Tues 8.28.12

Welcome Brian to the Strength Club!

 

 

BAND RESISTED DEADLIFT

Set Up

• Disclaimer: the set up used here is not ideal nor is it glamorous, but it works :) 
• Take a thinner band and place it length wise over the center of a barbell - make sure that the band creates a long oval over the bar and touches the ground on the sides
• The crew here used a 10lb bumper plate to stand on in order to have a more solid platform - so place the plate on top of the bands where you would stand with the bands running up over bar

Execution

• Stance, grip, positioning and movement is the same as the conventional deadlift 
• Stay back in the heels throughout the entire movement to ensure that the band does not pull you forward

Takeaways

• The band resisted deadlift is an excellent exercise for working the lockout of the deadlift - the portion where the bar is above your knees until you stand it up
• Since there is a band on the bar, it is even more important that you bar path be straight and that you keep it close to your body - if not, it will pull you forward onto your toes
• Be aggressive with your butt squeeze at the top - the lockout will be even more difficult due to resistance 

 
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Band Resisted DL - 5x5 

then...

10 unresisted DLs @ the weight of the top set of 5 

 

GPP: Tire Drags

10min Every Minute On the Minute (EMOM)
50m tire drag
(Rest the remainder of the minute)

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 Started out like this...

 Then combined our efforts! Haha

Mitch killin it solo.