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Deadcember Challenge

  • Day Thirty One (New Year's Eve)

      31 December 2021
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    Day 31: Conventional Deadlift, 2 x (6, 4, 2) wave load style, here is Brent leading from the front as always in this challenge, a final set of 170 x 2, no straps, then he strapped up and pulled a 180 for a solid single, amazing, please find it in your hearts and your wallets to give at least $10, as I mentioned previously the cost of 2 FuFu drinks from Starbuck's, ashley

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  • Day Thirty

      30 December 2021
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    Day 30: Farmer's Walk Implements Deadlift, 6 sets x 4 reps, ashley here doing his best to keep up with the other members of the group, cheers, ashley

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  • Extended Time

      29 December 2021

    Just wanted to update you all and tell you that we have extended the closing date till January 5 to enable all those people wishing to donate after we have finished the event the chance to Give A Little, our goal is at least $3000NZD, so please spread the link through all your social media and your family and friends please, thank you, ashley, simon & brent

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  • Day Twenty Nine

      29 December 2021
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    Day 29: Deficit Sumo stance Deadlift, 8 sets x 3 reps, Simon here doing a great job on the movement, ashley

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  • Day Twenty Eight

      28 December 2021
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    Day 28: Conventional Deadlift with Chains 12 sets x 2 reps (chain weight 23kg, always leave some chain on the ground so it does not swing, so in our case we are using 75% of the total chain weight as our loading), Brent once again here showing us both how it is done properly, ashley

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  • Day Twenty Seven

      27 December 2021
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    Day 27: Fat Bar (non-revolving axle bar) Conventional Deadlift 4 sets x 6 reps, certainly a grip challenge, ashley

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  • Day Twenty Six

      26 December 2021
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    Day 26: Conventional Deadlift with bands, here is Brent with indomitable spirit leading the way once again, 8 sets x 3 reps with an extra approximately 60-70kg total band tension at the top of the movement, ashley

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  • Day Twenty Five

      25 December 2021
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    Merry Christmas Day 25: Band Deadlifts

    1 x 24 with 2 orange bands from elitefts.com, Simon with a special guest appearance, have a great day, ashley

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  • Day Twenty Four

      24 December 2021
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    Day 24; 'twas the night before Christmas Zercher Deadlifts in Rack with Axle/Fat Bar 12 sets x 2 reps, ashley

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  • Day Twenty Three

      23 December 2021
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    Day 23: Landmine Deadlifts 2 sets x 12 reps, here is Brent doing the great mahi once again, you can always make a donation on behalf of someone else as an excellent Christmas gift that keeps on giving long after the wrapping paper has been recycled, ashley

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  • Day Twenty Two

      22 December 2021
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    Day 22: Snatch grip Romanian Deadlift, 4 sets x 6 reps, Simon here leading the way, ashley

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  • Day Twenty One

      21 December 2021
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    Day 21 Chair (Box) Sumo Deadlift, 8 sets x 3 reps, that is 3 weeks in the bag, thank you everyone for your support and well wishes, ashley

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  • Day Twenty

      20 December 2021
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    Day 20: Asymmetric Deadlift 6 sets x 4 reps (2 each side), Brent was amazing today hardly looked like there was a difference in load each side, he started with a 10kg asymmetry and finished with a 20kg variation. ashley

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  • Day Ninteen

      19 December 2021
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    Day 19: Odd Object to Shoulder from floor or low plinth, 12 sets x 2 reps (1 each shoulder), in the video Simon doing a great job with the Rogue Cyclone bag, this one filled with sand and weighing just over 50kg. I have always been a fan of lifting different objects, usually stones from their resting place to above head or to shoulder, ever since reading Of Stones & Strength by Steve Jeck & Peter Martin introduced me to one of my now favourite words, ANTHROPOMORPHISM - "the attribution of human characteristics to non-human objects" ashley

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  • Day Eighteen

      18 December 2021
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    Day 18: Reeves Deadlift, 6 sets x 4 reps. Twas the week before Christmas and the fingers may recover eventually a great challenge for finger and hand strength, giving the lower body a wee rest, ashley

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  • Day Seventeen

      17 December 2021
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    Day 17: Banded Kettle Bell Deadlift, 1 set x 24 reps, harder than it looks, we added two bands to the KB to increase the weight, worked quite well and the gluts were certainly on fire towards the end of the cardio session, ashley

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  • Day Sixteen

      16 December 2021
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    Day 16 and over the half way hump for the month, Snatch Grip Pulls from the floor 12 sets x 2 reps. Actually I felt like an extra from Night of the Walking Dead or similar of the genre, apologies to Olympic Lifters for the lack of technical proficiency in this movement today, a wee bit rounded in the start position, ashley

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  • Day Fifteen

      15 December 2021
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    Day 15: Virtual Shovel Lift over a 24 inch plyometric box, 6 sets x 4 reps each side, this is an excellent movement with a lot of core activation going on, certainly one for my exercise selection charts moving forward, ashley

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  • Day Fourteen

      14 December 2021
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    Day 14: Kettle Bell Swing, 1 set x 24 reps, Brent showing the way here and adding a red band to intensify the movement with the 32kg KB, ashley

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  • Day Thirteen

      13 December 2021
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    Day 13: Sweeping Deadlifts, 3 sets x 8 reps, Simon in charge today and doing a fine job, ashley

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  • Day Twelve

      12 December 2021
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    Day 12: Chair Deadlifts Conventional 8 sets x 3 reps, I certainly need to work on technique with this, a much stronger arch required and engage my lats far more and scapula retracted as well, if you want to see it done properly watch the Louie Simmons video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnEsI7uf4f0

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  • Day Eleven

      11 December 2021
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    Day 11: Brent showing the way here with the Landmine Single Leg Romanian Deadlift, 2 sets x 12 reps each side, ashley

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  • Day Ten

      10 December 2021
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    Day 10, a third of the way through the Deadcember Challenge, today was rack pulls from knees for 8 sets x 3 reps, Simon doing a great job on this movement, ashley

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  • Day 9

      9 December 2021
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    This was a tough movement, 6 each side with a break in between sets, ashley

    Jefferson or Straddle Deadlift 4 x 6 each side

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  • Day Eight

      8 December 2021
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    Day 8 and that means Suitcase Deadlift, 6 sets x 4 reps each side, Brent here leading the charge, ashley

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  • Day Seven

      7 December 2021
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    Day 7: Single Leg RDL or in my case Kick Stand RDL, 1 x 24 each leg, ashley

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  • Day Six

      6 December 2021
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    Day Six: 10cm/4 inch Deficit Deadlift, 3 sets x 8 reps

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  • Day Five

      5 December 2021
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    Day Five and that means Snatch grip Deadlift 8 sets x 3 reps, ashley

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  • Day Four

      4 December 2021
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    Simon going well on Day Four, Trap Bar Deadlift 6 sets x 4 reps, strong day today, ashley

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  • Day 3

      3 December 2021
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    Day 3 Romanian deadlift 3 sets x 8, Brent showing the way forward with excellent load and technique, great work Brent, ashley

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  • Day Two: Sumo Deadlift

      2 December 2021
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    Great work by Simon and Brent today on the Sumo Deadlift variation, 4 sets x 6 reps, ashley

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  • Conventional deadlift

      1 December 2021
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    Day One done, solid start without going crazy, Ashley @ 100kg, Brent @ 145kg, Simon @ 105kg

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  • Day One

      1 December 2021

    It all starts this morning, the challenge to save at least one life through our efforts, Conventional Deadlift, 6 sets x 4 reps, here is an expert showing you what we will attempt today, ashley

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