TBDL
Trap-Bar Deadlift 1RM
- Equipment
- Trap bar · calibrated plates · lifting platform
- Protocol
- Warm-up ramp to a true one-rep maximum. Three attempts recorded.
- Measures
- Absolute load (lb) · Load / bodyweight (multiplier)
- Why it matters
- The safest full-body max-strength test. Loads the posterior chain the same way sprinting and jumping do.
Developing
1.5x BW
D1
2.0x BW
Pro
2.5x BW+
