Interview with strongman and competition bencher, Charles Bean

[Sean Katterle]

Charles Bean

Competitive Strongman and Bencher

Interviewed on House of Pain's BLOG

Discussed in the Interview:

A) How to Get Into Northwest Strongman Competitions

B) Training for Strongman Specific Events

C) Raw Bench Power Training

D) Nutrition for Strongman Training Recovery

E) Charles' Personal Strength Sports Competition Background

To read the whole interview, please visit

http://www.houseofpain3.com/wlsnews/index.php

[El_Pajero]

hart wie kruppstahl.

[QuakerOats]

is he doing reverse band deadlifts? never seen anyone do those.

[Sean Katterle]

is he doing reverse band deadlifts? never seen anyone do those.

They're a great deadlift building exercise.

Start with a weight that's 90 pounds or so above your 1RM. Attach a few pairs of mini bands to the bar. When that lift gets easy take away 1 of the mini band pairs. Repeat over the course of a training cycle until there's no bands involved at all and you're hitting a new deadlift PR. 

You can do this with different combos of weight and bands but you shouldn't get to the point where the weight's too far above your regular 1RM and there's too many bands assisting you with the pull. But you get the general idea.

[QuakerOats]

They're a great deadlift building exercise.

Start with a weight that's 90 pounds or so above your 1RM. Attach a few pairs of mini bands to the bar. When that lift gets easy take away 1 of the mini band pairs. Repeat over the course of a training cycle until there's no bands involved at all and you're hitting a new deadlift PR. 

You can do this with different combos of weight and bands but you shouldn't get to the point where the weight's too far above your regular 1RM and there's too many bands assisting you with the pull. But you get the general idea.

so does the bar hang from something at the top instead of resting on the floor?

[Sean Katterle]

so does the bar hang from something at the top instead of resting on the floor?

No. If you're using say 600 pounds of bar weight and you've got 2 pairs of Light Flex Bands attached to the bar, then the "weight" will be 460-500 pounds on the floor, about 510-550 pounds at knee height and 600 pounds at lockout.

Obviously, what you use for bar weight and which flex bands you put on will alter this but you should be using hundreds more pounds in bar weight than the amount of pull created by the flex bands hanging off the power rack or chin up bar.

[Vet]

Reverse band deadlifts are great.

[hangclean]

so does the bar hang from something at the top instead of resting on the floor?

You hang the bands from the top of a power rack, dipshit!