Buy a single 4' x 6' x either 1/2" or 3/4" rubber mat - it's all you need to deadlift and be able to drop them. For years, I lifted on a 1/2" rubber mat that was on top of handmade, irregular tiles in our basement, and no damage to the tiles ever took place.I'm not into building a special floor for deadlifts, so I guess my maximum lift is kind of capped... Anyone do deadlifts at sub-maximum weight as a kind of maintenance thing - like lifting around your own bodyweight or something like that?
I'm not into building a special floor for deadlifts, so I guess my maximum lift is kind of capped... Anyone do deadlifts at sub-maximum weight as a kind of maintenance thing - like lifting around your own bodyweight or something like that?
Okay, I'll do that. I was getting pretty "okay" with deadlifting a few years ago. I got pretty close to 400lbs but was still placing the bar back down gently on the floor.Buy a single 4' x 6' x either 1/2" or 3/4" rubber mat - it's all you need to deadlift and be able to drop them. For years, I lifted on a 1/2" rubber mat that was on top of handmade, irregular tiles in our basement, and no damage to the tiles ever took place.
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That's a very interesting point. I wouldn't have thought that but it makes sense.I would agree that there isnt much utility to significantly sub-max deadlifts, and that there are much better ways of training the hip hinge.
Well the closest thing would be Romanian deadlifts I guess. What kind of weight do you use for these (and other moves listed if you feel up to letting me know)?How light are we talking about? Because I’ve been training Easy Strength style for years and it’s wonderful.
Also, you don’t really need doing conventional pulling. At all.
Being a fellow grappler, you could benefit A LOT from doing power cleans (the ones that doesn’t get dropped to the floor), hang cleans, stiff (not straight, just stiff) deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts and, my two personal favorites: snatch grip deadlift and Romanian snatch grip deadlift.
Besides, you could always use a couple of bumper plates as a base for your conventional deadlifts, so you can save your floor.
Well the closest thing would be Romanian deadlifts I guess. What kind of weight do you use for these (and other moves listed if you feel up to letting me know)?
Zercher deadlifts are one of the most powerful lifts ever. I remember when I very first started doing them an I could barely do bodyweight and pushed it bulgarian lite style upto 160kg before I plateaued.Do different deadlifts that require light weights. Picks the weights up differently every time.
Suitcase or 1 arm deadlift
Single leg DL
Zercher Deadlift
Power cleans/snatches
Sounds like I need to learn more about this!Zercher deadlifts are one of the most powerful lifts ever. I remember when I very first started doing them an I could barely do bodyweight and pushed it bulgarian lite style upto 160kg before I plateaued.
Fast forward to over a year later when I rotate zerchers back in and my new starting weight is 140kg and my new end weight is 200kg (that was an ugly rep). Zerchers will definitely be rotated in later this year. Hoping to end at 220kg. Would be IMMENSELY pleaser with myself if I could acheive that.
The sheer ROM forces you to become strong in positions that a regular deadlift does not. So applicable to grapplers too, especially wrestlers or MMA practitioners with an against the cage focus. No one is getting out of your double under hooks after getting good at zerchers. In addition a pick up and slam from the floor is easily done when you've gotten strong at zerchers.
What are the health benefits? Strength through a greater ROM. You are forced to enhance your flexibility and strength. Zerchers also require a lot of core stability too.
Thank you. I was pulling almost 400lbs for a while and still able to lower the barbell down smoothly. The plates are plastic so you know what, I'm probably okay to keep at the deadlifts in the basement. This is exciting!I was going to suggest cleans/clean pulls.
Also, you should be able to lower deadlifts without destroying your floor, unless you're using iron/steel plates. I wouldn't advocate power cleans/clean pulls in that case either.
Dimel DLs are great too - I had forgotten about these (and I need to re-add them to the exercise rotation). Thank you.I think in RotK Pavel mentions something like Dimel deadlifts that are done with light weights and without touching the floor for high reps. If you have the book it might be interesting to see what Pavel has to say about them.
Other than that wouldn't explosive barbell lifts be the natural evolution for you if weights are limited? As a Judo guy exercises like cleans and snatches will probably also have great carry over to the mat.
To the one part of your question, I use steel Oly. plates, and lift on my concrete garage floor. I use a sheet of 1/2" plywood on the floor, with a dense 1/2" thick rubber mat over top. I set my bar down hard, sometimes, but don't drop it ever. It's held up well. I also use 3/4-1" dense playground style rubber mat under my reg. bbell. Rubber mats are cheaper than bumper plates. At my age, I've adopted Jack LaLanne's credo, of using lighter weights for more reps. At the moment I'm lifting 5-8 reps off a 2" high platform and only up to 225 lbs. But a few years ago, I was testing my grip and repaired shoulder and did 2-3 reps with 370. But I didn't drop that hard either. I'm planning on raising my platform to 3" in a couple months.Thank you. I was pulling almost 400lbs for a while and still able to lower the barbell down smoothly. The plates are plastic so you know what, I'm probably okay to keep at the deadlifts in the basement. This is exciting!
It's funny how knowledge-based all of this is. People outside the exercise community would have no idea! This is not caveman grunt stuff, hahaha!