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Which deadlift form do you do/prefer?

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    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
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    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
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    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
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    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
    Escape_Artist Posts: 1,155 Member
    Conventional FTW.

    ^^ 100%
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    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
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    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
    chopper_pilot Posts: 191 Member
    trap bar.

    love mixed grip barbell too, but my long legs and knee/shoulder problems love the trap bar better.
  • salemsaberhagen
    salemsaberhagen Posts: 54 Member
    Have you ever competed? If so, did you favor one deadlift style over another?
  • jayche
    jayche Posts: 1,128 Member
    Conventional
  • Kirk_R
    Kirk_R Posts: 112 Member
    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. ;)
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