Btcowboy
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Thumbs pinched between bar and hand. Until you kill the nerves in the thumb it is painful. Also need the skin to toughen up in the thumb as well, i have tore skin lots and bled all over lol
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Have you dislocated your thumb? lol.
so itS like making shift wrist straps using your own ligaments. Sounds painful
JP1979
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That sounds awful
JP1979
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Maybe 3-4” Put the bar 3/4 of the way up my shin.
Hook grip is too much for me, even low 500's is super painful.
That's about right. For me pulling sumo off blocks is way easier and pulling conventional off blocks feels more awkward.
Btcowboy
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Kind of yeah, quite the feeling when you feel the gnurling cut into your thumb and feel the skin start to tear. The nerves eventually dont feel pain anymore so that part is done for me just the skin issue for now
Worf
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I can’t pull as much off blocks. I think I can get as much on a 3” deficit as a 3” block
It seems like with sumo any elevation puts you at an advantage, but with conventional it isn't always true. For me anyway. I haven't really trained conventional much lately until recently, but my PR from the floor is higher than I've done from blocks.
Btcowboy
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I assume rack pulls dont count the same as block pulls but I pull both conventional and my rack pull is higher
Above the knee rack pulls should be way easier.
Btcowboy
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I do them below knee but ya above knee for sure easier
Block pulls carryover to deadlift better. Mechanics of rack pulls are pretty different to pulling from the floor or blocks. Rack pulls are better suited for hypertrophy than improving the deadlift in my opinion.
Btcowboy
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Yeah i remember you telling me that.
JP1979
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I think I’m going to continue them every other session, harder but I kinda dig it.
I can barely pull 525 from blocks, lol.
JP1979
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Good day today
135 x 10
225 x 8
315 x 6
365 x 4
415 x 3
435 x 2
455 x 1
The 455 was pretty easy. My legs still shake like like crazy but it was an easy pull.
135 x 10
225 x 8
315 x 6
365 x 4
415 x 3
435 x 2
455 x 1
The 455 was pretty easy. My legs still shake like like crazy but it was an easy pull.
Yea the shakey legs are crazy.
Dont you have a 600+DL?
Lol
that's hilarious.
I guess your legs are a driving force.
I'm the exact opposite, I struggle off the floor and out of the pocket.
From blocks my grip gives out before my back and glutes
My conventional PR from blocks is 585lbs if I'm remembering correctly and my conventional PR from the floor is 600lbs. It's been awhile since I've trained either very heavy though. Sumo PR from 3" blocks is 730lbs and sumo PR from the floor is 700lbs.
To me sumo is easier from blocks and conventional feels more awkward off blocks.
To me sumo is easier from blocks and conventional feels more awkward off blocks.
