Deadlift preference, sumo or conventional?

MrHillman22
MrHillman22 Posts: 401 Member
edited January 2017 in Fitness and Exercise
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  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    I'm a sumo girl. I have long femurs so prefer sumo over conventional
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    I'm equally strong in both. I just have more patience breaking from the floor than pushing through to lockout so I pull sumo except when coach tells me to pull conventional
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Conventional, I hate sumo, feel so awkward.
  • Gimsteinn
    Gimsteinn Posts: 7,678 Member
    Conventional. I don't think I've ever done a sumo deadlift unless it's a high pull sumo deadlift.
  • maranarasauce93
    maranarasauce93 Posts: 293 Member
    I like conventional because I can pull heavier with it haha. But sumo feels better for me and it's easier for me to maintain proper position with that so until my sumo is anywhere near my conventional, I will like conventional better lol.
  • sammyliftsandeats
    sammyliftsandeats Posts: 2,421 Member
    I have only pulled sumo once or twice so I can't really say but I have no problems pulling conventional as that's how I learned and I don't have any long limb problems that would have led me to sumo.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I like conventional for lower reps and sumo for 6-12 reps.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Conventional. I've found that I even get better leverages with a really narrow squat, so sumo deadlifting is a pointless endeavor for me that drops my poundage and makes my hips and back feel like I got hit by a truck.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Conventional.
  • youngmomtaz
    youngmomtaz Posts: 1,075 Member
    Sumo, deadlifting tonight and heading to the city to buy extra weight on the weekend!
  • lemmie177
    lemmie177 Posts: 479 Member
    Conventional. I'm so short, I'm barely moving the bar and sumo feels like cheating.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    Sumo. Longer legs, I practically have to squat when doing conventional
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    Conventional. I've never tried sumo, but I will now!
  • MrHillman22
    MrHillman22 Posts: 401 Member
    Very mixed. Stay strong people. Personally I'm conventional, lovely movement. Probably helps that I'm rather short
  • Briggs007
    Briggs007 Posts: 1 Member
    Conventional all day long. I find sumo very awkward. But I guess as long as you deadlift you'll see the benefits. For me the King of compound movements, closely followed by squats.
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    Conventional is my favorite but I've recently incorporated some sumo into my deadlift days.

  • jagodfrey08
    jagodfrey08 Posts: 425 Member
    I'm 5'3", so conventional deadlift works for me.
  • MrHillman22
    MrHillman22 Posts: 401 Member
    Briggs007 wrote: »
    Conventional all day long. I find sumo very awkward. But I guess as long as you deadlift you'll see the benefits. For me the King of compound movements, closely followed by squats.

    Definitely the movement that separates the men from the boys and the girls from the women
  • MrHillman22
    MrHillman22 Posts: 401 Member
    lemmie177 wrote: »
    Conventional. I'm so short, I'm barely moving the bar and sumo feels like cheating.

    I'm with you on that one haha. Conventional all day!
  • MrHillman22
    MrHillman22 Posts: 401 Member
    youngmomtaz wrote: »
    Sumo, deadlifting tonight and heading to the city to buy extra weight on the weekend!

    Nice haha
  • firef1y72
    firef1y72 Posts: 1,579 Member
    Conventional for 5/3/1, but Sumo on my new "extra" day when I do volume work. Very new to Sumo though, only been doing it a couple of weeks so so far I'm only pulling around half the weight I do for conventional. I also do sumo squats on that day and boy do I feel it in my inner thighs by the time I've finished (especially as I do a legs, bums and tums class straight after)
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    I like conventional for lower reps and sumo for 6-12 reps.

    LOL - thats me. I pull my heavy (and deficit) deadlifts conventional, but I do my volume (on squat day) sumo.
  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    Also sumo is cheating.
    JK! ;)
    I am more comfortable with conventional so I usually train that. After my meet this spring I will probably go back to incorporating sumo more often. I have a hard time with my hips rising too early with sumo so it needs some work.
  • MrHillman22
    MrHillman22 Posts: 401 Member
    TresaAswegan wrote: »
    Also sumo is cheating.
    JK! ;)
    I am more comfortable with conventional so I usually train that. After my meet this spring I will probably go back to incorporating sumo more often. I have a hard time with my hips rising too early with sumo so it needs some work.



    If you deadlift more than most men at the gym then I salute you massively, what's your PR?

    I also think that sumo is a little bit of a cheat ;) I've never even tried sumo, I'd probably end up liking them but I love conventional so much

  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    edited January 2017
    TresaAswegan wrote: »
    LewisHillman18 wrote: »
    Briggs007 wrote: »
    Conventional all day long. I find sumo very awkward. But I guess as long as you deadlift you'll see the benefits. For me the King of compound movements, closely followed by squats.

    Definitely the movement that separates the men from the boys and the girls from the women

    But what if I deadlift more than most of the men at my gym....?

    We have a couple of women at my gym like that. My ex-wife used to be one of them. All I can do is smile when I see some dude slow deadlifting and trying to "squeeze the feels" or whatever silly crap with 135, while a woman who can't weight more than 120 is repeatedly ripping 250+ off of the floor next to him.
  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    LewisHillman18 wrote: »
    TresaAswegan wrote: »
    Also sumo is cheating.
    JK! ;)
    I am more comfortable with conventional so I usually train that. After my meet this spring I will probably go back to incorporating sumo more often. I have a hard time with my hips rising too early with sumo so it needs some work.



    If you deadlift more than most men at the gym then I salute you massively, what's your PR?

    I also think that sumo is a little bit of a cheat ;) I've never even tried sumo, I'd probably end up liking them but I love conventional so much

    Totally kidding about sumo being cheating, just had to poke fun.
    Last time I tested 1RM I was at 345 lbs. This week I did 270x8.
    I only started really working on my deadlifts about 3-4 months ago though, I was able to hit around 300 before I was doing them regularly. My goal is to pull 405 this year and drop some body weight. (Currently 185) Not super impressive yet by any means. There are some women out there pulling 500+
    But most of the men at my gym are young guys lifting with their ego, or dads who are mostly there to hang out with other dads.
  • DeadliftsandDonuts
    DeadliftsandDonuts Posts: 178 Member
    Conventional dad here lifting with my ego. ;)
  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    DeadliftsandDonuts wrote: »
    Conventional dad here lifting with my ego. ;)

    Wasn't trying to offend any of the dad-lifters or young guys!
    The fact that you know it's called conventional makes you more qualified than most of the people at my gym lol ;P Many days I get a bonus eye-roll workout.
  • DeadliftsandDonuts
    DeadliftsandDonuts Posts: 178 Member
    TresaAswegan wrote: »
    DeadliftsandDonuts wrote: »
    Conventional dad here lifting with my ego. ;)

    Wasn't trying to offend any of the dad-lifters or young guys!
    The fact that you know it's called conventional makes you more qualified than most of the people at my gym lol ;P Many days I get a bonus eye-roll workout.

    I bet most people in my gym don't know what sumo or conventional are either. And if they do, you won't catch them lifting more than 2 plates!

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