Well I’m glad it LOOKED that way! Sure wish it felt like it.
No problem man, let us know how it works out for you.
Thanks man. One of the tips I was reading about pulling sumo was patience off the floor. With sumo, I drop into the pull with a “just keep pulling” mentality.
I feel safe pulling like this near max effort, while pulling near max effort conventionally seems to put my back into a much more vulnerable position. Leverages? All in my head? Weak lower back? Not sure, maybe a combination of all 3!
I don’t have a ton of experience pulling sumo, but I do remember the few times I did it that once the bar broke off the floor it was pretty smooth sailing afterwards, so for sure looks easier than it feels!
I think I can probably pull an appreciable amount more sumo than conventional, but my right hip generally disagrees with that notion. May have to test it again sometime just to see.
Flat out bad ass. Video was solid man; you had that thing from the jump no doubt at all.
Following a bunch of logs and everyone seems to be putting in quality works and PRs are dropping like panties at a Bon Jovi concert. You guys motivate the hell out of me!
I’ve never even tried sumo but now I’m intrigued. I’ll probably have to but my 3/4" mats under the plates though. I’m afraid I’ll smash my toes if I don’t.
Last workout I dropped the bar and it bounced a bit to the right and onto my toes. Got a vid on my log lol. Felt pretty bad at the time but no real harm done because the two bounces took away most of the bars momentum (?)
Some people do a small flick in with the toes when lowering/dropping their sumo and reset for the next rep. Kinda of a bother but pretty much eliminates risk no matter how close to the plates you go
I just finished reading Lee Boyce’s story about his recovery from bilateral patellar tendon ruptures. Yes, that means both tendons tore at the exact same time. WTF?
That makes me afraid to do little things like wiggling my toes while deadlifting (at the moment).
Umm it’s hard to explain but as you begin to lower the bar you pretty much let the bar drop under gravity and do a little jump inwards with your feet . So there’s no tension/loading across your legs or tendons or whatever when your toes move.
Kinda of like what happens when you dump a squat behind you from the top … sorry that’s kinda a bad explanation. Maybe like oly lifting except the opposite of what your feet do when you go under to catch clean? Still a bad explanation lol
EDIT: Look at this clip of Yury Belkin pulling 440kg / 970lbs and how he puts it down
Ha, I’m gnome sized, but I was worried about the same thing (just tried my first “sumo” a couple days ago, felt great, by the way) and keeping everything stacked up kept me well inside the plates and out of the danger zone as @MarkKO said. Come to the dark side! All the cool kids are doing it.
I tried sumo for the first time today and the form was confusing as shit and i kept basically wide grip conventionalling. However the eps i did properly felt great on my hips and back. Alot less wear and tear then good ol regular conventional.
