9 Tips To Help You Deadlift 2x Your Bodyweight

This might sound like a bit of a weird one, but I reckon if you think about it you’ve probably seen that guy in the gym doing deadlifts without his shoes on. I imagine you thought it was unhygienic and disgusting, and that he was probably just some weird dude. I bet he had a great deadlift though. As you will know by this stage of the game, I am a hard core advocate of using bodyweight exercises to build strength, endurance, superb abdominal and total body conditioning. Bodyweight exercises begin with your basic push-up and squats, and then move on to a higher and more intense and effective levels.

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To be able to deadlift 2x your bodyweight you need to work on your starting strength and powering the bar up from the floor, this will help you drive through the sticking point and up to the lockout position. Work on building strength in any of these movements to improve your strength from the floor when deadlifting. Ultimately whether you wear one or not is a matter of personal choice but it’s safe to say if you are performing near maximal reps then a belt could be a great help.

• 3 rounds of


• Pullups, 5 reps


• Concentric - Rising portion of the movement (example: pulling yourself during a pullup)


• Pushups, 3x10, 60 seconds rest between each set


• Pushups, 10 reps


• Diamond push ups

If that’s still too tough, lower to your knees and do diamond push ups in a half push up position. Hands down, dips are one of the best triceps exercises of all time since they focus almost solely on your triceps muscles. Do enough dips and you’re guaranteed to get stronger, more defined triceps than ever before. As a bonus, dips are an incredibly functional exercise. Plyo box-based exercises are actually some of the easiest exercises to find creative substitutes for, since all you really need is something sturdy to jump on such as a bench or a set of stairs. The only trick is that you might not find one high enough for you, especially if you’re used to jumping on higher boxes — but hey, it’s better than nothing.

Tip: to make this exercise harder, try doing plyo dips, dips using rings, or for the ultimate triceps exercise, try muscle ups. Grip your dip bar with straight arms and place your feet on an elevated surface so that your legs are straight and parallel to the floor. Keep your chest up and shoulders back, then lower down so that your arms form a 90 degree angle (or just lower as far as you can).

Leg training builds testosterone and really accelerates fat burning.

Ever throw up doing bench presses, I never did as a matter of fact I threw up only one time in my life during training and it wasn't from sprints or calisthenics; it was after a set of 20 rep squats. Leg training builds testosterone and really accelerates fat burning. So is it possible to get a good full body workout only doing bodyweight exercises, Yes, definitely. Actually, in my opinion you can get a much better full body workout with nothing but a chinup bar and the floor than you can doing typical gym exercises like bench press, bicep curls, and so on.