ESCAMILLA, R. F., FRANCISCO, A. C., FLEISIG, G. S., BARRENTINE, S. W., WELCH, C. M., KAYES, A. V., … ANDREWS, J. R. (2000). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 63(9), 1145–1151. I used to deadlift in a conventional stance, then made the switch over to sumo after finding out how much easier it is for me. My opinion is that it has more to do with performance outcomes and less to do with fear of being teased for pulling sumo on Instagram. The pull will seem “shorter” this way. If you get the knees locked early, the top of the sumo deadlift is nothing more than pushing your hips forward a few inches. In reality, most people will be even more bent over than I am in the left picture (I have long arms and good flexibility). Mag-Ort, Coan/Philipi, Candito, N-Suns, and more. This causes all sorts of friction and unevenness in the mixed grip pull. It’s important to recogn… In the 3D model the moment arm becomes the length of the femur, which remains unchanged regardless of which style is being used. In a conventional deadlift, the hips and knees can be locked out at relatively the same time with no harm. If overall hip strength is a weak point for you, Sumo variations should be a staple within your program. This is because the rectus femoris is a biarticular muscle, meaning it crosses two joint complexes. Powerlifting – Sumo Lifts Quick rundown on powerlifting Powerlifting is a sport that consists of the back squat, bench press, and deadlift. The difference is due to the additional complexity added by the transverse plane in the 3D model which alters moments. The normal hip joint space: variations in width, shape, and architecture on 223 pelvic radiographs. Hard part: squeeze your chest up as hard as you can. Work your way towards the full toes-to-plate sumo stance (left). In fact, you’ll notice that as you push the hips forward to full extension, the feet will tend to want to rotate. Another paper titled The Gender Difference of Normal Hip Joint Anatomy found “The male acetabulum has a smaller anteversion and a smaller inclination than the female acetabulum”. Only lifters with long torsos, short femurs, and relatively long arms will have anything resembling an extremely upright sumo starting position. 2. Again, they must stand wider to make room for their stomach and legs. When the bar is more forward on one side than the other, you get all sorts of imbalances and it can throw off the pull. This cue falls somewhere between set-up and execution because it is simultaneously the last thing you do in your set-up and the first thing you do to initiate the pull. Don’t do this. c) Standing up straight at the top of the pull. This will reduce the problems caused by the tricep running into the lat. Technique is often better shown than discussed. Pulling sumo uses the quads and adductors to a greater extent than conventional but also requires above average adductor flexibility. Kelley and Firestein’s Textbook of Rheumatology, 78–89. The rope won’t tug anything until it becomes taut and thus capable of transferring force. For all forms of the deadlift, placing baby powder up and down the legs reduces friction as the bar drags against your body. From a performance standpoint, one lifting style does not appear to be more advantageous mechanically than the other based on the total number of conventional and sumo style deadlift record holders (1,51). However, this brings up an important question with regard to the sumo deadlift. Interestingly enough, the demands on the hips in both styles were very similar. To facilitate the selection … Obviously, long arms are a hindrance in moving big weights in the bench, but they are a great asset when the bar hits the floor. The views expressed herein and in the video are the author’s and don’t necessarily reflect the views of BarBend. Prevalence of Doping Use in Elite Sports: A Review of Numbers and Methods. For everyone but the very short, your goal should be to work towards a toes-to-plate (TTP) stance. As we already know, a wider grip means shorter arms. The most obvious point that no one seems to talk about is the distribution of world records that belong to sumo versus conventional deadlifters. This data also demonstrates that adopting a particular style due to assumed mechanical advantages ignores individual morphology, and may actually impede the athletes ability to generate force. Powerlifting Warming Up for the Sumo Deadlift. This is a substantial amount of additional work being done by the conventional lifters. This error is usually caused by a starting position that features the bar too far forward. The starting hip position is usually slightly lower on the semi sumo deadlift when compared with the full sumo, and the hands are placed inside the shins. To maximize deadliftperformance, the strength coach should explore the different lift types and find a style that is most appropriate for the athlete. Outside of grip width, there are a few tricks you can use to either strength your grip or increase the effective length of your hands (and thus your arms). Conversely, rectus femoris showed less recruitment when compared to the VLO and VMO. If this is happening to you, make sure you are pulling from mid-foot. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.018424, 6. Further external rotation will decrease your stability. