Belt getting in the way

I am overweight to an absurd degree. So deadlifts with a belt can be kind of awkward but manageable at lower reps (1-5.) However I’ve noticed that when it gets to what should be a 6@8 I just can’t get myself into a starting position that will work on that last rep. Which forces me to use a weight far lower than what my last highest e1rm would suggest for a 6@8.

So I’m left with the following choices.

Leave the weight lowered and try to increase the e1rm of 6s as their own thing.

Negate the gut by switching to one of the following: Block Pulls with Belt, Beltless Deadlift or Sumo with Belt.

Last GPP template cycle I went with the first option and that went fine but this time I thought I’d ask for advice. Which option do you think would be more appropriate or have I missed something?

You’re saying you can set up for the first, second third rep, etc, just fine? But by the time you get to the 6th, you can’t?

Why don’t you just let go of the bar, stand up, and do a quick reset before your last 1-2 reps?

To give you some prosective I’m only about 10" smaller around then I am tall(5’ 11".) Though I’ve lost weight since the last time I measured my waist so that might have increased.

Because it’s not a thing I imagined you could/should do but I’ll give it a try next Friday.

I find that my belt effects my starting position also due to my girth. I find that I need to set the belt really high, basically directly under my ribs.

Some more food for thought is Yury Belkin. Dudes strong as hell and doesn’t deadlift with a belt because he believes it effects his starting position too much. Here’s one of his lifts; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQPYmT8iwDk

Yeah that’s about where I have the belt too. I’ve thought about going beltless a lot in the past but it really doesn’t seem to get in the way under six reps.

Anyway, the 4+2 reset worked well. Also coincidentally Monday I watched an RTS video where in the comments Jim Eli said standing to reset during a deadlift set was fine too. Though the video he was referring to was of himself standing and resetting on each rep.

Thanks Austin. Thanks Wolfgang.