I agree with this statement [from the article]:
A 375lb deadlift isn't terrible for a 39-year-old who has a busy schedule as the Executive Director of The Trump Organization, although as someone who was a professional coach for years, I think there was likely a few lifts before this where he should have stopped.
But this one seems to be a bit of an attack on President Trump:
You see, when you push past your capabilities so dramatically, you get into positions you haven't earned and aren't ready to work through. On top of that, if you're either not listening to the professionals who surround you or they're not helping guide you in the right direction, there can be real dire consequences for your actions.
I haven't worked out for a little over seven months now. But the good news it, it comes back fast. I don't think I can deadlift 375-lb right now, but I would be somewhere over 405-lb by the new year if I started Monday. But for someone who is a busy person and has a lot more going on in his life, 375-lb is a very good lift. I don't know why anyone would criticize that.
How many on the board deadlift 575, for example? I suspect not many. Now go down to 475 - a larger number of us lift that, or have lifted that, but when we did, were we not among the strongest at our gyms?
My bet would be that Trump Jr. could walk into any gym in North America, and likely be in the top 20% of strongest people there, at any given time. Obviously some hardcore gyms would be exceptions, but in general, can we really deny that 375-lb is a good deadlift?
