[quote]tom63 wrote:
Form is important , but young guys often need to just get stronger . It’s amazing how ones’s technique improves with increased strength. Also, some of the best deadlifters ever had what some call poor form , like Vince Anello 800 and up at 298.[/quote]
For anyone that does not know of Vince Anello tom63 had a typo - he pulled over 800 at 198.
Lamar Gant pulled about 5x bwt at 123 lbs but had some anatomically favorable leverages (as did Anello to a less extent). Because gear contributes less to the DL than the other lifts you still see these old school legends in the top XX lists in the DL more often than SQ and BP.