Brad Gillingham 390 (859) deadlift

[muzimuzi]

this guy is a fucking walking mountain he weights almost 400pd?!!!!

[Wiegieboard]

what a large and strong man. He makes that barbell look like a kids toy!

[tajsports10]

Brad is the man. He gets better as he gets older. I bought his deadlift DVD and play it before and during trainig. He shows it can be done drug free, which I am, and is an inspiration for all. Thanks Brad.  Edge

[TheTrueFortress]

Now THAT'S a deadlift. And double-overhand, too. Guy's a pulling machine. No drugs ... all hard work. 

[Eldred90]

how did he pick that up with them legs??

[ItalianWarrior777]

drug free giant!

[Kelol100]

This is why I use hook grip. May not lift so much weigth but still less rather to have bicep injury and my arms won't grow unevenly. And he is an awesome man.

[Mihaim1382]

Clean ,no jurk ,beautiful

[Ironhoist]

easy money, GOOD LIFT BRAD

[ssanchez951]

jaja hes big and scary and jumps like a little girl at the end

[Zercher]

I was thinking th esame thing! hahahah

[jpl315]

why is every1 saying hook grip is stronger...it isn't...it's better for slipping, which usually isn't a problem in the deadlift cuz velocity is low, and you can still hold the bar with your fingers...in olympic lifting, the bar cant slip at all cuz a lot of the bar's velocity would go down...of course velocity doesnt matter in powerlifting...that being said...this is a very impressive lift

[glueissticky00]

its not the grip its the different position it puts your lower back

[Kranen5]

your right, the hook grip is just a better and more secure way to avoid slipping :)

[ty600]

he is a very down-to-earth kinda guy.....really soft-spoken and humble...i was very honored to have met him two days ago during the world games in taiwan. too bad he didnt do well enough to keep the bronze.

[dend027]

Double overhand eh? Wonder if he has an olympic weightlifting background or something, don't see that grip very often.

[FuckinMuscleDummy]

@dend027 tore a bicep tendon or something so he lifts like that now. phenomenal grip strength

[TheTrueFortress]

Brad's a friend. He stands almost 6'5 and weighs between 320 and 340, depending. He is one of the greats of powerlifting and, as someone else said, a heck of a nice guy.

[tetrick14]

ya he is. he is super nice. he is my cousin.

[entwisenva]

I switched to hook recently. Once your thumbs adapt, stand the hell by. Because grip gets stronger much faster from there.

[pwrlift244]

that form is amazing for that much weight

[bizzomb501]

hes unreal double overhand hes the man.

[grambo22]

Hook grip is stronger than alternate grip if you can stand the pain of 390kg pulling your thumbs.

There's a vid of a Russian olympic lifter, Misha Koklyaev doing 390kg x3 with hook grip, no straps no suit, oly shoes. Best deadlift vid I've seen, search for Koklyaev to see it (vid is called 'deathlift' 390 haha).

[wolfgangle]

I try to change to hook grip but it`s very hard, my hands / fingers are shorter than his. he got drugtested 50+ times, he is the MAN

[powerlifter501]

Damn straight he is. A hell of a nice guy too. He smokes all these phoney supers that are all jacked up.

[bighankkreator]

About Big Brad's height. I have found sources saying that he is 6'4" and others saying that he is 6'5".

[lilsuperman87]

Some say 6'3". He's tall, but strong as shit. At that height you have to be 290+ to do extremely well in strength sports.

[frankatwestern]

wow extra points for the sweet jumping dance after haha

[ran2ger]

woah, how do you lift that much with that grip!?! how do you lift that much full stop! that's amazing! haha i think the guy in the white t-shirt was thinking the same thing

[chevyqboy78]

damn i loose grip at 300 with over hand and not dead lift grip

[redcav04]

how tall is big brad? I was thinking 6'5", but I'm not sure...I know he's at least 6'2"...anybody know?

[wilwn]

FLAWLESS deadlifting.

[ncpowerlifter]

Simply Awesome Deadlift - congrats -I will scream like a girl when I hit 300kg :)

[brujomm]

congratulations champion!

I was present in the championship! it is a pride to be present!

I am Gabriel garcia of Mexico!

Many championships for you!

greetings!

[kraftsportNO]

holy shit!

[AlexanderLarsen]

Oh fucking shit! Overhand grip to!

[cepoctb]

Hook grip.

[arj0878]

no it was double overhand

[ehlpitel]

You can do double overhand with a hook grip- look up hook grip in google, I think you misunderstand what we're saying.

[arj0878]

ahhhh yes...i see. just a misunderstanding

[ohbabycarpediem]

is he using a hook grip?

[beebuddy]

It's gotta be, insane still...

[ElPorteroBestia]

Yes, he is. The Gillingham's are famous for big lifts and great technique- hook grip being the best deadlift technique ever discovered!

[atish8888]

@cepoctb

thats not a hook grip

[amarone1956]

@atish8888 I bet it is.

[RuggerFlail]

@atish8888 Yes... It is.. Index and middle fingers hooked over the thumb is exactly what a hook grip is..

[maxbm]

Badass.