You want to know what the “deadlift standards” are.
Most likely, you want to know how YOU stack up to these deadlift standards.
Fair enough and lucky for you, we have all of the stats to back up what these standards are by gender, weight, age, and deadlift variation.
The overall goal of Army PRT is to enhance each soldier’s overall strength, endurance, and mobility, so they can be ready to face the physical demands their service requires.
That being said, if you’re a soldier struggling with certain aspects of the ACFT, you might want to look into more traditional (or simply non-Army PRT) training style to complement your PRT work. Maybe even incorporate CrossFit into your training; these athletes seem pretty good at the ACFT!
For an exercise as popular as the bench press, you would think that there would be a multitude of speciality barbells dedicated to the exercise. Olympic weightlifting barbells are known for their incredible spin and “whip”.
Dedicated deadlift bars are generally longer and thinner than other Olympic-sized barbells.
…and “bench press bars”….well….
Despite what you may have seen on TV (especially in recent times) rucking is actually a pretty challenging practice.
…but with challenge comes extensive benefits and even some cool bragging rights and swag for those who complete the most challenging ruck marches!
…on the surface, it looks like any old Olympic-sized barbell you’d lift with at the gym.
It’s long, heavy, metal, has some knurling and knurl rings.
A simple barbell…right?
Wrong! .
The Godfather of Grips…
You probably use a pronated grip for A LOT of exercises.
Your probably NEVER actually think about using this grip.
Start thinking about it; you’ll probably hit a PR.
Mark Rippetoe on his “Strength Standards”
“We did them in 2006. Me and Lon (Kilgore) pulled them out of our asses, okay? He pulled some out of my ass, I pulled some out of his ass. They are meaningless bullshit. If you are even semi-conscious you will IGNORE THEM COMPLETELY. But if you reproduce them, say where you got them.”
Have fun!
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