How much can you deadlift?

Just done 150kg after not doing the move at all for nearly 7 weeks.

My 1rpm was 170, so i'm happy with that kind of weight after nearly two months off of doing the lift.

I felt that i could of got 160 but i'm happy with what i got.

Goal before the year's out is 185-200kg.

 

Yes it does. The lower back is the most important muscle group in almost any sport. The moment it tires you lose the ability to transfer the power from your legs to your upper body. Without your lower back you are less than half a man. Boxing like any sport is about power angles. The moment you lose your back you lose your power angles. The power may be coming from other places that you think are more important but all of it runs through the lower back.

 

I don't think anyone said there was a correlation between boxing skill and deadlift strength. Deadlifting can help your physical attributes as a boxer, though.

 

The guy was saying that due to his mates greater deadlift numbers his mate would beat him in sparring if he boxed more. Which is kind of a crazy thing to say.
Deadlift is a great exercise but it's not going to make much difference to your boxing game unless you're really lacking strength in the first place.
Boxing is about applying force quickly, improving your strength with deadlift, squat etc. is going to help your power but nowhere near as much as explosive lifting (olympic), actual boxing training and plyometrics will.
I don't know why you're talking about 'the lower back muscle group being the most important' and 'power angles', makes you sound a bit daft.

 

Just because a guy is a great deadlifter densest mean he is a great fighter. His ability to maintain good posture isn't going to save his ass against a better fighter.

When the lower back tires you start stand up and your joints start to lock out as you use more of your bone structure to support your weight. A fighter goes from a good athletic position with bent joints ready to explode, react and move to flat footed.

And that is not unique to boxing. Its the same with every sport. Its our nature to rely on the strength of our bone structure to support our weight when the muscles tire.

 

agree there - but I don't think its only lower back and deadlift related, that's more of a general conditioning and fitness thing.

 

A little over 200kg in my prime, left knee is shot to pieces so I'd be lucky to hit 130kg nowdays.

 

well larry holmes could barely rep 100lb over his head on all stars of whatever it was called back in the 80s.

 

Most I hae deadlifted is 170kgs. I lack confidence in oing much higher as I have hurt my back deadlifting before. I also don't concentrate on maximal strength very often over the course of a year so a lot of the time I am just trying to maintain my strength levels and not gain any additional weight.

 

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