about 6 months ago i had a back injury dead lifting conventional

i went months not doing any sort of deadlift over 135 and have been focusing on stretching, foam rolling, and other things to help with the recovery process and try to prevent future injuries (wasn't a herniated disc or anything too serious)

so, i'm at a point where i feel comfortable sumo deadlifting, my mobility still isnt the greatest, but i feel like i can keep my lower back out of the lift more so than conventional and i really miss deadlifting so i'm trying to ease back into it


my plan is to not go over 315 until i feel my mobility and form is exactly where i want it


any pointers would be appreciated, i don't really know any sumo deadlifters irl, and posting it on IG asking for advice would probably be annoying


also i dieted down about 40 pounds in 3-4 months so i have no idea where my pr's are, so i basically reset everything and this video is also a PR

is your name Nick by chance?

Unless if you're Dan Green, the whole purpose of pulling sumo is to bring your hips as close to the bar as possible to have the shortest ROM as possible.

This will additionally reduce lower back involvement which sounds like is what you're trying to accomplish.

Check out this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbfrYsynZ80

He's a big proponent of pulling sumo strict like Bulgarians.

nnnope



i feel like that's where i lack mobility and i can't get my hips low enough to get that close to the bar, also i my arms are kinda short

Quite honestly it's really bad

Like a stiff leg wide stances conventional

Don't listen to that hyphy DWEEB. Hips to the bar is dumb dumb idea. Pushing your hips closer to the bar will move your knees even more forward that they already are. A better idea is to push your knees OUT and wide


Source: I'm a sumo master

This post was edited by Excusemem8 on Jan 8 2017 10:29pm

Its Pete

lmao soo

i think you made some pretty good points and aside from my dumbass face (dunno if i can fix that Q__Q) i think those are things i could work on as far as my starting position

glute activation is always a problem with me and if i was able to pull myself down and back more i would definitely use less lower back

soft knees

Knees out more (so that your leg/shin angle is straight up) and more emphasis on locking out your hips

This post was edited by tommyd323 on Jan 9 2017 03:08am