Which deadlift form do you do/prefer?

SezxyStef

I started with conventional...loved them then pulled my glacious...:sad: (not lifting)

After I was cleared to lift I found lifting in conventional was fine but putting it back down was iffy so I switched to sumo...

Love sumo now too...

SingingSingleTracker

Conventional and Sumo (love Sumo at 6'4"!!!) are the two I alternate between using. I think the type used really is based on one's particular needs.

There is a good article here on the deadlift subject here:

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/deadlifts_which_type_is_best_for_you

Fullsterkur_woman

I started with conventional...loved them then pulled my glacious...:sad: (not lifting)

After I was cleared to lift I found lifting in conventional was fine but putting it back down was iffy so I switched to sumo...

Love sumo now too...

What's your "glacious"? I can't guess what you meant.

There is a good article here on the deadlift subject here:

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/deadlifts_which_type_is_best_for_you

Feel like copy/pasting? I do not go to t-nation.

SunofaBeach14

For all you non-sumo people out there-- what is your arm/torso/leg ratio like? I've got looooong legs, and a teeny little torso and T-Rex arms. I put my feet out so wide 'cause otherwise I could never reach the bar! :laugh:

I've basically got short legs, short torso, short arms: I'm short all over :laugh:

Guess that means I'm all in proportion?!

But conventional deads "feel" right to me. Couldn't quite get into sumo's, so perhaps that was my bio-mechanics talking to me?

I'm pretty average height at 5'10" and I strongly prefer conventional deads.

And my self effacing humor above aside, form is critical OP. There are a couple of groups on here where you can post videos and get reasonably good critical feedback.

Escape_Artist

Conventional FTW.

^^ 100%

DopeItUp

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/deadlifts_which_type_is_best_for_you
Feel like copy/pasting? I do not go to t-nation.

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Fullsterkur_woman

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/deadlifts_which_type_is_best_for_you
Feel like copy/pasting? I do not go to t-nation.

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If you pasted in some code, it was eaten by the message board formatting algorithms. If you were just confused by what I said, allow me to clarify.

If there was good information in that article, I would always be appreciative to have someone copy/paste the text of the article, otherwise I will never get to read it. I hate t-nation's website, and I choose not to visit it, so I don't usually get to partake of their articles.

If nobody feels like doing me a favor, no biggie, but it never hurts to ask.

chopper_pilot

trap bar.

love mixed grip barbell too, but my long legs and knee/shoulder problems love the trap bar better.

salemsaberhagen

Have you ever competed? If so, did you favor one deadlift style over another?

jayche

Conventional

Kirk_R

When I was competing (wow, last meet was 10 years ago this May) I used sumo. I have relatively long legs/arms and a short torso. I've done both conventional and sumo in training albeit more intensely on sumo. I recently bought a trap bar to do the lazy 'old' man's DL/squat hybrid thing.