Sumo Deadlift to Move Faster

Often people who are performing other sports are advised to do some deadlifts to increase their maximum strength so as to get faster, prevent injuries, etc. But what kind of deadlift should you perform to get the crossover results into your sport? Well, in most sports, you have to move forward with or without weights. Therefore, I think sumo deadlifts are preferred compared with conventional deadlifts. That’s because you work more from the hips, abs, and glutes in the sumo deadlift and not that much with your lower back and quadriceps as you do in the conventional deadlift. Your lower back and quadriceps help you to slow down while running, by straightening your body.

Glutes, abs, and hips, on the other hand, will keep you going (as long as you lean forward). The runners used to say that you should run after your hip. Well, the body is constructed in such a way that you have to spread your legs to move! I trained an athlete who was going to compete in the Arnold Strongman amateur event. One event that he was about to face was the yoke, where he had to run with 420 kilograms/925 pounds. Of course, he couldn’t train with that much weight all of the time, and he needed to train so damn much to get into shape for this competition. He needed to become stronger to run faster. During some sessions, we cut the weight in half for the yoke, and instead, I held a flexband around his hip and walked behind him. This trick was to get him to push forward more with his hip to run faster, and it worked! Well, he didn’t just walk faster with the yoke on the competition day, he ran with it!

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