Back Pain: Sumo vs Conventional Deadlift

[mimoosa]

I sometimes do conventional as a variation to strengthen the back even more

[Bugoy_ADHD]

Been doing conventional for years.

Tried sumo just recently and it seems easier overall.

[gumps]

Due to past lumber injuries I mainly do sumo. If I go to heavy on conventional I pay for it in my lower back for a week. I’ve been doing the mobility exercises for 10 years, and it has improved, but still a problem.

[xHumanFacex]

The problem with conventional tho is that some people don't have the right leverage for it, if you have long legs and average or long arms it's a great exercise... if you are built like a squatter than in a conventional you end up just fighting to not brake your back in half basically... ironically everyone can pull sumo with no problem, but conventional can be hell for people with a long torso.

[fazole]

I'd like to see a trap bar analysis.

[elim]

Sumo doesn't hurt my back. I still pull both ways

[Dezbo]

Sumo isn’t cheating, it’s just a different lift. Different muscles activated, different mechanics. That’s why you see lifters that weight 160lbs sumo/deadlifting 800+ pounds whereas their conventional lift is 495, still really solid but it’s a massive discrepancy.

[Getstrongordietrying]

I am honestly thinking of switching to sumo. Backpaijän comes and goes. Stiff glutes and hamstrings is the reason i think.

[biocraft]

I do sumo because i have one leg that is longer and having my feet closer exaggerates the problem and i get severe hip/ lower back pain. If i space my feet out the distances smoothes out the imbalance in my leg lengths, and i get no pain. The weight is still the same weight its just as hard as conventional just with less injury chance for me. My feet aren’t next to the plates they are just right outside my hands. Conventional/ sumo is the same as high bar/ low bar squat. One is not easier than the other it just depends on your anatomy to which one works better for you.

[sidcrr]

I do both at times and Sumo is definitely easy

[dipro]

people who joke about sumo are the real inexperienced lifters

[renzlrk]

Sumo needs more leg drive. Conventional needs more back drive. That's the main difference

[thegray.]

I feel like I comment on every vid but these are so educational and awesome information!!! I love it I wish I could subscribe and like 100x lol

[tikasiwakoti]

I’m def stronger conventional but I feel very good and natural with sumo. And sumo over time adds to my conv so I use sumo for hypertrophic reasons and conv for strength training.

[fordman]

Look at the records in categories. Most weight is done in conventional deadlift not sumo. Contrary to what people believe. Shorter people are stronger sumo and taller are better conventional. Jeff nippard has a video on it if you need to see more

[EndlzWaltz]

My lower back was hurting so I’ve been doing trap bar deadlifts and lighter conventional for a reps and sets. After a couple weeks I tried heavier conventional deadlift and hit a new pr. That sessions was just singles but it seems to be working for me to save my back and still gain strength.

[Crispiegames]

I lift just for exercises & not for any competition so whichever one helps with my glute activation works the best...I found sumo to be more helpful with my arm/leg in comparison to traiditional

[JediNiyte]

This is why you need to know how long your spine is in proportion to your femurs. If you're in the short femur/long spine club, you're going to get more spine dumped into your spine. You may have mitigating factors with your hip structure that make conventional adaptive, but the sumo is probably going to be more mechanically correct, all things being equal.

Long story short, find a smart person that can do an appropriate assessment of your levers and structural make-up. NONE of this is cookie cutter, and we're asking for trouble is we assume it is.

[notpepita]

I read that most of the people feel back pain on normal Deadlift but for me it's the complete opposite so I decided to just do the normal one but still working on my sumo technique without weight

[tiesvanlieshout]

I want to do conventional deadlifts. But everytime I try to set up I feel a pinching pain in my hip. I think it's my hip structure but how do I know for sure it's not a hip impingement and just my structure