When you're
doing conventional deadlifts, you're pushing the limits of your real strength.
On the other hand, the way most people
do conventional deadlifts (the hips are way back and the torso is inclined more than it should) makes it a much better exercise for building the posterior chain, i.e. glutes, hams and spinal erectors.
Is it too much to
do the conventional deadlift the day after Rows and Lat Pulls / Pullups?
By improving your strength with partial - range deadlifts and working on your hip mobility, you'll eventually be able to
do conventional deadlifts with good form.
Here is a check list of how to
do the conventional deadlift for strength gains, for more details and to see it in action, I recommend checking out the videos in the following section.
Not exact matches
However, instead of a
conventional deadlift, you'd do a Stiff Leg Deadlift, or even a Deficit Stiff Leg Deadlift if you have enough mobility and you can do it
deadlift, you'd
do a Stiff Leg
Deadlift, or even a Deficit Stiff Leg Deadlift if you have enough mobility and you can do it
Deadlift, or even a Deficit Stiff Leg
Deadlift if you have enough mobility and you can do it
Deadlift if you have enough mobility and you can
do it safety.
-- The starting position: Place the feet hip - width apart, similar to what you would
do when getting the starting position for a
conventional deadlift.
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This is a good way to learn to
deadlift because it doesn't require as much hip and ankle mobility as
conventional and sumo pulling and it puts less shearing stress on the spine.
The sumo
deadlift has a shorter range of motion to travel than the
conventional does but it
does not suit everyone.
To
do it you will need to learn how to hinge your hips, if you can
do a good
conventional deadlift you should find that this position isn't too hard to accomplish.
Here's the rub, though: A lot of lifters can't
do full - range
conventional deadlifts.
Also, the
conventional deadlift begins with a positive phase that
does not allow you to accumulate elastic energy in your muscles during the descent (as occurs during a squat).
During
deadlifts, training with faster speeds, using
conventional or sumo
deadlift technique, introducing an unstable surface, and using a weightlifting belt
do not affect erector spinae muscle activity.
Knee net joint moments
do not increase with increasing relative load, are greater in sumo style
deadlifts compared to
conventional style
deadlifts, and are greater in hexagonal barbell
deadlifts compared to straight barbell
deadlifts.
Comparing the effects of
deadlift technique, Escamilla et al. (2000)
did not directly measure peak ankle angle but they found that the shank angle was different between the
conventional deadlift and sumo
deadlift styles, being around 4 degrees more vertical in the sumo style than in the
conventional style.
Peak ankle angles
do not differ between straight barbell, hexagonal barbell and farmers» walk bar
deadlifts and probably
do not differ between
conventional and sumo
deadlift styles.
In contrast, peak knee and ankle angles
do not differ between straight barbell and farmers» walk bar
deadlifts or between
conventional and sumo
deadlift styles, while peak knee angles are more acute in hexagonal barbell
deadlifts compared to straight barbell
deadlifts.
Deadlift technique (sumo vs.
conventional)
does not affect gluteus maximus, hamstrings, or adductor muscle activity.
Deadlift technique (sumo vs.
conventional) and the use of a weightlifting belt
do not affect erector spinae muscle activity.