490x2 squat, 580-lb. deadlift at ~155 lbs. bodyweight

[KyleKeough]

I'm a busy bee getting ready for a UPA meet on July 20th. Here is some recent lifting--bodyweight for these sessions is down to about 155 lbs., and I'm competing at 148.

[storm1507]

Great lifts. Good luck at the meet.

[dabucche]

I'm not judging you, but I'm just curious; why do you want to stay at the 148lb class? Is it just personal preference or is there another reason

[wowice]

great job op, very strong

[0pti]

very strong! hope one day I will be close to that.

[Black_Spit]

I don't know if I've ever seen anyone squat like that. Very unusual. But if it works for you...

[KyleKeough]

Great lifts. Good luck at the meet.

Thank you much.

I'm not judging you, but I'm just curious; why do you want to stay at the 148lb class? Is it just personal preference or is there another reason

I'm still getting stronger, and the 165s are a million years ahead of me. I can be very good at 148 for a while, but it's going to take a long commitment to grow into the 165-lb. weight class. I'm also only 5'4", so I'd have to put on a lot of muscle to be competitive up at that weight class. The difference is just that 1400 at 148 is very rare (only six have done it in history, and four did it with wraps), whereas 1400 at 165 might not even get you in the top 10 in the U.S.

great job op, very strong

Thanks.

very strong! hope one day I will be close to that.

Well, I'm trying to do the same thing with people who are a lot stronger than me, so we're all in the same boat.

I don't know if I've ever seen anyone squat like that. Very unusual. But if it works for you...

It's weird; you can say it. I know it is.

[PhreEkGarden]

Just curious, what does your training look like?

[breathinglife]

Great work; I love following your stuff on YouTube. (I'm the user etwade; you've commented on some of my vids in the past I think.) I actually posted your 501 squat from the NASA meet in this forum a while back because of your strength and your highly unusual stance.

[KyleKeough]

Just curious, what does your training look like?

I keep a log in the PL training log sub-forum, but basically, I bench on Monday, squat on Tuesday, bench on Wednesday, squat on Thursday and Friday, bench on Saturday, and deadlift on Saturday. Weekly NBLs, average RPE, and intensity range changes in relation to an upcoming meet; early in my cycle, I do more accessory work and lift variants (i.e. floor press for bench), then focus on the main movements as I get closer to a meet. My training's a lot different from what it was even six months ago though, as this is only the second time I've run a macrocycle like this.

Great work; I love following your stuff on YouTube. (I'm the user etwade; you've commented on some of my vids in the past I think.) I actually posted your 501 squat from the NASA meet in this forum a while back because of your strength and your highly unusual stance.

Yeah, I watch your channel all the time, Everett. Thanks for that--hopefully I'll have a better squat than 501 logged in a couple of weeks. The strength is there; it's just a matter of putting it together in a meet now.

[breathinglife]

Yeah, I watch your channel all the time, Everett. Thanks for that--hopefully I'll have a better squat than 501 logged in a couple of weeks. The strength is there; it's just a matter of putting it together in a meet now.

Your DL is insane by the way. Nipping at my heels at a much, much lower BW. I didn't realize it was that much.

[KyleKeough]

Your DL is insane by the way. Nipping at my heels at a much, much lower BW. I didn't realize it was that much.

Well, when I started training, my deadlift came easy, and my squat and bench press lagged. I spent a couple of years building up those lifts, and my deadlift progress slowed to a crawl. Now, I'm training my deadlift differently, with a ton more volume, and I've modified my technique. In the past, I would pull once a week and usually do just 3-4 heavy singles with some light speed pulls; I was doing enough to maintain it, but not enough to really see much progress. Now, I'm just doing a lot more heavy deadlifting, and it's gone up a lot in the last two months. I pulled 573 at a meet in April, but I think it's gone up a lot since then, because the rep numbers are much higher now. Just to give you an idea of the progress:



Here, I pulled 500x5 off of 2.5" blocks on May 12th.



Here's 521x6, done off the floor on Sunday. Granted, it's with a deadlift bar, but I definitely feel a big difference in my pull. We'll see where it ends up.

[smithnick1993]

Nice lifting