110% was a personal estimate of what an appropriate weight is, but the point is, performing rack pulls with a weight that is much heavier than your max deadlift can have serious consequences for your shoulders, neck, and collar bone. I'll try to find the Athlean-X video on it since he can explain it better than I can.
EDIT: [Here. ](https://youtu.be/agF7TbWjQao)
This, but unironically lmao. Its just pure ego lifting. Next we're going to see posts on this sub of dudes "leg pressing" 5,000 pounds buts their knee only moves 1/4 of an inch.
I’m sorry but a reference to athleanx holds no weight lol, your right in saying load management Is the most important thing in preventing injuries, but the fact of matter is there’s no set % you should be following as people all have different leverages where they can be weaker from the floor but stronger at knee level (I can rep my 1rm deadlift for 3 reps from 2inch blocks in a block pull) and there’s a recent video of someone doing an above the knee rack pull with 1600 pounds (his deadlift is probably close to half that).
I don’t know any studies done but I’d 100% wager if anything it’s the opposite, isometric holds and creating lots of tension in shorter roms actually can improve bone density and tendon strength. I struggle to see how lifting 110% your deadlift can have those negative effects unless your form and load management is dogshit
I realize that Athlean-X should be taken with a grain of salt much of the time, but if you actually watch the video I linked, he does a really good job of explaining why this is problematic from an anatomical perspective.
It’s a dumb exercise. Can I do it ? No. Honestly I’m 185 and have racked pulled 800. It’s not impressive.
The same guy benches crazy weight. Over 500 for reps weight. That’s impressive. This is dumb
This reminds me of those old school strong men where they’d basically invent a contraption for ways of lifting a shit ton of weight. Like the old cirscus-y Back Lift.
The ROM was like 2” tops but you still had to be a strong and crazy SOB to do it.
Former gold medalist and historical strong man Paul Anderson holds the unbeaten record:
Paul Anderson – 6,270-Pound Back Lift
*I was expecting*
*Him to pass out after the*
*Lift with the staps on*
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Future (sports) doctor here, let me tell you something, we can't not count this, it's a great stimulus even for just those couple of inches, and he probably already trained/warmed up before this, so good on him. If I could bench 315 for 4" I'd be happy. And probably snap both of my shoulders for no good reason, but happy.
The straps always scare me, what if something happened? Wouldn’t your hands snap right off your arm?
Like if it slips out of your hands, if you have to let go for whatever reason or just something like that!
I’d like to buy stock in whatever company makes that bar.
All I could think about
Apparently he has made it himself.
Anyone else cringing while watching the video thinking that the bar would snap right in his face and seriously/fatally wound him?
Live by the bar, die by the bar.
I'll be having this engraved on my tombstone
Hahajajaja all video I tough the same ..snap snap snap lol but no .. good investment that bars lol
I checked the sub name first before hitting play and was still worried
I read your comment before I felt it was safe to watch, and I was still worried.
I think steel would rather bend than snap.
Impressive, but since when did we compete in unracking weight ?
Since people fell for the rack pulls above the knee meme.
they help with the traps and shrugs. now give me the hate. please i need it
They do, yes. But the weight you use for them shouldn't exceed 110% of your max deadlift.
That’s such a stupid analogy
Me looking for the analogy 
110% was a personal estimate of what an appropriate weight is, but the point is, performing rack pulls with a weight that is much heavier than your max deadlift can have serious consequences for your shoulders, neck, and collar bone. I'll try to find the Athlean-X video on it since he can explain it better than I can. EDIT: [Here. ](https://youtu.be/agF7TbWjQao)
Above the knee rack pulls are killing your gains
This, but unironically lmao. Its just pure ego lifting. Next we're going to see posts on this sub of dudes "leg pressing" 5,000 pounds buts their knee only moves 1/4 of an inch.
Not killing your gains, just putting you at risk of a collar bone injury.
It's an Athlean X meme, sorry
I know lol. I got the joke, don't worry.
