Clean deadlift vs powerlifting deadlift for long leg and long arm lifter

Bigger Stronger Leaner Christian Thibaudeau Coaching
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Coach, I am 6’4” with a short torso, long legs, and long arms. I am somehow able to high bar back squat fairly upright and front squat very upright.

Clean style deadlift is not as natural to me as powerlifting style (hips higher) and I cannot lift as much weight; however, I definitely feel it more in my quads. Do you think it’s better I do clean style to hit the quads more or is it better if I use more weight, power lifting style, and complement my squats by getting a bit more posterior chain? The goal is bigger quads.

Thank you.

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Why are you using the deadlift?

If you are squatting high bar and feel it in your quads, might as well go with a traditional deadlift which will hit the posterior chain more… if you don’t get good quads stimulus from your squats that’s when you might want to bias the quads in the dead