just looking for a form check on my sumo deadlift.
i was supposed to conventional deadlift today but my last warmup set felt slow and not powerful so i decided to try sumo again because i tried it during the summer and i got an easy 315x5. I did 290x2x6 by the way, but i did 7 reps on the first set because either i suck at counting or because i lost balance after that first rep. Here are the videos.
Looking good. Nothing really stands out as wrong. A few small tweaks may help you but you’re on track to make all kinds of gains
Try going wider and/or getting your hips closer to the bar in the horizontal plane in the start position. The wider you go the more hate you get lel
Maybe try to get faster off the floor. Play with different foot/toe angles and how close your shins start to the bar and see if you can get more speed off the floor. Maybe just “trying” to pull faster will get the desired result.
Just because it’s sumo doesn’t mean you have any excuse to be slow off the floor especially with lower percentages like in your vid. That’s more the case for those upright torso sexy sumo looking motherfuckers.
Yea i know i can sumo more than i can conventional, but ive been trying to nail conventional the past few months because the best sumo pullers can pull a ton with conventional too. But my conventional feels so weird and during sumo i can create tension better and bracing feels ok too. Thats why i decided to do it and i might do just sumo for the next fee cycles at least
You need to bump the weight up to see where things start to break down. Next time you pull rotate your elbows into you. It will help tighten the back when you pull more weight. Wasnt a problem in this video but weight is still pretty light
When I pull somewhere between 800-850 at 181 I’ll take that title lol. I believe it’s called externally Just to clarify turn them towards the bar to face behind you.
I like that he’s using hook grip unless I’m mistaking. I feel that is the only way to sumo pull. Far better position than over under.
I did some rack pulls from right below my knees yesterday, I’m pretty sure my ROM is still longer than Vince pulling from the floor. It’s not sumo that is cheating, it’s those damn long arms!