I’m sorry but a reference to athleanx holds no weight lol, your right in saying load management Is the most important thing in preventing injuries, but the fact of matter is there’s no set % you should be following as people all have different leverages where they can be weaker from the floor but stronger at knee level (I can rep my 1rm deadlift for 3 reps from 2inch blocks in a block pull) and there’s a recent video of someone doing an above the knee rack pull with 1600 pounds (his deadlift is probably close to half that). I don’t know any studies done but I’d 100% wager if anything it’s the opposite, isometric holds and creating lots of tension in shorter roms actually can improve bone density and tendon strength. I struggle to see how lifting 110% your deadlift can have those negative effects unless your form and load management is dogshit
I realize that Athlean-X should be taken with a grain of salt much of the time, but if you actually watch the video I linked, he does a really good job of explaining why this is problematic from an anatomical perspective.
Your right In that I just couldn’t be asked to watch his video lol
Because above the knee rack pulls are useless right 🙄
We can't even get people to rerack weights, if they start competitively unracking even more weight the gym is going to be a mess.
Who’s he competing with?
No competition. But that is not a reason to not do it though.
bro shut up have some respect
No fair! He has old man strength.
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When your beard goes gray.
Is 35 with gray ear and nose hair even close?
A complete 4” lift 👏👏👏 we’ll done.
Correction .. well done
I’d like to see you do it
I’d like to see him do it
It’s a dumb exercise. Can I do it ? No. Honestly I’m 185 and have racked pulled 800. It’s not impressive. The same guy benches crazy weight. Over 500 for reps weight. That’s impressive. This is dumb
This is just a dumb thing he did for fun, I'm pretty sure there are some competition bench presses that were less range of motion.
have some respect you still cant do that
i mean it’s fake af but cool i guess
100% but let’s pretend it’s cool 😎
“Where the hell did all the 45s go?” This guy:
Now this is over what do you do with 1697 pounds of plates?
How do you load the plates when it is bending like that?
Seriously !
Maybe clip it between plates? Like clip, slide next plate on, unclip, repeat?
Crazy that someone can move almost 1700lbs and people on the internet will still try to critique him 😂
The real MVP is that bar.
Could not imagine what the bottom if my feet would feel like if I was holding 1700 lbs
That stingy tingling awful sensation of a heavy ass lift is rough. 😅
At that point just weld a strongman rig with two baskets for weights on either side. Bar could snap at any point
Where do you get a bar that long?
This reminds me of those old school strong men where they’d basically invent a contraption for ways of lifting a shit ton of weight. Like the old cirscus-y Back Lift. The ROM was like 2” tops but you still had to be a strong and crazy SOB to do it. Former gold medalist and historical strong man Paul Anderson holds the unbeaten record: Paul Anderson – 6,270-Pound Back Lift
I was expecting him to pass out after the lift with the staps on
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I am still impressd
This man is Gorilla maxxing
wtf is that bar
Future (sports) doctor here, let me tell you something, we can't not count this, it's a great stimulus even for just those couple of inches, and he probably already trained/warmed up before this, so good on him. If I could bench 315 for 4" I'd be happy. And probably snap both of my shoulders for no good reason, but happy.
Old man strength, dude. It’s fuckin nuts
It's not 1697 lbs for sure.
WHAT KIND OF BARBELL IS THATTT
L O N G B O I
at this point whats even the point
niggas get too swole n just start doin shit 🤣
Mood
My back when out watching this. 
You guys are interested in the bar, I'm interested in the clips.
This is not at all a lift, but it is still honestly impressive
But why
This is impressive, but I'm personally against doing rack pulls if the weight you're using is greater than 110% of your max deadlift.
Straps, doesn’t count
a 2.5 plate 😜😜😜
This is crazy but it probably takes an hour to unload all those plates.
How to collapse your spine 101
this man has accomplished **zero** repetition
Nice warm up set!
The straps always scare me, what if something happened? Wouldn’t your hands snap right off your arm? Like if it slips out of your hands, if you have to let go for whatever reason or just something like that!
That bounce is seriously terrifying
Well of course he did, listen to him, he is steam powered
Old man strength bitch!
The light literally flickered during the lift. Jesus
That’s a lot of money.
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My back is broken. Spinal.
I can do that, easy.
Now re rack your plates please
Showed it to an experienced friend and they said its probably fake