Squat VS Deadlife

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  • operation_cute
    operation_cute Posts: 588 Member
    deadlift :) all though barbell squats are a full body workout (bar on shoulders, abs stabilizing, and of course legs) the deadlift is a more intense full body, not to mention it gets heart rates up really quick for that extra burn:) but honestly why choose? :flowerforyou:
  • Going4Lean
    Going4Lean Posts: 1,078 Member
    Squats even though i can deadlift more than i can squat.
  • timbrom
    timbrom Posts: 303 Member
    I like the deadlift more, because it's easier. Which probably makes the squat better for me.
  • Val_from_OH
    Val_from_OH Posts: 447 Member
    I love squats, I'd give up the deads in a second! The deadlift motion does not seem natural to me - I keep having to watch videos to make sure I'm doing it right. Maybe it will get better when I have less bulk in my midsection, and can lift more (aka a bigger diameter plate). The girls & the belly tend to get in the way when I have to get all the way down to the floor :ohwell:
  • RichOC
    RichOC Posts: 243 Member
    There's just something about a good deadlift. Squats are great too. If I had to choose one I'd have to go with deads because they help keep my bulging disc in place in my low back and if I go too low in squats I limp for a month and a half because I need major ankle reconstructive surgery.

    I think my favorite after a good deadlift is when your hearing kinda cuts out a bit, you start feeling light headed, and there's that moment you think maybe you should sit down, just in case you pass out.
  • VorJoshigan
    VorJoshigan Posts: 1,106 Member
    I would be willing to give up deadlife. Vampirism kinda sucks.

    I'm still going to do both of those exercises though.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    :angry:


    I wont choose!!!

    It's just hypothetical Crank...c'mon...just pick one.

    I would choose squats.

    NO!

    ^^^ this

    it's like asking a mother to choose which child she wants to keep and which child she wants to give away.....
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    double post/browser gone crazy
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I have much more fun doing deads. It's a much more natural movement for me and moving all that weight is very satisfying.

    That said, if I could only choose one, it would be squats.
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    bicep curls... j/k deadlifts, that was an easy one for me
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    DeadlifTs =)
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    I would be willing to give up deadlife. Vampirism kinda sucks.

    I'm still going to do both of those exercises though.

    Finally! I was going to say 2 pages and not one joke on the typo.

    Hard choice. I love both.
  • EDollah
    EDollah Posts: 464 Member
    I'd keep squats and it's not even close.
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    If I had to choose one I would probably choose deadlifts.
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    You'd have to pry squats out of my cold, dead hands.
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    Deadlifts.. Purely coz I get to Chalk up, pace around the gym like a psycho, scream at the bar and rip it off the floor! AKA Angry man deadlifts. Angry Man Deadlifts have been responsible for my last 4 PB's! And it's got me kicked out of 2 gyms!!

    I would hate to give up squats though, I'm good at those. Probably coz I'm only 5 foot 7, so I don't have much distance to sit down\back up..

    god, i wanna lift with you!!!

    and i would prefer deadlifts to answer your question.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    But why, like if someone had a gun and said "squat your dad to save your mom's life, or deadlift your mom to save your dad's life" which would you do?

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