bros who dont use sumo stance, do you feel stronger with closer feet width?

[die faster]

just wondering. i widened my stance up today on box squats, last time i got 375 for 1 and failed at 385, today just kept adding more plates on, got to 425

 

[die faster]

question applies for deadlifts too

 

[miked8c]

Its a significantly reduced ROM.

 

[die faster]

yeah obviously lol. not what im asking though.

 

[ExtraMile]

It altersd your technique too.

I don't like sumo stances, but if a practised it then I could probably get better at it...

 

[cwschimpff]

I feel weaker simply because I never use sumo stance, so my body's not used to it. If my body's not used to it, I'm less confident about the lift, and mentality is a huge element to the strength that you feel when performing a lift.

I'd have a hard time believing that there's a serious difference in the amount of WORK you can get done in sumo stance vs. regular stance, but as miked pointed out, when you lower your ROM, you lower the amount of work done. Less work requires less strength/energy -- or, since you're reducing the distance, you can increase the force and mathematically be doing the same amount of work.

 

[Judo Tom]

sumo moves more weight but i prefer to work full ROM and go ATF on my squats for almost all my sets.

 

[die faster]

thanks bloke thats a good point about more weight being on your shoulders. ive noticed its harder to push my hips forward like you said, im wondering if im better off switching my deadlifts to normal stance.

 

[die faster]

sumo moves more weight but i prefer to work full ROM and go ATF on my squats for almost all my sets.

yeah alot of ppl say they get better results from a long range of motion. but for me, sacrificing some range of motion, but overloading myself with more weight, always made my strength increase more from workout to workout. on benching, when i go to chest the whole time, i progress nowhere, when i go to about 3 inches above chest, i throw more weight on every week.

are you training more for size or strength?

 

[Judo Tom]

size right now.

that is a good point about what you said. first you gotta find what works for you and 2nd most likely using a combo of stances and exercises is really going to work the best.

 

[SPEKTOR-AAA]

Defintately stronger with a "normal" stance. In my opinion a sumo style stance is limiting and for that reason I never do it. I have always had the mentality that lifts should be done in the most athletic, natural position and for me sumo is definately not natural. Maybe im just biased lol.

 

[moya]

although i focus much more on how i lift in my meets (the most effeciently, sumo for me)... i do include other stances from time to time...
i love the reduced ROM from the sumo stance when competing, however, i also love doing oly front squats (very narrow stance) for a deeper ROM...
when i do my straight-leg pulls, i keep a narrow stance, as with my rack pulls and deficit pulls too... oly cleans narrow as well, even a narrower grip than i press with on those...
you just have to take the time to find what works for you...

 

[zedhed]

For squats my stance is just a bit wider then my shoulders typically. But if I really wanna load the weight I naturally seem to widen my stance.
For Deads pretty much the same thing.
I think that for doing the sets up to my heavy ones, I go with a narrower stance to get more ROM. But then when I get up to heavy weights it like "lets get down to it" in my head and my stance goes wider.