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Originally Posted by Ra_Z_Boy
It's because it is designed to maximise the weight on the bar by taking advantage of ROM, leverage etc. There is nothing inherently wrong with it, but to me, just like raw powerlifts, conventional DL will always be significantly more awesome.
So what's your opinion on squatting with a super wide stance? It seems to me that gives a powerlifter a greater advantage than sumos would over conventional DLs.
If sumos are easier to pull more weight, then why are the only two (I'm only aware of two) guys who pulled > 1000 lbs doing conventional DLs and no one has done it sumo style?
fwiw, my PR conventional DL is 20 lbs > than my PR sumo. I do sumos primarily because of a hip issue that only rears its ugly head when I do heavy conventional DLs. They are easier on the low back too.