just sayin hello and deadlift help

JohnOvManc said:
hey all,

JohnOvManc just saying hello
Some ppl here have met me before at other forum meets or gyms round about manchester... helo to everyone who was at Sugdens Strongest... I was stood with boar/fat pete

everyone else, I've got no respectable achievements so I'm just your everyday garden BBer type trainer but have always had an interest in power/strongman stuff, I don't have what it takes to compete but I would like to increase my lifts a bit... to be perfectly honest I want to focus massivly on the deadlift.

OK... where I need help
DEADLIFTS, really doing my head in at the moment.
Didn't train deads until late last year, progress was fairly swift, 180kg was my best 1RM but I hadn't tried for singles that was my 1st go.

In Oct I torn my hamstring and had a lot of time off opening a shop in clayton (Manchester)... been back at he gym, trainings going well in all other areas but deadlifts it getting to me, I've got a huge urge to get to 200kg. But even tho 180kg went up easy enough before the ham tear so weeks I can not get it off the ground and it leaves me mentally feeling deflated.

Got some advice on other forums... reduce reps, increasing singles but still faling short.
Should I forget the single 1rm for a couple of weeks and start repping again?
If so... what should I rep for my worksets?

thanks in adviance

turbokid said:
u might want to become a steelfixer mate for them deads i can pull a 205kg dead with straps on and ive only trained for 2 and a half month with weights and only trained deads 3 times ever in my life

turbokid said:
ye but ken you have trained 4 over 4 years with weights and ive done only 75 days thats with rests.

turbokid said:
no it was ent cause thats where i get my deadlifting power from and its good seeming i dident lift weights and for my size and i should only be bout 67-68 kgs anyway