On 12/31/2011 3:07 AM, Keith Thomas wrote:
> If you do them only a couple of times a month, deadlifts are not "heavy" - they simply can't be. They are only light or moderate. I have no advice for women, but for healthy men under 60, the threshold for "heavy" deadlifts begins at twice body weight.

I suppose that depends on your definition of heavy.  I have done 
numerous training cycles that included deadlifts at least once a week, 
and my single-rep limit was always right around 2x bodyweight.  
Definitely heavy.  But 1.5x bodyweight for a few reps was pretty heavy, 
too.

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