Imagine telling the November 2015 Matt "Your not a Powerlifter", lol. Idc how much you can lift rn, if you believe in yourself, you'll turn your max into cardio, and heck maybe even compete in powerlifting on an elite level one day
Hahah, this video I make before about stupid republicans hahaha, Great video very funny and very educational, you will like and watch and smile. you welcome hahahaha.
Honestly think frequency deadlifts are the most fearmongered thing in lifting. But ive also noticed that most people i see doing very high frequency deadlifts is a sumo puller. Maybe for conventional. It makes sense to do a little lower frequency
Probably important to mention that sumo pullers can generally handle more volume than conventional. Of course you could also just add in a sumo day and have some decent benefit for relatively little risk.
My conv deadlift progresses best when I’m doing: heavy comp deadlifts 1x a week, either deficit or pause dl a week (I do Beltless) and then either RDL or SLDL 1x a week for higher volume (Beltless as well)
I am almost 49, so there is no way I can do 3x a week, but... I did switch to an HIT style with higher rep AMRAP sets, and lower overall volume, and 2x a week. My back could handle that and I could still recover. I went all out on the AMRAP sets, but cut the extra working sets out. I added about 100lbs in.... I want to say 6 months? Not quite as fast, but still unprecedented for my age group.
i went from 385x1 to 473x1 in three months without training the deadlift and i lost 5lbs (200lbs to 195lbs). 100lbs more while training it 3x a week and adding 10lbs is just normal progress imo
What happened to your other lifts (squat, bench) during that time? Did you just intend on maintaining strength or did you actively try to increase in all 3 lifts at the same time?
For me, training my squat usually increases my deadlift but not the other way around, bench strength can go up by a bit too, but squat will stay mostly the same if you do high bar
In 9th grade I took my deadlift from 300 to 425 exclusively by maxing out every week and just adding 10-15lbs every week whilst gaining 60lbs. The good old days
u are quite literally describing my bone structure except to add to the pain, most of my heigh comes from my femur and not my tibia. But fuck it im still gonna squat twice a week.
This concept worked for my bench press, if 2 times a week isn't cutting it try it out. Like he said feel it out and go by feel on the day you add in, the extra volume makes a big difference
He did sumo in the first clip to tho so he still went up 100 pounds and if u think sumo is cheating tell that to the 50% of power lifters if it was easier for everyone nobody would lift conventional at meets
@@oba_reese1611he wasn’t saying sumo is cheating. He was saying that Matt was more easily able to handle 3x a week because the sumo deadlift is less stressful on the lower back and spinal erectors, allowing more volume compared to conventional.
I used to do 3 days deadlift as well. But I cut my workout from 6 days to 5 days because I find myself having no time to do other things after work other than gym. I wanted to keep my squats and deadlift on separate days and because I decided to do only 5 days, I decided to cut 1 day of deadlift rather than squat. I think this overall still kept my deadlift strength pretty well. And I'm glad I decided to cut the deadlift day instead of the squat day as I believe squat benefits deadlift more than deadlift benefiting squat.
so whats the program? how did you program your DL 3x a week? i need answers!! was going to take a complete break from the gym for at least two weeks.. but instead i want to incorporate a dead lift specialization program.. giving up squat/bench for at least two full weeks.. knee and wrist needs to heal..
Nice content man, been really motivating for me to up my efforts on lifting again. I've got a knee injury though; how would you recommend going about this on squat/deadlift days (i.e. substitute exercises, how much volume i should do)? I haven't been able to do them at all without feeling pain.
Hi, Matt. I know it might be a bit unrelated, but still, I have a question, and would really appreciate if you could answer. My deadlift is ahead of my squat (240>170), and I can't seem to progress on squats, I'm thinking about reducing volume/frequency on them and maybe focus more on deadlift, since that's my strongest movement, and I feel like I can progress more and faster there. So, basically, does it make sense to focus more on a dominant movement and leave a weak one behind?
Remember to switch up which hand is pronated and supinated when lifting like that🥴 I developed an imbalance in my back where I was much stronger on one of the sides when I lifted like that regularly..
I deadlift usually once a week, but my lower back is feeling wrong when I do too many reps. It's weird, but I feel much more comfortable doing "sets" of 1 rep than doing sets of 5-10 reps on deadlift. Even the max numbers do not match well on that - like I can do higher weight on one rep. So not sure if this would be applicable to me.
@@koengreen2540 when I do more than 1, I actually stop just before hitting the floor. But I don't usually do some big wait pause at the end of the rep.
Hey Matt, how would you recommend a beginner compare sumo and conventional to see which works better? And do you ever plan to move to a different sport using the strength you've gained from powerlifting?
