YES. Trap bar or not it’s still a 600 pound pull with perfect form.

And to give you credit, when you said “deadlift 600 pounds” you didn’t specify conventional, sumo, trap bar, rack pull, etc. So I say it counts!!!! ; )

Thanks Nia. But admittedly, I do want to hit a 600 lb CONVENTIONAL pull this year. Only 50 lbs to go!

So, I hate to say it but it does not count. It is very impressive but a trap deadlift is “easier” than a conventional deadlift. NICE WORK though! WOW!

I say it counts. 600 lbs off the floor is 600 lbs off the floor. Congratulations.

By the way, I’ve been reading your blog for a long time and I love it. I’ve learned a lot and I am always entertained. Thanks and congratulations again.

Gonna have to say “no” on that. Trapbar gives you a few extra inches which makes quite a difference. It’s still very impressive and very ninja. I am actually curious if you’d say that you have perfect form on this? Not that I think you don’t, because I am still in the stages of deadlifting where I am trying to figure this out for myself. I also realize that PRs rarely see “perfect form.” From this angle, it’s hard to tell, but there seems to be some lower back rounding as you come up, but as I said, maybe some of this is acceptable? It’s definitely not exaggerated. I am trying to work on my own DL form and I am curious what you’d have to say about your own here.

I vote Ninja.

Okay, Tony. I understand. ; )

Don’t worry . . . you’re still a Ninja!!

Negative there ghost-rider, that pattern is full.
A trap-bar deadlift is the deadlift equivalent of a 2 board, but still an impressive lift though.
You’ll get it before spring.

Tony,

Ninjas are fast, quiet and stealthy…you’re too damn big to be a ninja!

Gotta admit thats pretty cool. As for being a ninja, well, its not like you pull six hundred pounds and then, like, just become a ninja instantly. Tony, there is so much more to being a ninja than a decent trap bar deadlift. For instance: I’ve never seen you emerge from shadow to silently dispatch an enemy and I’ve never seen you do the full side splits in a narrow hallway so your enemies pass unknowingly beneath you. And ninjas don’t just go ’round asking people if they’re ninjas. All in all I have to say you’re not coming across in a very ninja-ly way. Good lift though.

Impressive, though I can deadlift deadlift 1000lb easily -

10 x 100lb - same tonnage surely? C’mon? No? Fine.

Pretty damn cool even though it’s the trap bar. But replies are up near 23!!! that should count for something ;)

I second what that Danny guy said.

NINJA.

How about Option 3: “The trap bar is to deadlifting as the Smith Machine is to squatting ninjas.”