How much can Dorian Yates deadlift?

[joswift]

Ha! I get wood from doing stiff leg deadlifts but not regular deadlifts. I noticed that when I dropped the stiff's and added regular deadlifts. Added them back and dropped deadlifts and now "boing". Makes no sense to me. Deadlifts supposedly increase your testosterone but I didn't notice any particular increase. Maybe stiff legs affect blood flow or something.

dropeed the stiffs and got a stiff..

[obsidian]

I've thought about this a ridiculous amount over the years because of my approx. 35 years long lover affair with the deadlift. I could be mistaken, plus injuries and physical weaknesses have a strong genetic link as well, but I feel lifts like squats and rows are more injury casing than deadlifts. Almost invariably people with bad lower backs never did ANY serious deadlifting either. And if someone is an avid lifter with a back that is out of order a lot I think a serious deadlift programme is the best answer.

I've torn and herniated a lot of muscles deadlfting but no disc issues. Obviously not saying it's not a risk at all either though.

I  too have noted how weight lifting positively affects libido and general sexual functioning even very acutely. Easier to climax, shortening refractory period and so on. A heavy dead or a squat also seems to immediately increase gripping strength. The other way around, not so much.

I thought my usually supinated on deads bicep was probably immune from tearing after about 4 decades of heavy loading but I hurt it about 2 weeks ago. Still attached but there was some tearing and lots of pain. Ironically just 2 minutes before it happened I was yelling at a guy to keep his arm straight as he was lifting!

Yes. Hack squats will also activate your body like deadlifts. Bench press does not have the same effect.

[pamith]

I believe Dorian could probably deadlift about 650-750 lbs in his prime, if he really wanted to go crazy and max out

[Van_Bilderass]

How did I forget?! Now I remember watching Blood and Guts and Dorian doing his set with like 440lbs. I was like wtf is this shit! I was doing that and not a muscle on my body. Then I read in Flex where he said I'm not trying to win any medals on the deadlift. He was afraid of injuries. Ok so rowing more than that is safe where the back is possibly in a more compromised position? I still don't get it LOL. But he didn't do too badly on the back development LOL.

[pamith]

How did I forget?! Now I remember watching Blood and Guts and Dorian doing his set with like 440lbs. I was like wtf is this shit! I was doing that and not a muscle on my body. Then I read in Flex where he said I'm not trying to win any medals on the deadlift. He was afraid of injuries. Ok so rowing more than that is safe where the back is possibly in a more compromised position? I still don't get it LOL. But he didn't do too badly on the back development LOL.

Bro...

[Humble Narcissist]

How did I forget?! Now I remember watching Blood and Guts and Dorian doing his set with like 440lbs. I was like wtf is this shit! I was doing that and not a muscle on my body. Then I read in Flex where he said I'm not trying to win any medals on the deadlift. He was afraid of injuries. Ok so rowing more than that is safe where the back is possibly in a more compromised position? I still don't get it LOL. But he didn't do too badly on the back development LOL.

Bodybuilders don't have to be smart.

[Van_Bilderass]

Bodybuilders don't have to be smart.

Dorian was and is smart in my opinion. I disagree a bit on how dangerous the deadlift is though. I think BB said he had seen quotes of 500 x 8 of stiffs and that's more like it. You don't have to push to 7-800 but I think well over your rows is reasonably safe. Dorian might have had an even freakier back if he did a little push more, if that's even possible

My most regrettable deadlift injury is diastasis recti or separated abdominal muscles. Started as a small umbilical hernia and then after surgery it started progressing and I just kept deadlifting for decades despite knowing nothing good was coming out of it in that respect. Lifted without a belt too which was stupid. Now I'd need extensive abdominal surgery which a surgeon just told me is not altogether simple and uncomplicated

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[joswift]

Dorian was and is smart in my opinion. I disagree a bit on how dangerous the deadlift is though. I think BB said he had seen quotes of 500 x 8 of stiffs and that's more like it. You don't have to push to 7-800 but I think well over your rows is reasonably safe. Dorian might have had an even freakier back if he did a little push more, if that's even possible

My most regrettable deadlift injury is diastasis recti or separated abdominal muscles. Started as a small umbilical hernia and then after surgery it started progressing and I just kept deadlifting for decades despite knowing nothing good was coming out of it in that respect. Lifted without a belt too which was stupid. Now I'd need extensive abdominal surgery which a surgeon just told me is not altogether simple and uncomplicated

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thats hankins with a dildo up his ass...

[Stephano]

How did I forget?! Now I remember watching Blood and Guts and Dorian doing his set with like 440lbs. I was like wtf is this shit! I was doing that and not a muscle on my body. Then I read in Flex where he said I'm not trying to win any medals on the deadlift. He was afraid of injuries. Ok so rowing more than that is safe where the back is possibly in a more compromised position? I still don't get it LOL. But he didn't do too badly on the back development LOL.

How are you doing your rows?  For most people, the back is in a much less compromised position while rowing, and it's also largely static.  Deadlifts are dangerous when people hunch their backs while lifting very heavy weights, which can happen at almost any point in the movement.  For some people (especially those with short arms) a hunched back can be practically unavoidable.

Deadlifts really aren't worth the injury risk. 

Also, I don't think that there's a very good correlation between deadlift capability and muscularity just in general.  They really don't do a lot to activate the lats/traps.  Rowing is more obviously useful for bodybuilding.