Bhank absolutely should be able to hold on to 500 dead with a mixed grip. The reason he should have the ability is his curling strength, which is very good to be fair, I don't recall the exact weight at the comp though, plus the way his forearms look, probably the most telling sign he lifts from the pics I've seen. UNLESS he has very short fingers. But who cares about these baloney lifts anyway, do 20 with 500 like I think tommywishbone did and then we can talk

I'm curious if anyone here tested their double overhand (no hook grip) dead max? I think it's probably a more relevant way to measure an aspect of gripping strength. IIRC I got 460 or thereabouts, have little idea if it's any good. If anyone here deadlifts regularly please test your overhand max as you warm up, just curious is all. Brian isn't going to be deadlifting anything heavy in the foreseeable future, I don't think. A few times I thought I tore my pec deadlifting.