 6 reps with a given weight.

Today I did 305 x 6, 325 x 6, 345 x 6, and 365 x 4:

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

Leg Press – 1100 x 8, and 810 x 27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CoKkhY-LTA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB-rw2X7TMA

Great job man!! You are an animal!! Making it look easy. Great form too! -StORY

Norbert · Jan 4, 2009

very impressive

Shelby · Jan 4, 2009

John you should post some videos if you can.

AWN2004 · Jan 4, 2009

How much of that movement are you feeling in your hams?

VanR__ · Jan 4, 2009

Shelby said:
DC Romanian Deadlifts – this is a style of doing RDLs that Dante taught me back when I was a client of his in 2002.

You do a set of 6 with a weight you could get about 12 reps with, then rack the weight, add a dime to each side, do 6 more reps, add another dime to each side, etc. until you can no longer do 6 reps with a given weight.

Today I did 305 x 6, 325 x 6, 345 x 6, and 365 x 4:

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

How dizzy were you after that set? Deads kill me more then anything, and I need at least a minute to breath after a single 10 rep set is done.
What is your 1RM at RDL?

robbie1375 · Jan 4, 2009

great work,very impressive.......

Nssca · Jan 4, 2009

Looks like stiff leg deadlifts

Shelby · Jan 4, 2009

AWN2004 said:
How much of that movement are you feeling in your hams?

Quite a bit. Hams and glutes (as if my ass needs to be any bigger...). Drive thru your heels, don't lock out at the top, and really sit back into the movement.

VanR__ said:
How dizzy were you after that set? Deads kill me more then anything, and I need at least a minute to breath after a single 10 rep set is done.
What is your 1RM at RDL?

Not dizzy. I've never done a 1rm on RDLs, so I don't really know.
Regular deadlifts I did 500 x 9 from the floor the other day, so I'm probably good for a little over 600 for a single there.

Thanks guys. It would be cool if more people would post up some hard and heavy training, unique lifts, etc.

tkav1980 · Jan 5, 2009

Great lift! but i was even more impressed with the socks!!!!!

Shelby · Jan 5, 2009

tkav1980 said:
Great lift! but i was even more impressed with the socks!!!!!

You would be surprised how much the socks help my lifting.

tkav1980 · Jan 5, 2009

even more than a gallon of whole milk?....hahahaha...i am sooooo sorry i just couldnt help myself...

seriously though nice lifts!

JETHRO TULL · Jan 5, 2009

These videos are a fun part of the board, Shelby.

Keep up the good work!

AWN2004 · Jan 5, 2009

I do a movement thats just like that but on a smith machine. I saw something Tom Prince wrote a long time ago about how he trained his hams and he did that exact movement on the Smith. Good stuff.