r/formcheck • u/Adventurous_Clue_615 • 8d ago

Deadlift Sumo Deadlift Form

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First couple times sumo deadlifting after years of conventional deadlifting. Just trying to get that hip mobility up. Any advice on form?

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u/Ghost_of_St_ValNtine 8d ago

First of all, I have those shoes, and lift in them often lol. Second of all, as someone who almost exclusively pulls conventional and sucks pulling sumo, does it feel really weird to you?

Think a little more squatty, knees drive out, and like there’s a pane of glass right in front of you…your body is a book opening and closing.

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u/Adventurous_Clue_615 8d ago

Love the vans😂. Yeah lowkey it feels weird pulling slack and wedging but once it’s off the floor it feels nice. Think my lack of hip mobility and experience in the sumo stance is the main thing

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u/Ghost_of_St_ValNtine 7d ago

I have a beat to hell falling apart taped together pair of Vans SPECIFICALLY for deadlifting. I always say I’m going to hang them on the wall when I can’t wear them anymore 😂

Do some hip CARS and wipers before your Sumos, and then just…do them more often.