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Post by thesecondrei on Aug 17, 2010 19:09:50 GMT -5
I noticed that most of the top russian powerlifters deadlift with a sumo stance, is there a particular reason for this as it pertains to sheiko programming? I heard from another board that the reason why russian powerlifters deadlift sumo stance was not because it was better in some way, but because it fit the programming style of sheiko more since high volume squats combined with conventional deadlifting would be too intense on the cns...any thoughts?
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Post by joeldibattista on Aug 17, 2010 20:43:16 GMT -5
My training partner spoke with some Russians at IPF Worlds and they said that was the reason - conventional being too taxing on the back/CNS.
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Post by michael on Aug 18, 2010 10:36:35 GMT -5
I'd have to agree. I've been running sheiko for a year straight doing conventional pulls and a shoulder width squat stance and I don't even do the gm as my low back takes a baeting from the squats
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Post by benburgess on Aug 18, 2010 16:55:05 GMT -5
I noticed that most of the top russian powerlifters deadlift with a sumo stance, is there a particular reason for this as it pertains to sheiko programming? I heard from another board that the reason why russian powerlifters deadlift sumo stance was not because it was better in some way, but because it fit the programming style of sheiko more since high volume squats combined with conventional deadlifting would be too intense on the cns...any thoughts? Sumo is always going to be the mechanically superior lift and conv is obviously more taxing on the back, but if you're a conv puller and havnt had any issues so far (and are making progress on your sq/dl) i definately wouldnt change to sumo just for that reason. Ive gone the other way, from sumo to conv as the sumo technique just never suited me and ive had no issues with overworking the posterior chain at all.
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