I will say after having done a couple deadlifts now Matt can have the deadlift title I am not going to deadlift 550lbs. I do think I can deadlift 405-450lbs
Thanks, Brian.
I think BigRo recently got 551x3 reps on the deadlift, so he has me beat.
There are some other heavy deadlifters on Getbig who did not officially enter the contest:
- On Mark Bell's podcast,
tommywishbone said he could hit 585x20 on the deadlift within a month, and can probably get it for 10-11-12 or so at any given time.
I had no reason to doubt Tommy - though that was in 2017, and Tommy's deadlift may have gone down since then.
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Van Bilderass has deadlifted 700, although he didn't want to post the video. Finnish people are notoriously shy...so...could be that.
And I'm sure I'm missing someone.
I have personally gotten 545, 550, and 555...but I decided that in 2024, I'm going to follow what Grape Ape said, and regroup, starting with 185-315 for reps with perfect form. I'll gradually to up from there, and hopefully hit 565.
555-lb from about 10 weeks ago:

I have not tried that since.
I don't want to be over 200-lb in the long-term, so I need to be realistic about what my max can be. I do think I can hit 565 at sub-200 body weight. Do I think I can hit 600? No - not unless I'm willing to go up in weight.
600 would be nice, but I need to be realistic - just given my weight, age, etc [short wingspan - helps my bench, but hurts my deadlift].
I'll be happy with 565. Even if i can get 550 more often, I'd be happy. Realistically, I'm probably closer to 525 most days. I want 545 to be my average day, and 565 to be my best day. But like I said - I need to be realistic.
Are there official rankings for Getbig's top deadlifters?
PS - Brian, Walter doesn't look anything close to as good as you. He knows it. He would just post a picture if he was. That said, Walter is just a nasty piece of shit for attacking your wife. Not cool. But he also runs the Jane account and claims she is 6'0" and 134-lb - Walter doesn't grasp that six feet tall women don't weigh 134-lb. Most likely, he doesn't get laid, which is why he has no idea what adult women weigh. LOL @6'0" and 134-lb for a woman.

An actual woman would realize how stupid that claim is.

But...all of Jane's claims are.