Do three to five sets of six to 10 reps with a moderate to heavy load.
How to build speed off the floor for sumo deadlifts.
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Maximizing the effectiveness of your deadlift suit is a must when competing in gear.
Could just be your build too.
The faster you can move a light weight the higher.
A popular approach to improving the deadlift is to use speed work.
Stiff leg sumo deadlifts.
I just call it technique work.
This will help build the start of your deadlift and blow through that sticking point three inches off the floor.
Deadlift cycle for maximum floor speed.
Keep your rest periods to 45 to 90 seconds.
Out of the other 40 weeks a year these are the options i used to build my sumo deadlift.
Deadlift training max 525 comp max x 95 for trainining is 498 so round up to 500.
And for de days i would maybe throw in some cleans.
Knee pulls pull to the knee then return to the floor 450 90 x 2 x 4 sets.
300 60 x 6 x 3 sets.
Spread your knees as hard as possible while breaking the bar off the floor.
Along with strengthening the lower body deadlifts help to emphasize proper posture by.
The end goal is the same.
Set up so that your hips are in the same position they will be in when the bar actually leaves the ground.
This pause takes away the momentum gained from pulling off the floor and is great for learning how to stay tight and under control during the lift.
Whether sumo or traditional make picking weights off the floor should be a mainstay in your program.
Check out some more tips from brad about how to do that i have found that wearing a suit that is slightly looser in the hips but cranking the straps really helps off the ground.
The idea is to work on bar speed usually using 50 70 of 1 rep max in an effort to improve rate of force development which in turn will likely allow you to lift heavier loads.
Deadlift standing on 1 mat or plate.
I don t pull sumo but i used to be weak off the floor pulling.
Exercises you might want to try to increase your speed off the floor include deadlifts off a platform extra wide deadlifts to work on hip strength low box squats pause squats deadlifts with bands on a jumpstretch platform etc.
If you set up with your hips so low that they shoot up 10 before the weight actually moves you will a be pulled into a position you didn t get tight in and b lose a lot of speed off the floor related.
This makes the lift much harder and even though you will be handling less weight than a regular deadlift it will ultimately build more strength and develops your technique.
The key to these exercises is choosing the assistance.
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Work up to 400 lbs 80 x 3 x 3 sets.
Based off a 500 lbs.