This is by far the best slack pull video on KZfaq for sumo pullers. I personally moved away from sumo exactly because of a poor understanding of this topic which led to very flawed positioning. Now I value the benefits of pulling conventional more, but this is for sure a video that I will save and come back to if I ever switch back, great job Dave!

This is honestly something that came super naturally to me as a well leveraged sumo deadlifter but I could never fully put into words how this felt. Fantastic work here David!

"Pulling slack is the deadlift" is so true. Once I figured out how to properly build full body tension and rotate/wedge my hips into the bar my form has improved so much. It just sucks that the fitness community has just dumbed down the concept of slack pull as pulling on the bar until you hear the "click."

David, this was an eye opening video. I'm going to implement some of the tips that you gave us here, thank you so much. As always awesome video 😊!!!

Love the big picture ideas and concepts! If only there were more content creators that can back the “why” behind what they say. Very eloquently said!

I definitely found more success with Halting (also called 1+1/2)deadlifts than pause. Essentially doubling the volume off the off-the-floor reps, which is the typical weakness for sumo, while still replicating the aggressiveness and usual style for the comp deadlift. Use it for warmup sets, as well as secondary/tertiary movement on squat day.

Damn such a great video once again ! I think this is what I've been lacking in my deadlift. I'm always struggling to feel the best position because I don't close the gap between the rounded and longer position during my setup and the one where I create the most tension by rotating.

Really appreciate your work, David, once again packed full of info and insights. For someone like me, who is less experienced and definitely doesn’t have that highly trained coach’s eye that you have, I struggle at times when you’re describing something where people may commonly get it wrong and what they should be looking to do to sort it out, and that narrative is combined with video of you lifting, because I’m unsure whether the video is you trying to demonstrate the mistake you’ve set out describing or whether that’s the proper way the lift should be done. E.g. at 7:20 - I think you’re showing how it might look if done wrong but really am not sure. I may be imagining it but I thought you occasionally added a simple on screen label (basically “good” or “bad”) on some earlier videos to help differentiate. Not sure if that would be possible to do or not, I realise it’s more effort when producing the videos but would be super helpful to clarify for those of us who aren’t able to spot the smaller things so well. Either way, I still found the video really useful, so am grateful to you for your work on these videos 😊

Awesome Video

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I don’t mean for this to come across as needlessly critical, but… Great theory. Excellent information. Problem is, the lack of demonstration. There’s a ton of critical information you’re relaying here. But it really needs to be backed up with explicit demonstration. The inserts of clips here and there act like B-roll. Because you’re discussing a number of aspects, when you run a clip it’s hard to know exactly what we’re supposed to be looking at. Or whether it’s just B-roll. I understand your format is often this way: cutting between footage and talk. But I think you would get your points across better if you also include dedicated instruction. As in, show us in the moment exactly what you’re giving us in theory. Point being, the “telling” bit is excellent. But the critical “showing” bit is lacking. Using voice-over separate to demonstration is nowhere near as effective and informative as giving them both to us live. I could break down your whole video, but maybe I can just give a generic sense of what I mean: There are many times when you discuss both what to do and what not to do. But you’re doing it without showing us both. Meaning, you’re leaving it up to us to see it and work it out in our own minds. There’s a good chance we’re going to get that wrong. For instance, if you think that pausing a deadlift in certain places is good but in other places is not, you need to show us. Both. And while doing so, explain why. Otherwise, you risk your highly valuable information getting lost in the viewer’s translation. For me, I got the idea of what you were saying. I understood it - in theory. It’s excellent. But I do not trust that I completely ‘got it’. And it’s got me a little frustrated cos it’s left me thinking: “Wow that makes perfect sense, but I’m not really seeing what he’s saying.” Hope this helps.

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May I know what u meant by creating rotation with the upper body?

Hey David ! Can you share your deload week with us ?

David, do you think this applies to block pulls to an extent? As your starting position is slightly higher?

David, can you provide a good sumo accesorry work out, many thanks

I am a conventional puller my warm ups for deadlifts they look like pose deadlift from just getting into my position is this good?