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Originally Posted by lewdog
Bench press is the AIDS. Hit 275 for a single today but it always feels like a total grinder. My hips have been bothering me since I changed the angle of my feet to more open on sumo deads (45 degrees). I'd like to have good form and pull more weight but I don't want my years of dealing with hip pain to resurface. I injured my hips twice when I was Olympic lifting and standing up from a clean. It took a good few years to be completely pain free. I was pulling 405 with my old foot position but it was putting me a bit too far forward on deads as Aspengc8 pointed out from my video in old thread.
Any thoughts on this Aspengc8 or others?
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I dealt with some serious hip issues when I switched to sumo. I wouldn't call it pain that I had, but more of a deep down soreness that never seemed to go away. Mine happened to be a flexibility issue & some inflammation. I took some advice and really focused more on warming up & foam rolling. The foam rolling is what ultimately made the pain go away. Check out mobilitywod.com, dr kelly starlett or something like that. Foam roll the SHIT out of your hips, inside groin away, IT band area and do some of the hip stretches in his mobility videos. It also helped my low bar squat mobility as Im a fairly medium/narrow stance for a tall guy.
There is some merit to what everyone else is echoing about "if it hurts dont do it", however its worth working through it to figure out if it is indeed injury related OR just weak abductors/IT band issues like my scenario.
Also check out Ed Coan's deadlift on youtube. One of the greatest deadlifters off all time, and used a modified sumo pull stance(900+) and I think his stance is more practical, some people go way too wide. I ended up switching to his stance.