Get some wrist straps! That's too hard on your hands - and you beat them up enough as it is.....
The other day (we do strength testing once a month) I was doing leg press with 16 X 45# plates (720lbs). We work up to this weight of course - warming up with many reps at increasing weight - but I was able to do 5 reps at that weight. Any time I'm doing dead lifts etc -- I'm using straps to take that strain off my fingers/hands.
Thanks guys...Greg you are right, all the big guys use straps. Started 18 months ago and love how I feel. better than in my 20's, reversed years of lower back problems from wrenching for decades.
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] CHRIS HOLSTROM CONCEPTS
Love the deadlift, but don't ever take a lesson from those crossfit nuts (I chop real wood every couple of days, so I live the crossfit dream). Speed and deadlifting do not mix. It's amazing what you can do when you put your rear into it!