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I think sometimes people forget that I’m not a professional strength athlete. I’m not a powerlifter or a strongwoman competitor. I’m a coach who loves getting stronger and trains seriously but I’m still just someone trying to improve my own lifts. People often comment on my videos as if my lifts should be judged against elite strength sport standards, and I think that misses the point completely. An RDL is also a very different lift from a conventional or hex bar deadlift. You’re holding the bar for the entire set, there’s no reset on the floor between reps and because of the position of the bar relative to the hips, the hip extension demands are high. It’s a controlled mechanically demanding hinge and for most people who also train conventional or hex bar deadlifts, it’s not going to be their strongest deadlift variation. And in a normal commercial gym, I very rarely see genuinely heavy RDLs performed with controlled reps and good execution. Heavy RDLs are not something most recreational lifters are casually throwing around. Does that mean 130kg is some elite strength sport number? No. I’ve never claimed that. But it was the heaviest RDL set I’ve ever done. So yes, I weigh around 115kg. And yes 130kg is about 1.13x my bodyweight. But that DOES NOT make it “only 15kg more than my bodyweight” The 130kg is the external load in my hands. My bodyweight does not get subtracted from the bar. There will always be somebody stronger. There will always be somebody lifting more. That doesn’t make your own progress insignificant. For me 130kg for 4 reps beltless was a PB and my best work yet in terms of technique. And people on the internet trying to minimise it doesn’t make it any less of an achievement.
I think sometimes people forget that I’m not a professional strength athlete. I’m not a powerlifter or a strongwoman competitor. I’m a coach who loves getting stronger and trains seriously but I’m still just someone trying to improve my own lifts. People often comment on my videos as if my lifts should be judged against elite strength sport standards, and I think that misses the point completely. An RDL is also a very different lift from a conventional or hex bar deadlift. You’re holding the bar for the entire set, there’s no reset on the floor between reps and because of the position of the bar relative to the hips, the hip extension demands are high. It’s a controlled mechanically demanding hinge and for most people who also train conventional or hex bar deadlifts, it’s not going to be their strongest deadlift variation. And in a normal commercial gym, I very rarely see genuinely heavy RDLs performed with controlled reps and good execution. Heavy RDLs are not something most recreational lifters are casually throwing around. Does that mean 130kg is some elite strength sport number? No. I’ve never claimed that. But it was the heaviest RDL set I’ve ever done. So yes, I weigh around 115kg. And yes 130kg is about 1.13x my bodyweight. But that DOES NOT make it “only 15kg more than my bodyweight” The 130kg is the external load in my hands. My bodyweight does not get subtracted from the bar. There will always be somebody stronger. There will always be somebody lifting more. That doesn’t make your own progress insignificant. For me 130kg for 4 reps beltless was a PB and my best work yet in terms of technique. And people on the internet trying to minimise it doesn’t make it any less of an achievement.

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