exactly, i remember a few years ago they hadan actual barbell deadlift for a max single event at World's Strongest Man, it may have been 2002 or 2003 and the max that guys were pulling was 700-750 for very hard singles, i remember that freak Andy "stumpy" Raines from Engalnd did well in it, he was the 5'2" 270 pounder.
last night they had the 2006 WSM on ESPN and one of the events was the deadlift for reps event where they had two small cars on platforms and a bar connecting them and they said the weight in the hands was 728 and quite a few guys got 15 plus reps and this wasn't a partial, that bar started at a conventional deadlift bar height, what do you think? my opinion is that the weight was more like 550-575 still a shitload of weight for that rep range.
why would you assume to take a couple hundred pounds off? Just because you can't do it there is no need to minimize their accomplishments. Their the best in the world at what they do, just live with it and enjoy watching