Hey Matt, I always get pain high on my legs near my groinn on sumo even at very low weight. I found that starting with higher hips helps with the pain but it's a less favourable position, what can I do to stop the pain? I literally can't pull 40% of my conventional from pain.
It’s not a back dominant movement it’s a posterior chain dominant movement. The reason you added so much in such little time, even if this is true, is because your a beginner, you added something that was high frequency and your body super compensated, this would certainly not be the case going from a 500 pound to a 600 pound deadlift. I would also hope you’re keeping up on your accessory work because this higher volume with a compound movement will eventually lead to injury, plateaus Accommodation, and overall poor performance.
My back cannot handle more volume in conventional deadlift. It can barely handle once a week. I'm not the normal case, though, and I can handle sumo twice a week no problem. Sadly, as I do strongman now, sumo is banned, so I have to do conventional
The heavyer you lift the less volume u can take. You were not that strong at start but you are now in a new tier now so i predict u fant repetecthis for an other 100. Like thinkbabout it. You think thor orceddie would do ok w that volume as ateong as they are?
Omg honestly that was me I found out if the more I did deadlift the more I got gained strength now I deadlift twice a week with lighter volume and I feel as if I’m progressing less now. Honestly I thought I was doing good until I saw this I plan on going back to training like that again
This is true tho, i deadlift three times a week. Deadlift sumo and rdl my max is 130kgs right now, took a week off due to working a lot at the restaurant and i was maxing out at 140kgs but dont know what happened, i did eat less than usual. But yeah... lol i wanna add 100lbs to my deadlift lol havent done this for 100 days yet
If I went from deadlifting once a week or every 10 days, my back would be destroyed. Everytime I have tried to go to deadlifting more than once a week I have gotten injured.
The reason people say you can't do high frequency deadlifts is the absolute load they offer, because you can deadlift a lot. But unless you're pulling in the 600's, that's not a huge issue, if all you can do is 405, you don't gotta worry yet, you'll get there
It’s because you are doing sumo pulls 3x a week. There was not a single deadlift in this video. It is a different lift, with different muscles, different leverages, and a different motion b
Imagine telling the November 2015 Matt "Your not a Powerlifter", lol. Idc how much you can lift rn, if you believe in yourself, you'll turn your max into cardio, and heck maybe even compete in powerlifting on an elite level one day
Believe in yourself and put in the work*
I swear this is matts alt lmfaoooo
Don't give me hope
Amen brother
Matt can you make a video on why the government sucks?
Hahah, this video I make before about stupid republicans hahaha, Great video very funny and very educational, you will like and watch and smile. you welcome hahahaha.
@@danhenderson5198 links?
@@danhenderson5198 nigga what?
or blows*
@@danhenderson5198 democrats can piss off
I’m also deadlifting 3 times a week now (14 total sets in a week) its really fun and you get a lot better with the technique
What program are you using?
Honestly think frequency deadlifts are the most fearmongered thing in lifting. But ive also noticed that most people i see doing very high frequency deadlifts is a sumo puller. Maybe for conventional. It makes sense to do a little lower frequency
why.... stop vomiting lies 😂
Probably important to mention that sumo pullers can generally handle more volume than conventional. Of course you could also just add in a sumo day and have some decent benefit for relatively little risk.
I would do sumo but my form is soo bad i can do more conventional than sumo
What do you think is the retio? If sumo lifters can get away with 3x a week, can conventional pullers do 2x?
Depends entirely on the individual. But yeh, something like that.
@@mysteretsym conventional pullers can also do 3x per week, i tried it before. just gotta keep your ego in check and dont push the intensity too high
My conv deadlift progresses best when I’m doing: heavy comp deadlifts 1x a week, either deficit or pause dl a week (I do Beltless) and then either RDL or SLDL 1x a week for higher volume (Beltless as well)
I am almost 49, so there is no way I can do 3x a week, but... I did switch to an HIT style with higher rep AMRAP sets, and lower overall volume, and 2x a week. My back could handle that and I could still recover. I went all out on the AMRAP sets, but cut the extra working sets out. I added about 100lbs in.... I want to say 6 months? Not quite as fast, but still unprecedented for my age group.
Imagine adding 10lbs and being able to lift 100lbs more. Incredible dude.
i went from 385x1 to 473x1 in three months without training the deadlift and i lost 5lbs (200lbs to 195lbs).
100lbs more while training it 3x a week and adding 10lbs is just normal progress imo
Matt, what are your thoughts on using Viagra as a pre-workout?
.....don't
It's a good boost, but it ruins the bar path
@@TheNameless868 Excellent.
