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The Quick and the Dead(lift)

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Why do combos always have to be light for high reps?

Snatch-grip deadlift (make it low: use smaller plates, like 25’s, or hop up on a small box)/high pulls/pullups.

The goal is 5 sets of 5 reps each for time.  But make ‘em heavy. 

My example: 205 pound deadlift/225 high pull (not too high due to nursing elbow tendonitis)/commando grip pullups with 20 pounds on a belt (I also did one extra bodyweight exercise, but you don’t have to).

Don’t forget to time it.

 Barbell High pull video clip: me-high-pull-2.wmv

 

towel-pullups.jpg

 Towel pullups could be an option for the pullups.

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  • Andy
    June 1st, 2007 at 4:39 am

    You’ve got to watch them - Be quick or be dead,
    Snake eyes in heaven, the thief in your head…!
    Be quick!
    Or be dead!

    Sorry…couldn’t resist

  • Arkava
    June 2nd, 2007 at 12:27 am

    Hi. Refreshing site you got here. I am hoping if you could please tell me what walk outs actually are? For the past few weeks, I have been doing a set of heavy half-squats before doing rgular sets of full-range squats. Is ‘walk outs’ a moniker for partial squats ? Sorry for asking a question irrelevant to the current post but I came across the term in a few powerlifting articles on the net and in one of your earlier posts as well and am nonplussed.

  • chip
    June 3rd, 2007 at 6:38 am

    Hi. Walkouts are simply loading a bar heavier than your max, and unracking it like you’re going to squat it, and then racking it again. It is one of the few names that indicates exactly what happens. I uaully like to add some partial squats to some high pins for bonus, but just feeling the weight by walking out is often challenging enough.

  • Arkava
    June 3rd, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    Thanks so much for answering. Feeling heavier than normal weight is really important since when I use heavy weight, my body seems to bob a bit. So i guess walkouts would acclimatize me to bigger weights.
    Thanks again for your kind reply.

  • chip
    June 3rd, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    Sure. Walkouts are a wonderful spinal stabilization exercise, since that is what is handling most of the load.

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