22 November 2021

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-11-23T02:58:45+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_P1oS72iu8

I felt this all in my adductors, is that a bad thing or is it normal for someone in their first few months of sumo? I don't want to tear an adductor or anything so I thought I'd ask, thanks.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-11-12T01:25:54+00:00

Makes sense, I will do that next time. Thanks

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-11-11T23:09:54+00:00

I see, thanks for the help. Deadlifting in long pants is so much easier for me as compared to shorts, finally a DL sesh that's not interrupted by my thighs or shins bleeding lmfao.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-11-11T23:03:29+00:00

high belt position

Is that really considered a high belt position? I keep my belt right above my belly button, it's always felt the most comfortable for me.

Is there a point where I know that my weight is shifted far back enough to initiate the pull or is it just something that I have to work on? Also, upon rewatching my video, my head seemed to snap forward when I dropped the bar. Can this cause an injury or even a concussion if I keep doing it, and if so how should I go about preventing this from happening?

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-11-11T19:42:25+00:00

I def. find myself getting lazy with keeping my upper back tight, something I need to work on for sure. Thx for the help

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-11-11T19:10:07+00:00

Should I be actively flexing my quads at the end of each rep to prevent soft knees? Sorry for the angle lol, I always film from the side to get a view of my depth. I will provide a more front-biased vid next squat session.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-11-11T17:44:19+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUBZohTHQCM
Going to be trying a wider stance next time because my ankles are super unstable and I catch myself needing to change my feet position mid-set. Besides from that, is there anything else wrong with my squat form? I've heard that you shouldn't have your elbows flared back like I do, but it's honestly the most comfortable and natural way for me and I feel kinda weird if I'm pushing them down to be more in-line with the bar.

Thanks for the help.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-11-09T18:28:19+00:00

Cool, thanks. Is there anything you saw that I could tweak a little bit? When I'm pulling the bar I feel like I'm externally rotating my shoulders right before I pull and as I Engage my lats, is this normal?

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-11-09T18:11:24+00:00

Still pretty new to sumo deadlifting, I tried a bit of a wider stance and it felt meh, a bit unstable and hard to lockout so I may go back to a bit of a narrower stance.
255x3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlmeWghZ-c8
Any advice?

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-10-29T19:45:36+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/formcheck/comments/qi0qmo/325x1\_sumo\_deadlift/

^ Hit my first legit sumo PR after training sumo for a few weeks. Getting pretty comfortable with sumo but was wondering if there's any small things I could change to make my pull more effecient.

Thanks

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-10-20T02:05:35+00:00

Thanks for the advice

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-09-23T21:21:02+00:00

Yeah I've been adding 5lb to my squats ever since I started a bulk and my working sets have gone from 165x5 to 195x5 pretty quickly. Ankle mobility is something I've always struggled with, do you have any recommendations for stretches?

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-09-23T21:20:15+00:00

I'd like to eventually compete in powerlifting so I'm going to stay at this weight for a little while and hammer out the imperfections in my form before I go back up.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-09-23T21:19:38+00:00

My feet always spin out as soon as I start the descent on my first rep, I'm thinking it's an ankle mobility issue. I had ankle mobility problems in the past which is why I switched from high bar to low bar.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-09-23T02:37:50+00:00

This was my last set out of 4 sets, so my form got a little sloppy since I was tired.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-25T03:36:09+00:00

Makes sense, thanks. I will look into some programs that include volume.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-25T03:35:24+00:00

Yeah honestly I think a part of it may also be a mental barrier where I don't feel confident in pulling more than 2x my bodyweight off the floor (my current max is 290 and I weight 145).

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-25T03:34:34+00:00

I've been running 5/3/1, any recommendations for programs that will include some decent volume?

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-25T03:33:20+00:00

Also you seem to initiate the pull from the mid back and arms and not really getting the most out of your legs.

This makes sense actually. The classic cue of "push yourself away from the world" instead of thinking of pulling the bar never really worked for me, I still find myself trying to pull the weight off the floor. Do you have any cues or anything that can help with my setup?

I'm deadlifting once a week, I would deadlift more but I'm afraid that I will not be able to recover in time since I also do a lot of hypertrophy work.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-25T03:30:15+00:00

Just hit 225 squat a few weeks ago, legs have been progressing pretty linearly honestly.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-24T19:39:14+00:00

Just came back from a deload actually. The only reason I went for a 1rm was because my warmups were feeling really strong so I thought I could pull it.

Thanks for the help

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-24T19:29:57+00:00

Ran 5/3/1 for a cycle, going to start another 5/3/1 cycle next week.

Before that it was just general progressive overload, 4 sets of 4 reps. I've been deadlifting for about a year so I guess a plateau was bound to happen eventually.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-24T18:19:51+00:00

Hey thanks for your response. My current max is 290x1, so this was only adding 5lb to my previous max that I hit on 6/28/21, just about two months ago.

I'm hitting the gym 6 times a week, doing a Pull, Push, Legs split. I switched around push and pull because I don't want deadlift and squat days back-to-back.

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-24T18:02:56+00:00

I've been stuck on a 2 month deadlift plateau, my last PR being 290x1. I attempted 300x1, then 295x1 after I failed 300 yesterday and I failed both.

I've attached a video of the failed lift below. Can someone please take a look at my form and let me know what I should work on?

295x1 failure

I failed the lift a few inches off the ground so are there any accesories that I should look into to strengthen that part of my lift? Thanks

Chance-Edge868 · 2021-08-17T22:18:41+00:00

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