@@TheNameless868 it does? Didn’t ruin any bar path for me 😈
I think that’s actually a real thing.
What happened to your other lifts (squat, bench) during that time? Did you just intend on maintaining strength or did you actively try to increase in all 3 lifts at the same time?
That's a good question. I'd like to know that too.
For me, training my squat usually increases my deadlift but not the other way around, bench strength can go up by a bit too, but squat will stay mostly the same if you do high bar
In 9th grade I took my deadlift from 300 to 425 exclusively by maxing out every week and just adding 10-15lbs every week whilst gaining 60lbs. The good old days
Someone with long legs and arms, but a short torso might recover easily from deadlifts, but need more time to recover from squats.
u are quite literally describing my bone structure except to add to the pain, most of my heigh comes from my femur and not my tibia. But fuck it im still gonna squat twice a week.
@@moreasmorebaes9996 same man. Having long femurs in powerlifting sucks 😔
This concept worked for my bench press, if 2 times a week isn't cutting it try it out. Like he said feel it out and go by feel on the day you add in, the extra volume makes a big difference
Its also because you are doing sumo. It allows for more volume as the spinal erectors are more vertical at the start vs conv...
He did sumo in the first clip to tho so he still went up 100 pounds and if u think sumo is cheating tell that to the 50% of power lifters if it was easier for everyone nobody would lift conventional at meets
@@oba_reese1611he wasn’t saying sumo is cheating. He was saying that Matt was more easily able to handle 3x a week because the sumo deadlift is less stressful on the lower back and spinal erectors, allowing more volume compared to conventional.
I used to do 3 days deadlift as well. But I cut my workout from 6 days to 5 days because I find myself having no time to do other things after work other than gym. I wanted to keep my squats and deadlift on separate days and because I decided to do only 5 days, I decided to cut 1 day of deadlift rather than squat. I think this overall still kept my deadlift strength pretty well. And I'm glad I decided to cut the deadlift day instead of the squat day as I believe squat benefits deadlift more than deadlift benefiting squat.
I went from 340 to 440 in my first year of lifting then from 440 to 540 in 9 months which is not bad
so whats the program? how did you program your DL 3x a week? i need answers!! was going to take a complete break from the gym for at least two weeks.. but instead i want to incorporate a dead lift specialization program.. giving up squat/bench for at least two full weeks.. knee and wrist needs to heal..
I had homie who’s dead lift went from 225 to 405 in 2 months
Is deadlifting two times a week still good?
Nice content man, been really motivating for me to up my efforts on lifting again. I've got a knee injury though; how would you recommend going about this on squat/deadlift days (i.e. substitute exercises, how much volume i should do)? I haven't been able to do them at all without feeling pain.
Matt thoughts on Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1?
Considering Matt is always advocating for frequency and 5/3/1 is incredibly low frequency he'd probably say it's too low frequency
Hi, Matt. I know it might be a bit unrelated, but still, I have a question, and would really appreciate if you could answer.
My deadlift is ahead of my squat
(240>170), and I can't seem to progress on squats, I'm thinking about reducing volume/frequency on them and maybe focus more on deadlift, since that's my strongest movement, and I feel like I can progress more and faster there. So, basically, does it make sense to focus more on a dominant movement and leave a weak one behind?
Hey Matt what lifting gear do you use?
Remember to switch up which hand is pronated and supinated when lifting like that🥴 I developed an imbalance in my back where I was much stronger on one of the sides when I lifted like that regularly..
those rogue black plates look sick
does this work for conventional?
I deadlift usually once a week, but my lower back is feeling wrong when I do too many reps. It's weird, but I feel much more comfortable doing "sets" of 1 rep than doing sets of 5-10 reps on deadlift. Even the max numbers do not match well on that - like I can do higher weight on one rep. So not sure if this would be applicable to me.
Are u doing touch and go?
@@koengreen2540 not sure what that is.
@@backy007 do u hit the floor and immediately go up? Or are you laying the wait on the floor and pull again without bouncing
@@koengreen2540 when I do more than 1, I actually stop just before hitting the floor. But I don't usually do some big wait pause at the end of the rep.
@@koengreen2540 specifically: ua-cam.com/video/VMjDXto8EIg/v-deo.html
How many sets and reps bro?
Hey Matt, how would you recommend a beginner compare sumo and conventional to see which works better? And do you ever plan to move to a different sport using the strength you've gained from powerlifting?
Matt can you go over caloric intake?
Hey Matt, I always get pain high on my legs near my groinn on sumo even at very low weight. I found that starting with higher hips helps with the pain but it's a less favourable position, what can I do to stop the pain? I literally can't pull 40% of my conventional from pain.
