This was brought up in stickys log so i thought might as well make a thread about it and get other peoples experiences with converting from conventional to sumo deadlift. Also it will give people some info who are thinking about trying it.
Sticky been doing great with the sumo and he mentioned that sumo wont add kgs to your lift and that he has been working on it for 18 months. My experience has been the total opposite. Basically first time i tried it hit a 20 kg pb over conventional then added another 10kgs to that over the next 2 workouts. I think fuzzy had a similar experience.
I think i have done barely 10 sumo deadlift sessions and it seems to sit at about 30-35kg above my conventional deadlift without even training it. I have hit some conventional PBs of late so i will test the sumo soon to see if i am still getting the carryover. I have noticed though as i am getting up into higher weights with the sumo that lockouts are getting tougher which never used to be a problem, so i may have to work on that.
so what have other people experienced when converting to sumo?
Sticky been doing great with the sumo and he mentioned that sumo wont add kgs to your lift and that he has been working on it for 18 months. My experience has been the total opposite. Basically first time i tried it hit a 20 kg pb over conventional then added another 10kgs to that over the next 2 workouts. I think fuzzy had a similar experience.
I think i have done barely 10 sumo deadlift sessions and it seems to sit at about 30-35kg above my conventional deadlift without even training it. I have hit some conventional PBs of late so i will test the sumo soon to see if i am still getting the carryover. I have noticed though as i am getting up into higher weights with the sumo that lockouts are getting tougher which never used to be a problem, so i may have to work on that.
so what have other people experienced when converting to sumo?