Today was a cardio day, 30 mins, bleh.
I also want to see how suited I was for sumo DL. I made some videos the show both my form for sumo and conventional. I have to say conventional feels easier but I think sumo will put less stress on my siatic nerve. Check my form and tell me how it looks please.
this one is 135 sumo
This is 185 sumo at first and then conventional at the end
this is is just more reps of 135 sumo… it just feels weird…
and my favorite, I think I found a body weight squat machine? Though perhaps you can use weight with it. It just looked so funny that i had to try it out.
Umm the videos aren’t here…
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Umm the videos aren’t here…[/quote]
yeah, i just noticed that…
I guess I will go through youtube. They will be up soon.
135 sumo and conventional
185 sumo
135 sumo
weird squat helper thing
lets see if this works…
You have beautiful form!
The “weird squat helper” is actually the Roman Chair. A lot of people call the Captain’s Chair or the Glute/Ham Device the Roman Chair but what you have there is a proper Roman Chair.
[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
You have beautiful form!
The “weird squat helper” is actually the Roman Chair. A lot of people call the Captain’s Chair or the Glute/Ham Device the Roman Chair but what you have there is a proper Roman Chair.[/quote]
I thought it might be those but when I looked it up it said a Roman Chair was something targeting glutes, abs, and low back. Like this
and when I looked up Captains Chair it seemed to be a type of hanging ab raise like this
I am still not sure what this thing is, lol.
Thank you for the compliment on my form, I still can’t get over how weird sumo feels though and if my feet are right. Should I go wider or am I too wide? Where should my feet be pointed? I feel like my arms are rubbing against my legs when I come up sometimes, that doesn’t seem right… I have lots of questions.
Rhonda, your sumo deads look better than mine. So I can’t really critique anything, except I think you should put more weight on the bar! 
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Rhonda, your sumo deads look better than mine. So I can’t really critique anything, except I think you should put more weight on the bar! :)[/quote]
I havn’t DLed in so long that the 185 felt kind of heavy. Plus sumo somehow makes everything feel a little heavier to me which I think may be different from other peoples experience. Those videos were more about form then weight though. As I go up I will have to keep recording to be sure it doesn’t all go to hell when things get heavier:p
sumo’s aren’t bad,the 185’s your shoulder may be alittle too far over the bar, could try sitting back a bit more…
that squat thingy…looks like would work the quads more that glute/hams ?
[quote]lil power wrote:
sumo’s aren’t bad,the 185’s your shoulder may be alittle too far over the bar, could try sitting back a bit more…
that squat thingy…looks like would work the quads more that glute/hams ? [/quote]
Good to know, thanks.
Yeah, I can’t figure it out.
You can do really evil sit-ups in it. We had one back at university ooh, back during the 80s. It was part of the multigym.
[quote]rondastarr wrote:
[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
You have beautiful form!
The “weird squat helper” is actually the Roman Chair. A lot of people call the Captain’s Chair or the Glute/Ham Device the Roman Chair but what you have there is a proper Roman Chair.[/quote]
I thought it might be those but when I looked it up it said a Roman Chair was something targeting glutes, abs, and low back. Like this
and when I looked up Captains Chair it seemed to be a type of hanging ab raise like this
I am still not sure what this thing is, lol.
Thank you for the compliment on my form, I still can’t get over how weird sumo feels though and if my feet are right. Should I go wider or am I too wide? Where should my feet be pointed? I feel like my arms are rubbing against my legs when I come up sometimes, that doesn’t seem right… I have lots of questions.[/quote]
Hi Ronda,
I am also fighting form in my deadlift. Punnyguy posted a video in my thread (over 35 forum) that was very informational. Covers both Conv and Sumo. I would copy and paste it here but don’t know how. I encourage you to check it out.
FINALLY!!!
I got the job!
I’m moving to Alabama!
…
yes, I am actually excited about that 
- YouTube 
Cool log
Hey, we might me neighbors one day soon!
congrats!!!
[quote]BreStruction wrote:
- YouTube Cool log :D[/quote]
Yes, I should probably memorize this
Thanks.