Donnie Thompson's 800 lb deadlift

[Nateboyee]

thats so fucking easy

[bigwordssmallbrain]

can someone ask donnie where he got his custom foam cube that he sits on?

[6reevesy9]

if only his dead was up to par, i dont understand, his back can hold 1300 for a squat but about 60% of that for a dead

[TitWarlord]

how come he can bench more than he can deadlift? i thought deadlift was supposed to be more...

[KBCThird]

@TitWarlord - his deadlift is more than his unequipped bench, but benches done in a bench shirt are sometimes more than deadlifts

[indbolwebelieve]

@TitWarlord how can you squat 2x your deadlift?

[TinyPowerlifter]

Donnie's HUGE

[snizshizzle]

Hey was that a double-overhand hook grip?

[KBCThird]

yes

[ElPorteroBestia]

No, Donnie pulls switch grip, always has.

[volatileacid]

Watch the ronnie coleman video - he does it for two reps, and he ain't even a powerlifter!

[tinalafex]

I own the ronnie coleman video in which ronnie does that (the unbelievable) and ronnie didn't do it after an 850+ squat and a 600 lb bench.

Really, both are incredible accomplishments. Why do people feel they have to belittle one guy's accomplishments when someone else's are perfectly capable of standing on their own merits?

[volatileacid]

I didn't belittle his effort. You read too much into things.

[wendellsowers1234]

it wasnt raw

[snizshizzle]

and he touch and go'd which makes it a shit load easier. And yes Ronnie does have a PL background.

[ElPorteroBestia]

He's also wearing straps.

[FuckinMuscleDummy]

@ElPorteroBestia no...no he isnt

[johnnyu3]

I was there. It was funny cause it was a huge place & only 100-150 people there. UFC fighter Quinton Rampage Jackson was there as well. They had powerlifting then fights later that night.

[soloskater1]

what does he pull now? i dont see how he is in any competition with Bolton

[bigwill00013]

his 900 bench is what makes him competition for bloton

[joeschmoe2003]

Now that is an impressive lift. 800 lbs with no gear and a double overhand grip; this is a true deadlift!

[amarone1956]

Regular grip is one over and one under. Hook grip always tears up my thumbs.

[KBCThird]

what is this shit doing here? nobody said anything about misha. The fact that misha is stronger doesnt take away from what donnie did at all. dont tell me "type 390*3 if u don't believe me" you ass clown, i've met misha and seen him compete in person. this comment is so ridiculous im deleting it

[Senseial]

That is a double overhand. Getting very popular thanks to guys like Brad Gillingham. Brad has over 50 competition pulls of over 800 and uses double overhand hook grip. Awesome grip strength to do it.

[KBCThird]

except that hook grip isnt usually referred to as double overhand. It's different

[zztoproadster]

He wasn't using double overhand. He was using a regular grip.

[raikkonen85]

same thing

[zztoproadster]

No, double overhand is just what it says...Regular grip is one over, one under...

[raikkonen85]

regualr is double overhand, hook or mixed grip is one over one under

[zztoproadster]

Regular would be what 99.9% of people use. That's why it's regular. DOuble ovehand would be irregular.

[crackyflipside]

HOLY CRAP, did he do a double overhand grip?!?

[KBCThird]

No way he did double overhand. I cant remember if he went over under or hook-gripped, but if anythign that was a hook-grip

[apekatt2007]

Yep

[crimsonremorse]

yeah with a big bounce and wrist straps, because his grip is no where near as good as donnie's

[ncpowerlifter]

How do you gather Andys grip is not as good?

Any did over 1000 at Worlds WPC in New York...straps not allowed.

800 is great none the less..he was using an alternate grip BTW

[ageofempires]

and andy bolton does 1000 pounds, wuts the fuckin difference, 800 pounds is still 800 pounds, so just because someone else does it twice it means that its still not impressive, idiot.

[wildeyed]

There is a huge difference between 1000 and 800. It's much worse than like going from 300 to 500. Most of the 800 deadlifters will never hit 1000 in their lives.

[ageofempires]

i know theres a huge difference, ur completely missing the point of wut i said. somebody mentioned ron coleman did 800 for 2 reps and i said ya well theres people who do more but still 800 pounds is fuckin impressive.

[rehwwe]

yea man

these people are acting like 800 is light

[aars029]

holy shit did u see the bar bend!!

thats one mean fucker haha

[Tigerteeth5EXY]

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