Croc deadlift

So you're a bodybuilder, not a powerlifter? It doesn't matter! Matt Kroc will deal with both. His 5-step back workout will make you bigger and stronger! Just look don't get overwhelmed.

Author: Matt "Kroc" Crozaleski

As a child, I was small and frail - skin and bones. And although nature did not endow me with outstanding physical data, I always liked lifting weights. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be big, I wanted to be strong. My first projectile was bent fittings, which I dug up at a construction site: I put milk cans filled with sand on it, and proceeded to “strength training”.

Since then, a lot of water has flowed under the bridge. Today I hold the world record in powerlifting. In 2009, I won this title in the weight category up to 100 kg: in the squats I conquered the weight of 455 kg, in the bench press I mastered 335 kg, and the deadlift added another 367 kg to the final 1,157 kg.

And although I am proud of my achievements, the path to them was not easy. From year to year I was haunted by injuries, but I learned to deal with them. In 2004, doctors diagnosed testicular cancer, but I managed to cope with this disease. I believe that trials make us stronger, and I am happy that I was able to overcome all the obstacles in my path. They are what made me who I am today.

I turn any obstacle into a springboard: the more difficult the task, the greater the reward for solving it. In college, the coach quickly gave up on me and wrote me down as a loser. I archived this information and began to use it as motivation. Moreover, I continue to return to this motivational stimulus today. If you say that I can't do it, I'll kick my ass, but I'll prove you wrong.

The Krok Deadlift brought me fame, and I built my complex around this exercise. If you add it to your training program, you will develop upper back muscles, make noticeable progress in deadlift and become insanely strong.

The proposed set of exercises is suitable for both beginners and professional athletes who seek to increase the volume and strength of the muscles of the upper back. Many people think that this workout is too difficult for a beginner, but a beginner athlete should not stress his muscles as much as a member of the powerlifting elite. The level of training is what determines the working weights with which you have to train.

Now let's move on to the exercises that I included in this complex.