Deadlift - Cast Iron Strength

19 Apr

How to protect your lowerback while deadlifting

April 19, 2018
Posted by Marc Keys
Deadlift, lower back pain, Powerlifting, protecting your back, rehab, sore lower back, technique
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The following is a small exert from my upcoming first book on powerlifting.The conventional deadlift puts your hips further away from your centre of mass than any of the other powerlifts this can be...

21 Aug

Deadlift, Power, Powerlifting, Powerlifting Technique

Butt plugs and Big Deadlifts – Matthew Coppenhall

August 21, 2017
Posted by Marc Keys
Deadlift, Guest Post, Matthew Coppenhall, Powerlifting
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Ok ok, there are no butt plugs involved, but now that I’ve peaked your interest it’s time to improve your deadlift. The deadlift, the most primal lift. What is more manly than grunting, getting...

08 Aug

Deadlift, Powerlifting

Doomed before you start – How to set up a good conventional deadlift – Gavin Laird

August 8, 2017
Posted by Marc Keys
conventional, Deadlift, Powerlifting, Set up
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In this article, I'm going to look at a very common problem in the conventional Deadlift, and hopefully, offer some insight into why it occurs and how to help fix it. The problem I'm...

27 Jun

Deadlift, Powerlifting

The Cast Iron Strength 8 Week Deadlift Cure – Is it possible to get stronger at deadlift without really deadlifting heavy?

June 27, 2017
Posted by Marc Keys
9 week deadlift programme, best programme for deadlift, best programme for deadlift and powerlifting, Deadlift, deadlift for powerlifting, Deadlift Programme, getting stronger at deadlift, powerlifting deadlift
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One lift that has never really responded to training the same as everything else in my experience is deadlift. A lot of the sporadic nature of its trainability comes down to my from being...

31 May

Deadlift, Powerlfiting, Programme

Training your deadlift if you have poor technique – how to get stronger without getting hurt.

May 31, 2017
Posted by Marc Keys
Deadlift, Deadlift Programme, deadlift strength, how to fix your lowerback, Stronger Deadlift, Sumo Deadlift, Training
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When I take my powerlifting seminar and we get onto the deadlift this is my first slide you will notice how I don’t mention how the deadlift is the king of strength or the...

22 Apr

Deadlift, Operation 700

Operation 700 – Blog update 4 – Maintaining Momentum and Listening to your own advice

April 22, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
Blog, Deadlift, failure, Fitness, generating momentum, learning from failure, maintaining momentum, Operation 700, Powerlifting, success, training log
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It is the end of week 11 of operation 700 and I have made a power of progress that much is undeniable however it never ceases to amaze me how little you realise how...

17 Feb

Deadlift, Operation 700

Operation 700 – Blog 1

February 17, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
320 kg deadlift, 700 lb deadlift, Blog, Deadlift, how to deadlift 700, Operation 700, training log, training vlog, Vlog
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If you only follow my blog then you may not have seen that I recently took part in a powerlifting competition. The first one for 2 and some years, although I made the move...

13 Mar

axle press, Deadlift, ed hall, world strongest man

Ed Hall 340 kg x8 deadlift and 200 kg strict axle clean and press

March 13, 2014
Posted by Marc Keys
BSM, Ed Hall, Strongman, WSM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV4ZFy2X0sY#t=95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mU6koDY4jw

15 Jul

Deadlift, Health, Lumbar vertebrae, Muscle, Powerlifting, Shear stress, Vertebral column, Weight Training

Good Form Bad Form

July 15, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

It is almost uniformly accepted in the strength and conditioning world that one should look to keep a "natural lumbar curve" when performing lifts such as the deadlift. There is a rational for...

02 May

Average, Bench, Clean, clean and jerk, Deadlift, International, IPF, IWF, men, Powerlifting, Snatch, Squat, Stats, Weighlifting, Weight Loss, Weight Training, women, world records

Elite Strength Sports (IPF and IWF) a Comparision of Sex and Performance

May 2, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Quite a few authors have tackled the issue of differences between the physical performance of male and female athletes. Differences between fat free mass, relative strength and body fat percentage are usually put...