Posted via Mobile DeviceI am going to conduct a little test for you Mick, you better appreciate this.
I deadlifted 212.5kg back in 1988. I later hurt my back f u c k i n g around with seated cable rows. Back then my squat was around 165kg or so. I later squatted 205kg, but I stopped deadlifting. I'm sure I would have deadlifted more seeing I had a 50kg increase in my squat, but the fact remains I didnt.
I didnt start to deadlift again seriously until 2006. In 2003 I developed my infamous fix it or f u c k it back remedy. I did lots of odd lower back exercises, but no real deadlifting.
So back to 2006, I have my box squat up to 180kg off a 29cm box and my deadlift to 210kg. Again I had some niggles, by my deadlift was getting stronger. I pulled a hammy descending with 180kg on a box squat, and this put my dead back, soon after I started PTC and had a break...............which lasted 29 months, an advanced deload I like to call it.
I started lifting again during the day, which I hate, with Big Howie. I have been back training for 3 weeks now. I pulled 150kg on our first deadlift session, but I had an epiphany.
My levers are poor for deadlifts, but I have a strong back, bent rows with 140kg x 6. My short arms help my bench.
I decided to deadlift a different way, to move my arms inside my legs, and spread my legs a touch. Not a full sumo. Like this, just not as wide with the legs
I really struggled with a 140kg pull today. I felt it in very different places. I feel I have discovered a weakness. I'm going to continue to train the deadlift this way, regardless of how low it keeps my lift, and see if I switch back to conventional if I get any carry over.
I'll probably just post up information in this thread.
I switched to half sumo because of my short arms.
With half sumo or full sumo, you'll feel it in the groin & hips, because those are involved in getting the weight off the ground, unlike conventional, where back is involved first.
I've taken up the stance that markos has pictured. Ive had it for the last 2ish months and i feel like it hits my groin area lot more.
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Makes perfect sense. Adductors act to keep the knees out while the hip extends. The wider the stance, the harder the adductors have to work.
same for squat.
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