Post by marshalljohnson on Apr 26, 2011 10:18:57 GMT -5
One of the easiest ways to increase your weight on deadlift, especially in gear, is to load the bar before you lift. I see many deadlifters, regardless of skill level, jerking the weight off the ground. This hasn't inhibited lifters from achieving massive deadlifts, but I can't help but think of how much more could be lifted with simple changes in technique. Instead of jerking the weight off the ground a lifter should pull the weight up. Loading the bar can be very beneficial no matter if you are an equipt or raw lifter. I am a sumo deadlifter so I will only address fellow sumo deadlifters.
A sumo deadlift should feel a lot like a squat. I will ask people does deadlifting sumo make your back sore? If they answer yes then I have some reason to believe they are deadlifting wrong. The beautiful aspect of sumo deadlift is that it can be perfomed a lot like your squat. It starts with your quads, hammies, hip, and then finished with your back. If your back hurts it because you are starting the lift with your weight over the bar forcing your back to start the lift. Loading the bar primes your body to fire with explosive force. When you are down in your deadlift position and hands on the bar this is where you load the bar. As you prepare to lift the weight squeeze, squeeze your quads, hammies, and hip preparing the body for work. "Squeeze and Explode" is what I tell my teamates. I have found this increases pop, and explosion off the ground. Squeezing your muscles and contracting them as hard as you can is telling your body its time to work. Loading the bar in gear in even more beneficial. Not only are you priming your body to do work but you are creating a large amount of tension against your gear. Squeezing against your gear producing more tension making your gear tighter will produce pop off the ground you have never felt before. If you can combine initiating the deadlift with your lower body and loading the bar you will see great gains in your deadlift.
A sumo deadlift should feel a lot like a squat. I will ask people does deadlifting sumo make your back sore? If they answer yes then I have some reason to believe they are deadlifting wrong. The beautiful aspect of sumo deadlift is that it can be perfomed a lot like your squat. It starts with your quads, hammies, hip, and then finished with your back. If your back hurts it because you are starting the lift with your weight over the bar forcing your back to start the lift. Loading the bar primes your body to fire with explosive force. When you are down in your deadlift position and hands on the bar this is where you load the bar. As you prepare to lift the weight squeeze, squeeze your quads, hammies, and hip preparing the body for work. "Squeeze and Explode" is what I tell my teamates. I have found this increases pop, and explosion off the ground. Squeezing your muscles and contracting them as hard as you can is telling your body its time to work. Loading the bar in gear in even more beneficial. Not only are you priming your body to do work but you are creating a large amount of tension against your gear. Squeezing against your gear producing more tension making your gear tighter will produce pop off the ground you have never felt before. If you can combine initiating the deadlift with your lower body and loading the bar you will see great gains in your deadlift.