Conventional Deadlift vs Sumo Deadlift

After the power meet and pulling 440 (even though I got red-lighted) my lower back was pretty sore. Not hurt sore, but max-effort, on-the-edge-of-being-strained muscles  sore. I’ve had this before when dead lifting really heavy (for me) weight. The downside is that it takes a week or so to recover, and in the mean time my [...]

It’s Dead Lift, Not Dead Lower

A few years ago my place of employment was only close enough to one gym, pretty much forcing me to work out there. It was Life Style Family Fitness, which I think they should rename Fitness for Pussies. The dumbbells only went up to 80, they only had one squat rack, and no deadlift platforms. If you [...]