What about the knees from sumo? Did you find any tendonitis from all the sumo
What was the actual program you followed?
Why not conjugate?
What fan you pull in a conventional deadlift
Glad I’ve done this cause man I love to deadlift
Great Video. Thanks.
Isnt 100lbs like 40kg??
Hey matt i have elbow hypoextension and i am just beginning my powerliftijg journey. I am worrier about grip with hypoextension in elbow.
Nabil deadlift did the same and he went from failing 585 to 705lbs in I guess a year during the lockdown. TBH I think he deadlifted on a daily basis.
What sets reps though
Plot twist: deadlift 100 days everyday, adding 1 pound each day
How can i get a better grip?
It’s not a back dominant movement it’s a posterior chain dominant movement. The reason you added so much in such little time, even if this is true, is because your a beginner, you added something that was high frequency and your body super compensated, this would certainly not be the case going from a 500 pound to a 600 pound deadlift. I would also hope you’re keeping up on your accessory work because this higher volume with a compound movement will eventually lead to injury, plateaus Accommodation, and overall poor performance.
His younger physique was amazing
Deadlift 3x per week
Take note of how you feel in the sessions and slowly adapt
Eat more food and bulk up
Let’s see if I can’t pull 550 next summer
Bro this Is so dead on !
My back cannot handle more volume in conventional deadlift. It can barely handle once a week. I'm not the normal case, though, and I can handle sumo twice a week no problem. Sadly, as I do strongman now, sumo is banned, so I have to do conventional
Why did you wear a mask in 2015?
The heavyer you lift the less volume u can take. You were not that strong at start but you are now in a new tier now so i predict u fant repetecthis for an other 100. Like thinkbabout it. You think thor orceddie would do ok w that volume as ateong as they are?
You can definitely stay lean while getting strong.
Omg honestly that was me I found out if the more I did deadlift the more I got gained strength now I deadlift twice a week with lighter volume and I feel as if I’m progressing less now. Honestly I thought I was doing good until I saw this I plan on going back to training like that again
So im not delusional and with enogh dedication ill be able to get my goals
Interesting I will give this a try.
good advice, increased my bench by 30lbs by benching 5 times a week as opposed to 3
Two days light and one heavy ?
@@danquags0218 Juggernaut AI, benching on 5/6 days with usually 1 heavy topset and then light backdowns
I added 120 lbs to my deadlift in 13 weeks. It's called the Smolov protocol.
This is true tho, i deadlift three times a week. Deadlift sumo and rdl my max is 130kgs right now, took a week off due to working a lot at the restaurant and i was maxing out at 140kgs but dont know what happened, i did eat less than usual. But yeah... lol i wanna add 100lbs to my deadlift lol havent done this for 100 days yet
Lol I had to take 10 days between lifts toward the end ….. old vs young
If I went from deadlifting once a week or every 10 days, my back would be destroyed. Everytime I have tried to go to deadlifting more than once a week I have gotten injured.
Try sumo
Just from conventional to sumo for 100 extra pounds
This is how i added 100lbs to my squat in 100 days, i added 1 extra pound a day.
"Thumo is cheating." - CBum
Smart. 👍👍
you took steroid?
Legit sick of people posting themselves sumo deadlifting. Post conventional pulls and pull sumo in comps. This is the right way to do it.
"You're probably not gonna get the exact same results"
Me, who put 90lbs on my deadlift in the same amount of time without even training it at all: 🙄
switch to conventional 🐈⬛
Yeah definitely not optimal
"You just need to gain weight". Bruh if i could gain weight i would. 3500 calories of McDonald's ain't even adding weight on me long term.
Salute
Sumo is cheat
If it's not tren I'm not interested
Sumo, so you failed from the beginning
If you have a blue collar job high frequency deadlifts are trash . But you a desk jockey
Tren
sumo is for lgtbq members
The reason people say you can't do high frequency deadlifts is the absolute load they offer, because you can deadlift a lot.
But unless you're pulling in the 600's, that's not a huge issue, if all you can do is 405, you don't gotta worry yet, you'll get there
Honestly for me, I started wearing my squat plug even on my off days. You'd be surprised how much transfer it has to other lifts.
Dude ur lifting sumo. It doesnt count. One day when u ACTUALLY know how to lift youll understand.
A mask on???
First
It’s because you are doing sumo pulls 3x a week. There was not a single deadlift in this video. It is a different lift, with different muscles, different leverages, and a different motion b
singular of "times" is "time" bro, it's "one time a week" not "one times a week"
How fun was it lifting in that mask? Lol
You also switched over to a real powerlifting belt. Gosh wth was that stupid belt you had 🤦
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