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This.

Trust the process.

The back is still doing the same exact thing in a sumo as it is in a conventional.

What kind of lower back problems do you have exactly?

It is easier on everything except possibly adductors.

In a word, no.

Provided you aren’t just doing junk volume, or constantly switching up exercises for no real reason.

Sumo has one purpose:

Move more weight with less actual work. All about leverage.

I’ve seen dude use grip plates and literally stick there hands in the plates if they can’t get far back enough to get under a bar.

Hardly seems worth it lmao

At least you can get under a straight bar.

I literally cannot adduct my shoulders enough to get under one.

Not like a squat anyway lol

Dead stops don’t have an eccentric either.

I was taking about the amount of work your hips were doing to move the bar.

Yes. That is a solid method vs just grinding to get a specific weight for x amount of reps.

Looks more like a deadstop than a strict Pendlay.

Depends…

Eh.

I just don’t go to the gym if I’m feeling especially beat up.

Otherwise I’ll skip certain movements if I’m just feeling a little sluggish from life and work and such. But this doesn’t...

Just learn to bias them in your pulling movements.

-Neutral spine
-Neutral grip (not really a fan of supinated grips for most pulls, chins are fine)
-Don’t start the movement with scapular...

My bad, missed that part. Way past my bedtime.

Well you have…

Squats
Overhead presses
Squat thrusters
Upright Rows
Front raises
Curls

And many more

I don’t think the he gets the concept of TRT. Like at all.



Sure he would. Provided he actually started using a full range of motion and stopped cheating the weight.

And he’d getting...

What the hell is a “crest”?

Thoracic

No. The shoulder is the largest muscle on the upper body. The lat has different divisions as well in terms of fiber orientation.

https://www.fitprince.com/largest-muscles/

The size of the muscle has absolutely nothing to do with how fast it does/does not recover.

The shoulders are the largest muscle on the upper body yet are highly resistant to muscle damage.

The...