Deadlift Suits

[Big Jawn]

Does anyone use one? Alot of people get very little out of one or don't even bother using one. However I am convinced I have the bodytype/form to benefit from one. I'm thinking a skin tight size 46, Metal IPF Deadlifter.

[Dunk]

I've read people getting some gains out of their squat suits in the deads, but haven't really heard of too much about people using dead suits, I think they are kind of new

[Sgt Rock]

DL suits are not that new, I started help test them for John Inzer back in the 90's. Best bet..try the new Inzer Fusion, if you work hard with it you can get good gains out of it. Its all about getting a good fit and practice.

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Sgt Rock
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[heavyliftin]

I've been wondering about this too. I've used a bench shirt and a squat suit before but never a dl.

[GFH1911]

I used a Metal Pro Deadlifter for a while before I dropped some weight and it got too big to be really effective.

Positives: HUGE pop off the floor. I had to pull myself down to the bar to get in the proper position but once I did the weight just flew off the ground.

Negatives: Well this just applies to me really, but my lockout has always been my weak point. So thats where I need the most assistance. I can pretty much pull the same thing in or out of the suit because I'm strong off the floor. I'd estimate I was getting 20lbs or so out of it.

If I was the other way around and had a crazy strong lockout and sucked at pulling off the floor I would've benefitted a lot more. As it is I'm just pulling raw for the time being. When my squat suit gets here I'm going to see what I can pull sumo.

[workoutfreakk]

What would you guys say the differences are between deadlifting in a squat suit compared to a real DL suit? Is a squat suit even worth using for the DL?

[Kathy Fields]

If your stance for deadlifting is very similar to your stance in the squat, some squat suits can be used for DL. I've known quite a few lifters who use their squat suits for both. I think in the old days, some of the powerlifting vets would turn their squat suits around to pull in.

[mark]

What would you guys say the differences are between deadlifting in a squat suit compared to a real DL suit? Is a squat suit even worth using for the DL?


Depending on what squat suit you're talking about will depend on the answer. Metal Squat suits are good for pulling in, esp if you're sumo. Inzer's Hardcore, in my opinion, sucks for deadlifting, but that has to do with the mechanics of the design and fabric.

So the question is, what is the factor that determines whether or not a squat suit is good for pulling in?
The answer lies in the specifics of the squat suit. There's 2 general ideas that are used for squat suit design. Prior to the release of the Metal Squat suits, most squat suits where designed to be fought against. For example, the Hardcore. If you just squatted in a hardcore, you got little out of it because it would pull your knees in, round you over, and make you look like you don't know jack shit about squatting. However, if you knew that's what the suit did, and you fought against the suit, and really forced your knees out, and arched back like hell, and where able to maintain good form in the suit, then you got a rebound out of the suit that was unbelievable. This is why a lot of people either loved or hated the Hardcore.
Then came the innovativeness of Metal (at least in terms of poly squat suits). They started to design suits that aided the lifter. In other words, their suits helped you force your knees out, helped you keep your arch, etc. Essentially, it was the "polar opposite" of the Hardcore. However, in my opinion, this is why you have to make sure your Metal squat suit is tight enough. Once you get one that's as tight as you can physically get on, the amount of support and/or rebound is tremendous (this is going to be dependent on whether or not you get the pro or viking material, and how many plys your gear is- essentially, a multi-paged paper, that could rival a Ph.d Thesis). Therefore, it is not uncommon for some people to get good deadlifting results out of their Metal squat gear.

So, to sum up what I just wrote -- if your squat suit is more in line with the Hardcore, I would not suggest deadlifting in it. If you squat suit is more like a Metal, you'll be good to go, unless you're using one of the V-suits to pull conventional.


DISCLAIMER: This post is not meant to bash or support one gear company or another. I just used them as examples because I know that the gear mentioned in my post are on opposite sides of the spectrum in terms of the mechanics of a rebounding style fabric.


If there are any questions about my post, or questions of a similar nature about other gear, please feel free to fire away and I'll try my best to answer them.


I knew my edumacation would come in handy,
mark