I'll just share my experience:

Personally, I've been playing for 3-4 years on and off, and I've seen all types of people with all kinds of attitudes, some are friendly, some are serious, some are playing or goofing around, some are just not acceptable due to very bad attitude etc.

Just wanted to share my experience, not really saying anything but:

1) I've just started doing squats last year..therefore i still need to work on my form..usually i will do a parallel squat, some of the senior guys there always tell me to full squat but what I always saw they do is half squat..which really makes me wonder y?

2) I'm regular at this gym..i've just finish my sets..so i sit on the bench for a while guiding my friend to do deadlift, however come this two unknown guys with that rude-kind-of-look staring at me, after a while they didn't talk but only pointed to me to use the bench..for me personally i've no problem as I don't use it anymore, but please, can you just said in a very polite manner, using words, to ask? Later on I just saw that they are doing sets of bench press and they still give that rude-kind-of-look (unfriendly look)..and although they are bigger than me, they still can't beat my bench poundages, and I don't have that kind-of-look.. seriously...

It's even more interesting if he had that pinned bar set few holes below the top hole just in case he fails..

I can do 120kg quarter squats for 5 reps at bodyweight 72kg with less a year training..lol..

There are some people like that.. I understand how you feel and will also be angry too.. Well maybe next time don't talk or even look at them.. Full of ego that is..

Maybe its just your feelings..i think he is fine with it since he decides that himself..i mean if he were really serious bout using the power rack, then he might just be doing that..

Respect for your deadlift 110kg! My worst lift is deadlift..

I do my deadlifts with mixed grip, and it feels more comfortable although less power gripping the bar..

But for PRs, I do 125kg double overhand grip for maximum power... Still needs improvement before reaching 140kg..

In the gym that I usually go to, I saw one personal trainer do 220kg 2 reps of deadlift! Perfect form! Seriously he's good and when I asked him, he said that he really likes strength training..

This post has been edited by Seasick85: Oct 23 2012, 03:26 PM

Yup, without straps and mized grip..grip usually fail first but normally what I do is that after my grip fails, I put the bar down, rest for a little while, then continue doing it until lower back fails.. this is normal for weak grips like myself..

I am planning to do some experiment on dead start for each rep, meaning putting the bar on the ground, reset the grip, with no rest or 1 sec rest in between reps, do another rep and so on.. This will off course cheats the purpose of grip training during deadlifting but I suppose your deadlift number will increase?

There are some papers on how to improve grip strength..I'm still looking into that too..

Allright, thanks for the tips..I will start duin dead stops next week! Hope that it will further increase my lower back strength and my one rep max..