climber511 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 http://ditillo2.blogspot.com/ I found this today and thought it might be of interest here on the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobs86 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Thanks. His blog makes for some interesting reading with fantastic pictures for those of you curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 pretty neat little article. I had no idea cambered bars were allowed; like the article says, HUGE difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthcarl Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 (edited) That is pretty interesting. I like using a cambered bar, but it only upped my max by 30 lbs. edit to note - Mark Felix's recent lift is heavier than any mentioned in that article. Edited November 16, 2008 by The Writer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickr104 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 A cambered bar is about the same as hooking it. My best is 265 on a normal bar no hook and 385 on my cambered bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stew2 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Neat article ! Nick and I were talking about the onehand deadlift last night. I finally broke down and tried it first time since MGC to see how far off I am now. It ended up quite a bit but I found I was able to do about 25# more on my non knurled Old york olympic bar. My 1 1/8" knurled bar with pretty heavy knurling dropped me way off it unlike the other(I'm a big wimp).I felt like I can lock my hand in better and without pain on the nonknurled bar which is the bar I've done 300#on (in the now distant past as I found out) this bar is also not cambered. Nick told me he had the same issue anyone else have similiar deal or jsut us weirdos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
climber511 Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 I don't own a bar that truly has no center knurling. My Eleiko training bar has a very very light knurl but it has an extremely smooth chrome finish and of course spins like crazy. I do considerably less weight on it in a one hand DL. And yes - you guys are weirdos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dthor Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I was able to do about 25# more on my non knurled Old york olympic bar. My 1 1/8" knurled bar with pretty heavy knurling dropped me way off it unlike the other I have noticed this too on a lesser extent. My York bar is a bit thinner, approximately 1 1/16" instead of 1 1/8" with no knurling. I usually use a 1 1/8" bar with heavy knurling. It seems to rotate fairly easy, with very little give or bending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthcarl Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Ah well. My numbers are 245 on a center-knurled Olympic bar and 275 on the cambered bar (which is a slightly larger diameter). Both conventional style, no hook. Straddling the bar doesn't help me. My two-handed mix-grip max is only 405 for comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stew2 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 (edited) . And yes - you guys are weirdos Oh believe me I know you don't want in here it scares me and I'm only here part of the time Edited November 16, 2008 by stew2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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