CONVENTIONAL OR SUMO DEADLIFTS: What is Best For Your Leverages? – OmarIsuf

There is a lot of misinformation about sumo deadlifts. Yes, they do decrease the range of motion, but that is part of what powerlifting is about. Powerlifting is about lifting as much weight as possible in the big 3. You do this by maximizing your technique to your own greatest potential efficency.

For example, in the bench press, lifters can create huge arches in their back and press the bar down onto their stomach/right underneath the chest. Lifters also take a wide grip, which reduces ROM. Is the cheating? No. Lifters are just using their own natural leverages to their full potential. In a powerlifting competition, there is no use to keep your back flat, as all it does is increase ROM and make the lift harder.

In the squat, most powerlifters squat low bar and with a wide stance. They do a wide stance, because the bar travels less distance, as opposed to having your feet very narrow. Is this cheating? No.

Same thing with a sumo deadlift. It decreases ROM, but it isn't necessarily easier for everyone. If you are pulling 600 pounds, you still have to have the strength to pull 600 off the floor and also have the grip strength to hold 600, regardless of stance. Sumo is harder to break the ground, as opposed to convential, so lifters who struggle with speed off the ground, may be better suited to convential. Liftets who struggle with lock outs, but are good off the floor, and have the appropriate leverages, should try sumo out.

I have long legs, short torso, and long arms. Sumo feels like butter to me and convential has always felt sluggish, regardless of whatever technique I have tried with it.

the coach looks like hes about to batista bomb someone.

I used the chart and it said that I should Deadlift conventional, but my sumo is still better than conventional

When we measure our leverages, does that mean someone who's best suited to sumo wouldn't build as much muscle with conventional, or is it just that they can get their best form with sumo?

Very good video. That was the explanation I was looking for. So, sumo should be better for me 🙂

echo 900000000000

Mathematically i should be doing conversational but sumo just 'feels' more comfortable

so my measurements suggest i should do sumo by a long shot and i hope that explains why i suck and hate deadlifts so much lol but sumo feels extremely awkward, i hope thats just cuzz I've never done them but i might be joining the sumo crew! so should i just like not hit hammys on leg day? cuzz they get rekt in the sumo deadlift

Do I have a short torso and arms or do I just have long legs

Few questions, sumo, looks like your missing a lot of distance during the up motion, also why does everyone just drop the weight?

horrible fucking video..wtf with the music AND BULLSHIT CAMERA WORK.. focus on teaching to your subs…cmon.

im short torso and short arms… i get bad knee pain from sumo so what should i do?

I measured the length of my boner trachanter

Sumo is gay af

What about semi sumo deadlifts?

ffs im convensional, i wantd to be sumo 🙁

The problem is that I am bad at mathematics. Just by looking in the mirror I think I am a conventional guy

Conventional or youre cheating

Long arms short torso

RIP Massthetics

4:46 3:24

This is wrong for me.

I'm 6"8" with long arms, long legs and a short torso. I'd blow my back out if I tried to lift with a close stance, plus the bar wouldn't clear my knees.

3:23 what a sick edit

Lol they're measuring the leg way too high

Sumo😢