Episode #6: The Silly Deadlift – Why Volume and Strength Must Share the Same Grave

Host: Captain Amr Adel [AMUN]

In 2010, Captain Amun made a decision: stop separating volume from intensity. The result was The Silly DeadLift — 150 reps at 70% of your one-rep max in 20 minutes, followed by two max attempts separated by five minutes of rest. Twice a month. Every month. For fifteen years.

This episode is not a love letter to the DeadLift. It is a philosophical and scientific defense of collapsing the false distance between work capacity and maximal strength.

Drawing on recent research — including 2025 studies on deadlifting for low back pain, load-velocity relationships, and total-system recruitment — Captain Amun explains why 70% is the thr ...