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Originally Posted by Mydivorcegift
Going to give you some tough love....
First your form in this video is much better than the first. Second buy some chuck Taylor's to deadlift in and get out of your tennis shoes.
Third...(here it comes)....stop using a fictitious 1RM calculator and man up and pull the weight WITHOUT straps. If you truly want to work to being able to call yourself an elite deadlifter you have to ditch the straps because guess what? They don't allow straps in contests where you actually lift to achieve an elite status.
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I agree with the shoes and form being better, but I personally lift with people that used straps 80-90% of the time that have pulled 650-725 in comp and it wasn't their grip that failed them. Especially if you are pulling in over/over instead of traditional deadlift grip. Just my opinion of course, I personally lift with no straps all of the time simply because it feels easier to me as I do a traditional deadlift grip.
And I also agree that a 1mr calc is not an accurate representation of what you would lift... Tried that out back in high school and I was sorely disappointed lol...