325x5 Conventional DL: Potential 405 Sumo?

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6 slices off pizza the night before +10?
11 hours of sleep +10?
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I hate to admit it but I think Iā€™m better built for sumo. Iā€™m in denial so Iā€™m not giving up on conventional just yet

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Sumo for life

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I always wonder how anyone (including me, because I used to) gets the idea that theyā€™re built for a certain lift or style. Barring real outliers, you generally get good at what you practice. For a while I trained sumo pretty exclusively and got as good at it as I ever had at conventional. My knees started bugging out though.

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Itā€™s not sumo vs conventional, but hereā€™s the rough idea. Main point is range of motion of hip structure which is different for everyone

I do agree with your point though that you get better at what you practice. I guess some things are just easier to practice if youā€™re ā€œbuilt for itā€

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Thereā€™s absolutely that too. One thing I will say is that I find it hard to believe anyone is built to bench raw with a super wide grip.

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If sumo is cheating why are the heaviest deadlifts ever, done conventional?

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Donā€™t you come in here with your facts

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Bro I was mostly joking. Donā€™t go off on me too hard. :joy:

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@yungpowalifta @duketheslaya

Did you guys come up with your usernames together?

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Your correct that hip structure plays a part.

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By strongest deadlifts you mean abolute weight on the bar - because strongmen donā€™t have a choice but to pull conventional.

In terms of relative strength (% BW), powerlifters have options.

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The strongest powerlifting deadlift was by Benedikt magnusson.

Conventionalā€¦

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:joy:

download

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Btw I posted a video of my deadlift PR for reps in the post

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You need to work on your technique. Youā€™re not bracing properly and your lower back rounds when you pull. Also just ā€œstand erectā€ at lockout rather than leaning back, aside from potentially injuring your back that also makes it nearly impossible to lock your knees, which you arenā€™t doing. If you can improve your technique then you could potentially pull 405 and more conventional soon, but PR attempts and AMRAP sets where you let form go to shit wonā€™t help you get there sooner.

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Got it like 2 weeks ago

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I think more screaming would help.

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At least he wasnā€™t screaming mid rep or between each and every rep. Some people I want to punch in the throat on occasion.

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That part really touched me when he went:

ā€œUHHH!ā€ ā€œUHHH!ā€

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