Modifying the DL

[Mark Rippetoe]

Ah jeez, I meant Ed Coan, not Andy Bolton. Don't know why I always get them mixed up:



My question still stands.

You think Eddy has short arms?

[Jsutt]

Not at all - like I said, I got them mixed up. Really dropped the ball on that one huh? What I meant was that while I understand the arguments against training full-width sumo deadlifts for general strength, wouldn't a narrow sumo stance allow a better back angle for someone with long legs and short arms than conventional while sacrificing less of the ROM and lower back involvement than full sumo? Seems like a better trade off than only pulling from mats or the rack.

[mrflibble]

Not at all - like I said, I got them mixed up. Really dropped the ball on that one huh? What I meant was that while I understand the arguments against training full-width sumo deadlifts for general strength, wouldn't a narrow sumo stance allow a better back angle for someone with long legs and short arms than conventional while sacrificing less of the ROM and lower back involvement than full sumo? Seems like a better trade off than only pulling from mats or the rack.

I'm confused. If now you don't think Ed Coan has short arms (I agree btw, no way they look short to me) then why did you previously say he did?

[Bluntschli]

I'm confused. If now you don't think Ed Coan has short arms (I agree btw, no way they look short to me) then why did you previously say he did?

He didn't. Meangreen said Andy Bolton had short arms, and Jsutt confused Bolton with Coan. Even at that point Jsutt wasn't saying he agreed - just that Coan had at some point in time pulled sumo.

[mrflibble]

He didn't. Meangreen said Andy Bolton had short arms, and Jsutt confused Bolton with Coan. Even at that point Jsutt wasn't saying he agreed - just that Coan had at some point in time pulled sumo.

He certainly implied it:

Not at all - like I said, I got them mixed up. Really dropped the ball on that one huh? What I meant was that while I understand the arguments against training full-width sumo deadlifts for general strength, wouldn't a narrow sumo stance allow a better back angle for someone with long legs and short arms than conventional while sacrificing less of the ROM and lower back involvement than full sumo? Seems like a better trade off than only pulling from mats or the rack.

Seeing he posted a pic of Ed Coan in a "a narrow sumo stance" I don't think he's just randomly talking about lifters who pulled sumo.

[Meangreen]

I said it looked like Andy had short arms because when he has light weight on the bar, it looks to me that his lock out is fairly high, not to his waist, but definitely above the groin area. When he's lifting heavy, of course, the bar is a bit lower.

But the point was.....that I had reconsidered my need to cheat the lift and had decided to overcome my anthropometric weirdness by other means.