Yesterday’s “long” walk beat me up a bit (only 11.2 miles at a modest pace) ..hip flexors and hips were sore. So I eased up a bit on the deadlifts:
straight bar (low) 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 5 x 225, 5 x 225
straight bar (Wagon wheel) 5 x 255 (surprised that this was hard)
trap bar (Wagon wheel) 10 x 255 (much easier..same height )
trap bar: 6 inch: 5 x 300 (easy)
Then 4.1 miles (44:30 for the Barbara plus extra to get to 1 hour) it was warm.
What is going on: in the low position, I am stronger with the straight bar.
In higher positions: I am stronger with the trap bar than I am with the straight bar at the same height.
My guess: my quads are really, really weak when my knees are deeply bent. So the straight bar is easier in low positions: more posterior chain. The quads are stronger with less knee bend, hence more quads with the trap bar at higher positions.
Life of an old goat 