Deadlift in a PL Meet

Training Powerlifting
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I feel like I should know this already…but I don’t.

Are sumo deadlifts allowed in competition, or only conventional?

Does it depend on the federation?

I ask because I currently have some difficulty maintaining a neutral lumbar spine in the start position of the conventional dead (flexibility issues which are improving).

I obviously am planning on being able to conventional dead properly, but I am curious about the sumo thing.

By the way, I got to see the bench press portion of the Arnold PL competition a couple of weeks ago…absolutely f-ing awesome. And the bench press is the least favorite event of mine.

Thanks for the help,
Tucker

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Lol, sorry I shouldn’t laugh. Sumo pulls are allowed in ever single federation I have ever heard of. Even though I loathe sumo deadlifts with a passion. I think we should vote out sumo pullers!

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As far as I know, every powerlifting federation is ok with sumo.
In many strongam meets it seems that sumo is not allowed for deadlift events such as deadlift for reps.

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Thanks for the help…I guess we all have a few stupid questions in the bank…or maybe I have most of them.

I have seen where most strongman events do not allow sumos, which is mostly where the question came from.

Thanks again,
Tucker