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Title: Is this how competition deads are done?
Post by: rocket on August 25, 2006, 08:14:40 AM: Evening chaps, browsing vids on youtube for interesting lifts (thinly veiled masturbatory research for the ones looking for something super super interesting to say). When I discover this fellow.

Question, is this a generally accepted technique for competition deadlifts? Guy seems super strong but isn't what he's doing essentially reducing the lift to about 1/3 rep lockout? I thought strength comps were generally about full range
Title: Re: Is this how competition deads are done?
Post by: SquatAss on August 25, 2006, 09:32:47 AM: It's a sumo style deadlift and they count.
Title: Re: Is this how competition deads are done?
Post by: Ex Coelis on August 25, 2006, 09:35:20 AM: its the deadlifting equivalent of benching in a 5 ply shirt and gripping the far ends of the bar
Title: Re: Is this how competition deads are done?
Post by: The True Adonis on August 25, 2006, 09:36:04 AM: Why does he walk like he shit in his singlet?
Title: Re: Is this how competition deads are done?
Post by: DEFCON on August 25, 2006, 09:40:53 AM: Quote from: The True Adonis on August 25, 2006, 09:36:04 AM
Why does he walk like he shit in his singlet?
because he probably did
Title: Re: Is this how competition deads are done?
Post by: dzulboy on August 25, 2006, 09:57:18 AM: Quote from: The True Adonis on August 25, 2006, 09:36:04 AM
Why does he walk like he shit in his singlet?

cause it isn;t a singlet it's a squat suit so he can pull more weight
damn thing is so tight he is walking funny

the only thing that makes that impressive is that he has mastered the art of his form and that suit to move that much weight
Title: Re: Is this how competition deads are done?
Post by: chris_mason on August 25, 2006, 10:48:27 AM: Quote from: dzulboy on August 25, 2006, 09:57:18 AM
cause it isn;t a singlet it's a squat suit so he can pull more weight
damn thing is so tight he is walking funny

the only thing that makes that impressive is that he has mastered the art of his form and that suit to move that much weight

How about the fact he pulling 830 fucking lbs!!! The suit doesn't make a huge difference in deadlifting. The man literally RIPPED that from the floor!

As to the ROM, yes, sumo style is allowed in competition and some people can pull more that style while others pull more standard style.
Title: Re: Is this how competition deads are done?
Post by: Hedgehog on August 25, 2006, 01:07:55 PM: The sumo deadlift on average makes the lift 10-15% shorter.

The Finns are the greatest sumo lifters in the world, and with correct technique, you'll incorporate the legs to a bigger degree.

You'll see many more sumo deadlifts failing at the lockout, as that position becomes much weaker than in a regular deadlift.

YIP
Zack
Title: Re: Is this how competition deads are done?
Post by: rocket on August 25, 2006, 07:27:38 PM: Cool, thanks for that info.

The other thing that is impressive is he's 19 isn't he?