Range of Motion vs Weight

[legendary]

Hello, I wanted to find the answer to these questions for a while now.
Let's assume two trainees performing deadlift. One has perfect leverages (long arms relative to the body), other worse (short arms relative to the body). Long arms therefore result in a much shorter pull in comparison.
My question is what implications does this have for these trainees in their intermediate/advanced stages of training? I suppose the longer armed lifter will need to train his muscles through greater ROM with assistance exercises much more so than short armed guy whose standard deadlift could very well result in almost entirely closed hip angle. Is that assumption correct?
Also, which of those 2 variants would be better for longer armed trainee for hypertrophy/strength? Standard deadlift with shorter ROM but more weight.... or for example deficit deadlifts with more ROM but less weight? I know about rules by which the exercsies are chosen for SS, but was wondering about how they relate to the situation like this. In other words, does ROM or more weight matter more?
Thank you.

[Tom Campitelli]

My question is what implications does this have for these trainees in their intermediate/advanced stages of training? I suppose the longer armed lifter will need to train his muscles through greater ROM with assistance exercises much more so than short armed guy whose standard deadlift could very well result in almost entirely closed hip angle. Is that assumption correct?

Not necessarily. Since we are discussing hypotheticals, all this is, well, hypothetical. You are also asking the guy that doesn't really find a lot of use for assistance work. I think the idea that assistance lifts are key to bringing up the main lifts is one that could use more scrutiny. Assistance work can provide some more stimulus while not creating quite as much systemic fatigue, but anthropometry is not the sole decider for what assistance lifts do or do not get incorporated into the program. The lifter with longer arms can probably deadlift more than the lifter with short arms. The loads this person could handle would be greater and might have just as great of a training effect, if not a greater training effect, than the loads the short armed person could lift. There are lots of assumptions and caveats that go into that assertion, however.

Also, which of those 2 variants would be better for longer armed trainee for hypertrophy/strength? Standard deadlift with shorter ROM but more weight.... or for example deficit deadlifts with more ROM but less weight? I know about rules by which the exercsies are chosen for SS, but was wondering about how they relate to the situation like this. In other words, does ROM or more weight matter more?

I don't know. I think programming the deadlift so it goes up over time is probably far more important for both these trainees than selection of assistance exercises. Further, individual weaknesses would probably dictate what, if anything, would get chosen. How is that for a non-answer?