ancientstrength
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Ever since reading the book "Building the Gymnastic Body" I was amazed at the claims by the author. The book was written by a gymnastics coach by the name of Christopher Sommer. He stated that one of his students deadlifted 181kg/400lbs on his first attempt. The most impressive thing is that the student weighed 61kg/135lbs so he almost did a triple bodyweight deadlift. Christopher Sommer also mentions that the first time he tried a deadlift he could do double his bodyweight.
This made me really curious so I decided to see how much I could deadlift. To put things into context I am an intermediate Calisthenics Athlete and I never lift weights or do weighted Calisthenics. I can do 15 pull ups, 50 push ups, 10 ring dips and I can do skills such as the ring muscle up, pistol squat and advanced tuck front lever. My bodyweight is currently 69kg/152lbs.
I started off with a 60kg deadlift which felt very easy and then kept increasing the weight until I couldn’t lift anymore. On my fourth attempt I was able to pull 140kg/308lbs which is double my bodyweight. For someone who only does Calisthenics I find this very intriguing. I uploaded a video of my deadlift here:
Do you guys think this is impressive for a first-time deadlift? I would be curious to see what an advanced Calisthenics Athlete could deadlift on there first time.
This made me really curious so I decided to see how much I could deadlift. To put things into context I am an intermediate Calisthenics Athlete and I never lift weights or do weighted Calisthenics. I can do 15 pull ups, 50 push ups, 10 ring dips and I can do skills such as the ring muscle up, pistol squat and advanced tuck front lever. My bodyweight is currently 69kg/152lbs.
I started off with a 60kg deadlift which felt very easy and then kept increasing the weight until I couldn’t lift anymore. On my fourth attempt I was able to pull 140kg/308lbs which is double my bodyweight. For someone who only does Calisthenics I find this very intriguing. I uploaded a video of my deadlift here:
Do you guys think this is impressive for a first-time deadlift? I would be curious to see what an advanced Calisthenics Athlete could deadlift on there first time.