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 34(4), 682–688. doi:10.1097/00005768-200007000-00013, 4. A paper titled “Prevalence of Doping Use in Elite Sports: A Review of Numbers and Methods” estimates that between 14-39% of adult elite athletes are intentionally doping (1). There are 2 basic deadlift styles-conventional and sumo. A flexed spine is not as efficient at transferring force as a rigid one. It is really that simple. It should be logical to have a strong sumo deadlift you must make the muscles that are going to move that weight stronger. They also noted the stance width of sumo deadlifters was roughly 2-3 times as wide as conventional lifters. It is one of the three powerlifting exercises, along with the squat and bench press. Extention (left); Neutral (middle); Flexion (right). Unlike chalk, which just sort of dries things out, baby powder makes them slick. Deadlift phases Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 (6). When you pull the bar against your body, you’re fighting both gravity AND fraction. (7). The image below depicts an excessively anteverted femur. An individual with mobile hips and well developed legs may have a natural predilection for sumo. This tends to throw the underhand forward a little. This necessitates a somewhat wider grip. This can be avoided with a foot angle that is pointed further forwards. Hyperextension under a load is not something you want. The above statement entirely disregards the basic rules of powerlifting which permit the sumo style of deadlift in competition. Avoid getting this stuff on your hands at all costs. If we refer back to the 2002 paper where electromyographic comparisons of the sumo and conventional deadlift found similar demands placed on the hips, then the findings make sense when evaluating moments within a 3D model. So although the sumo deadlift generally requires less mechanical work, the work being performed is significantly different. Retroversion refers to the angle of external rotation of the femoral neck in relationship to the femur and is depicted below. If you pull sumo, and thus drag the knurling up your legs, I consider it mandatory. De Hon, O., Kuipers, H., & van Bottenburg, M. (2014). Even the heavyweights who pull sumo tend to do so because they’ve gotten too large to perform the conventional deadlift correctly. BarBend is the Official Media Partner of USA Weightlifting. The same thing happens in a deadlift. Prevalence of Femoral and Acetabular Version Abnormalities in Patients With Symptomatic Hip Disease: A Controlled Study of 538 Hips – Till D. Lerch, Inga A.S. Todorski, Simon D. Steppacher, Florian Schmaranzer, Stefan F. Werlen, Klaus A. Siebenrock, Moritz Tannast, 2018. You’ll have to experiment for yourself and find out exactly where you need to put your hands to ensure a vertical grip. Wide feet and a narrow grip result in a shorter vertical range of motion for the lift and less movement around the hip and knee joints. A wide grip (left) adds two inches of RoM to the bottom AND the top of the pull. Think of a piece of rope tied to something. However, the difference in range of motion doesn’t really matter. If you actually analyze a variety of HEAVY sumo pulls from the floor, from the best lifters to novices, you’ll notice that the back is more vertical than a conventional pull, but it is not necessarily upright. In the sumo pull, if you get the bar to lockout height without locking your knees, your legs tend to sag and the pull becomes very hard to finish. Compare the position to the one on the right. A 2003 paper by Lequesne et al. You may have heard of the one of the more popular techniques used by powerlifters already; we call it the sumo deadlift. Usually, you’ve gotten forward and the body tries to compensate by throwing as much of its mass behind the bar as possible to get you back over mid-foot. In deadlifting, the participants lift a loaded barbell off the ground to the hips, and then lower it back to the ground. World’s Strongest Man Brian Shaw is 6’8″, 400lbs+. Namely, your hip angle and knee angle are more closed. Push the knees OUT in line with the toes without changing any other part of the set-up. If you get the knees locked early, the top of the sumo deadlift is nothing more than pushing your hips forward a few inches. This is quite literally at the point where I believe this article should end. If you’ve never done this before, you’ll likely discover that you need your feet pointed out a bit more than you like. Editor’s note: This article is an op-ed. A 2000 paper found that when normalized by height conventional deadlifters had 20-25% greater bar displacement than the sumo deadlifters (3). With all this in mind, let’s discuss the optimal stance width for both style of pulling. DO NOT MOVE THE BAR. I am a huge fan of hook grip and I believe that, if your hands are big enough, it is the best grip to use. The white arrow represents the moment … There are 4 main types of deadlifts, 2 of them are commonly performed in … Pro tip: do NOT apply the baby powder yourself if you can help it. Deciding whether to do conventional or sumo also depends on your overall bodyweight. You can pull several feet of rope before anything happens if it is loose enough. As with squat stance width, your exact stance width needs to be titrated to your ability to keep your femurs held in external rotation. Conventional vs. Sumo Deadlift. Conversely, and individual with smaller legs relative to their upper body, but with a strong back may have a bias toward the conventional style. A lot of people overlap their thumb onto their fingers. If you aren’t, you’re making your grip unnecessarily weak for no reason. Sumo Deadlift Benefits It has a shorter range of motion (ROM) compared to the Conventional Deadlift, theoretically allowing the lifter to handle more weight. A good place to start is to use the exact same stance you