EC-650DL-Good

http://ericcressey.com/maximumstrength
Eric Cressey
650 Deadlift
APF Pine Tree State Open
December 8, 2007

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[omish190]

... so does picking up a pencil off the floor

Max effort lifts rarely have perfect form.

I'd like to see anyone near his bodyweight deadlift 650 with flawless technique. Furthermore, the kyphosis (look it up) to which you are referring is slight, and mainly in the thoracic rather than lumbar region, which is due to the fact that you cannot create scapular retraction with super-heavy loads. A Neutral spine is DEFINED by thoracic kyphosis (t1-t12).

this is a huge lift-- take it for what it is

[joneskgwu]

dude, don't talk shit about Eric

he'll kill you

[TheCatalystKing]

Holy shit, look at the colour of his legs compared to his torso.

[MrGeneralskruf]

@omish190 okey , here u have it, Erik Gunhamn 365 kg marklyft

[mjmathes]

That was an inspirational lift!

[Jacobomo]

@wsman18 it is a problem. thoracic flexion however, is not when lifting weights of over 500 pounds

[drionsh]

tony gentilecore is the only person ive ever seen who has a perfect form max effort DL

[wsman18]

You most likely didn't have the back pain we are talking about unless you have very poor genetics, the disc bulge, degeneration, and we are not speaking of just discs. We are speaking of ligaments as well as bones. You had pain caused from muscles or out of place vertebrae pressing on muscles. 50% of us do not have disc bulges or degeneration.

[wsman18]

The food we eat does become us. But the amount of time it takes for ligaments to be reproduced from dietary sources is very significant. If you are talking about joints, cartillage has no blood flow, and it takes 7 years for a bone to be entirely remodeled from new dietary sources.

Emotionaly should be classified as endocrine. Endorphins don't determine the presence of damage or lack of damage, pain free doesn't mean damage free.

[mrdiko]

I was a teenager who had back pain. Some days I couldn't put my school shoes on. I had no accident that could explain it.

50%+ of us have disc bulges, degeneration, etc. They don't cause pain in most people. I know people with clear(no dysfunction) MRI's and have had crippling back pain for years. Point is, spine anomalies may be 'normal' and not the cause of pain.

Many unknowns in the world of spine health and back pain.

[mrdiko]

Nutritional - The food we eat becomes 'us', so I believe it has an impact on joint integrity.

Emotional - No going to influence mechanical issues, but weather we experience pain or not.

[wsman18]

Primal man most likely would not have had to lift things heavy enough to compromise his spine. Teenagers get back pain along with everyone, but not the same back pain we are talking about. Typicaly on average even in todays world you do not see teenagers with ligament, or disc damage unless they have been in a SERIOUS accident, so it is very unlikely to have occurred in primal mans life.