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Re: sumo deadlift

Posted By: Jeff Finlayson (tnt6-216-180-4-16.dialup.hiwaay.net)
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2005, @ 12:04 p.m.

> I recently switched my dl to sumo...anybody got any advice on how to increase your strength off the bottom (first 6 to 8 inches)

Do platform DL as an assist exercise. And strengthen glutes and hamstrings.

See Rickey's routines' on this page. He was a Sumo DLer.
http://www.weighttrainersunited.com/routines.html

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• Re: sumo deadlift
  Jeff Finlayson (tnt6-216-180-4-16.dialup.hiwaay.net) -- Sunday, January 23, 2005, @ 12:04 p.m.
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    Alberto Caraballo (24-41-41-134.attbi.cable.earthlink.net) -- Sunday, January 23, 2005, @ 4:34 p.m.
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      Jeff Finlayson (tnt6-216-180-4-82.dialup.hiwaay.net) -- Sunday, January 23, 2005, @ 5:35 p.m.
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    Joe Dentice (cache-ntc-ad02.proxy.aol.com) -- Sunday, January 23, 2005, @ 6:27 p.m.