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@carltonh No thankfully not... but if you’re not used to lifting sumo you’d probably have to drop down in weight a lot to have the new muscles you need for the movement catch up. But the gains will come very quickly and you can work your way back up to what you were pulling conventional in no time!

@carltonh As someone with femurs longer than my 6’2” partner’s (I’m 5’8”) I switched to sumo years ago and never looked back. It’s a game changer for me. I couldn’t fit my body into a conventional deadlift stance without putting too much strain on my back and needing to bend my knees so much...

@kookarocha I had the same advice responding to an earlier comment. My partner is half a foot taller than me but my femurs are longer than his. Sumo is the best form for me, maybe OP would benefit from it too. I couldn’t get the weight close enough to my body with my lo legs so conventional just...

@jrsinct Hey OP, I started training at 19 with an adult class because it was something to do with my mom (who is my best friend). When I first started I was taken aside and made to use a specific training bar which was lighter than what everyone else was using, even women who were half a foot...