Thread: Deadlifts - when?

Originally Posted by SurfsideRyan

lately I have been hitting the gym every other day, except weekends.

Been squatting 3x a week and then deadlifting every other day.

I have been seeing massive gains doing so.

ever other day except weekends (there's 5 days in a working week) is a maximum of 3 days a week so if you're suatting 3 days a week you're squatting every day...if you're deadlifting every OTHER day then you have to be in the gym almost every single day without even focusing on any other major lifts. There must be a typo here brah because what you're saying makes no sense.

Back day for me, hasn't failed me

Originally Posted by MDR

When it comes to a deadlift day, you do multiple variations. start with the traditional deadlift, Then do romanians, pull off boxes, ect. deadlift day or squat day does not mean one lift. it means the primary lift plus multiple variations.

So one could argue that instead of doing multiple variations, which also target the posterior chain, you could do normal posterior chain work on that day.

Originally Posted by Cork

So one could argue that instead of doing multiple variations, which also target the posterior chain, you could do normal posterior chain work on that day.

Add some quad work and you may have yourself a leg day.

Originally Posted by HeavyBomber

Add some quad work and you may have yourself a leg day.

Been gaining a lot of prime info reading through the various threads and stickies, particularly the Training and Nutrition ones (I needed more (good) fat - who knew?! Totally into the Udo's oil now) and came across a post that has me thinkin' about this Q some more. And that's the idea that squats and DL's (being big time compound movements) work as triggers to spark overall growth. So wouldn't there be something to the idea that DL's might work well to start upper body day to trigger upper body growth?

At least for a workout like my current one that's still a basic all-in-one upper body/ all-in-one lower body split? (I gather that as a beginner, I can get away with that kind of thing although I might have to shift things around once I get stronger.) My work sched has switched a bit and I'm thinking I could keep the upper/lower split for awhile longer, but go to the gym every second day, alternating Upper/Lower (and therefore DLs/ Squats), rather than Sun/Sat and Tue/Wed. That way I'd get 48 hrs rest between squats and DL's and start each wo with a big compound movement "trigger." (my DL form is getting way better and I think I'll be able to crank 'em to high intensity very soon.) Or am I even understanding the underlying ideas correctly? I must admit that I'm not confident that I'm totally getting all the stuff I'm reading - still having difficulty with the concept of periodization for example.

Hope that made sense. My mind's in a bit of overdrive right now, as I just finished one of my best (upper body) wo's ever. Broke through a barriers on pretty much everything. Feelin' pretty excellent, and am totally jazzed for leg day tomorrow.