would employ for a vertical jump. The sumo lockout should be initiated by full knee extension and only then followed by full hip extension. An electromyographic analysis of sumo and conventional style deadlifts. When you fail to keep the femurs held in external rotation, and the knees collapse in, the legs are held at less of an angle, the back folds over more, and what you’ve essentially got is a wide stance conventional deadlift. Here are some movements to help prep you for the Sumo Deadlift Mobility 4 Part Shoulder Warmup. We can calculate torque using the following equation T=F*r sin(θ). doi:10.1007/s40279-014-0247-x, 2. However, in a meet, baby powder is a fantastic tool. For most athletes, this will be approximately a hip-width stance. Far too many people try to hold the bar deep in their palm. Try to get someone to help you rather than risking getting it on your hands. Strength and flexibility also affect which deadlifting style will add more to your total. The sumo deadlift differs from the conventional deadlift in a few key ways. 2) The shoulders must start slightly in front of the bar (to establish the 90 degree angle between the lats and the humerus) I have seen many sumo pullers miss pulls at the top because they fell backwards. Just stand straight up. You will perceive that your hips are too high, but if you have completed step 4 correctly, the scapulas, bar, and mid-foot will be in vertical alignment and the pull will be perfect. Should we normalize bar displacement by having athletes pull from a deficit or from blocks based on their anthropometry? Genetic differences and muscular development are also relevant factors to consider when selecting the appropriate deadlift style. Hook grip eliminates all of these issues and allows the bar to sit about as far down in the hand as is possible with a strong grip. However, to satisfy the masses we’ll explore the various aspects between the deadlifts including biomechanics, anthropometry, and individual morphology to elucidate why the sumo deadlift is not cheating — nor is it even easier. However, the reason why we don’t standardize these things is because it would be overly complex while simultaneously limiting the athletes strength expression. Through the occurrence of significant variance in femoral version, we can see that it would be inappropriate to assign one style to every individual across the board. They are ranked on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the most involved and a 1 being the barely involved at all. Not only does hook grip minimize the chances for a bicep tear, but it also prevents a very common problem experienced in mixed grip: unevenness of the bar. 1. This establishes a “wave” of extension that goes all the way down to the lumbar, and sets the back angle from the top down. Remember, the knees must stay out. If you do get it on your hands, it acts in the exact opposite manner as chalk. Thus, it is cheating.”. doi:10.1097/00005768-200204000-00019, 3. Do your best to keep your arms as vertical as possible. (2) The researchers also found greater back extensor, hamstring and gastrocnemius requirements, which is unsurprising due to the stooped posture of the back during a conventional deadlift. With enough weight on any bar, it will flex a little bit. As such we will discuss inter-individual differences in hip structure and how it impacts movement and performance. If you prefer video to reading, make sure to check out our “How To” deadlift video below: Borrowing from Coach Mark Rippetoe, here is how to pull the perfect conventional deadlift set-up every single time: 1. Being patient to maintain good positions off the floor in the sumo deadlift is critical to success at lockout. These powerlifting deadlift programs, many of which are designed for peaking, will help you achieve some new PRs on the king of the lifts! DO NOT MOVE THE BAR. Remember, that final step I mentioned that had to be tacked on to Coach Rippetoe’s step-by-step deadlift instructions? This one change alone can clean up a lot of lockout problems. Conventional vs. Sumo Deadlift % of 1RM Difference I've noticed that deadlifting in a sumo stance is less taxing on my body than doing a conventional. Even when you do this, gravity is still going to pull the bar down into your fingertips. I hope this was informative and helpful. The best way to lock your grip in is by setting your thumb across your finger nail(s). Retrieved 5 March 2020, from https://www.ors.org/Transactions/55/2057.pdf. The argument is overly simplistic and sounds something like this…, “The sumo deadlift allows you to move the bar a shorter distance, therefore, less mechanical work is performed. When you try to take a narrow mixed grip, your tricep, on the side of the “under” hand, will turn and “run into” your lat. Shorter arms are a bit of a double whammy. The angle your body is at on a conventional deadlift amplifies the shear on your lumbar due to how far you are bent over. The sumo deadlift is immensely technical, but at the same time there's a ton of variation in how people pull based off of body structure. If you do not hold your knees out, you defeat the purpose of pulling sumo for the most part. Your grip will be significantly worsened and you won’t be able to hold onto anything resembling respectable poundages. All the slack will have come out of the arms and hamstrings in step 4, the bar will not jerk off the ground, and your back will be in good extension. The deadlift is a terrifying lift to PR with. If you can’t keep your knees out, you’re standing too wide. 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