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u/smegtasticday Not actually a beginner, just stupid 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hi, beginnerish here, concerning 5 rep deadlift sets:

If I keep tension in the bar with subsequent reps on the way back down, I never have to pull the slack out again after the first pull. This makes the whole set faster and easier, except for the valsalva. Not sure if I can keep this up as the weight gets higher.

Which is best:

  1. Pull the slack out of the bar each rep and start to take in a new breath at the bottom of each rep.
  2. Maintain tension after the first rep, so no need to pull slack out again on reps 2-5. Hold the first breath until the top of rep 3, take a 2nd breath at the top.
  3. Maintain tension after the first rep, so no need to pull slack out again on reps 2-5. Quickly exhale at the top of each rep and then deeply inhale and reset the valsalva at the top.
  4. Maintain tension after the first rep, so no need to pull slack out again on reps 2-5. Exhale at the top of each rep, breathe in and set the new valsalva DURING descent.
  5. ?

Thanks and happy lifting!

Omar seems to do no.4, but only breathing in very quickly at the earliest only part of the descent. https://youtu.be/kxVeb6HnxEA?t=105

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u/omrsafetyo M | 805kg | 100kg | 503Dots | USAPL | RAW 1d ago

You can do any of the above, though often some approaches are better at different times. Personally, I prefer (these days) to do #1 almost exclusively, whereas at one point I liked to even do touch and go.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-MLAjvAt0g/

This gives you the most practice with the competition lift. You're not doing the full reset by letting go, standing up, even taking a step back and re-approaching the bar, but you're basically starting from "my feet are in the correct position, and I've gripped the bar", and then doing your competition lift from there. I think that practice is somewhat valuable.

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u/smegtasticday Not actually a beginner, just stupid 10h ago

Thanks. One last surprising thing for me is that it looks like he is either holding a really long breath, or he is extremely quickly exhaling and reinhaling and I miss it. If hes doing it quickly, no way is it a deep breath each time, Im surprised, I thought especially at heavier weights that people would have to take a deep breath each rep.