Deadlift 1.5× Your Bodyweight

Proof required

Submit: (1) video of your current best deadlift attempt showing full lockout from the side; (2) bodyweight note from the same session; (3) one specific form issue identified.

What gets checked

• Video shows bar starting from the floor (not blocks), hips fully locked out at the top with spine neutral
• Bodyweight and loaded weight are both stated so the 1.5× target is calculable
• A specific form issue is named — hitching, back rounding, early hip rise, or bar drift

Common mistakes

• Hitching on heavy sets: the deadlift hitch (using thighs to re-lever the bar) makes the lift look heavier than it is and masks the actual strength level
• Lower back rounding at heavy loads: normalising a rounded lower back during the 1RM attempt carries forward into injury risk at heavier training loads

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What a verifier looks for

• Does the video show a full floor-to-lockout deadlift with hips fully extended at the top?
• Are both bodyweight and bar weight documented so the 1.5× target is calculable?
• Is the named form issue specific — not just 'form was good'?

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Proof required

Submit: (1) 6-week training log showing deadlift weight/sets/reps for each session; (2) video of your heaviest set in the final week of the block.

What gets checked

• Log shows ≥15 deadlift sessions over 6 weeks with clearly increasing weights
• Final-week heavy video shows technique equal to or cleaner than the M1 baseline — not degraded under heavier load
• Progression is weekly across the 6 weeks — not one big jump at the end

Common mistakes

• Skipping the deadlift on hard days: many trainees default to squats when tired and skip the deadlift — this breaks the linear progression and the compound effect is lost
• Neglecting back-off sets: a single max attempt each session without volume work is not a training programme — use working sets

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What a verifier looks for

• Does the log show at least 15 sessions over 6 weeks with incrementally increasing weights?
• Does the final-week video show technique at least as clean as the M1 assessment?
• Are any missed sessions or deloads explained?

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Proof required

Submit: (1) unedited side-angle video of the 1.5× BW deadlift from floor to lockout with plates legible; (2) same-session scale photo confirming bodyweight.

What gets checked

• Bar starts from the floor — not blocks — and hips reach full extension with spine neutral at lockout
• Plates on bar are legible or explicitly stated, and match 1.5× documented bodyweight
• Lift is unassisted: no straps on hands, no hitching off thighs

Common mistakes

• Hitching: using the thighs as a fulcrum to re-lever the bar past a sticking point — this is a technical failure, not a completed lift
• Hyperextension at lockout: leaning back aggressively at the top to force lockout appearance — a neutral-spine lockout is the standard

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What a verifier looks for

• Does the video show a full floor-to-lockout deadlift with hip extension — no hitching?
• Are plates legible or bar weight explicitly confirmed against the scale photo?
• Is the video continuous and unedited from setup to standing?

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