Stronglifts - Deadlifting every training day?

squatsanddeadlift
squatsanddeadlift Posts: 117 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Would it be to much to switch rows to deadlifts and deadlift every training day?

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  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Probably.
  • piperdown44
    piperdown44 Posts: 958 Member
    Most likely.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Is that 3 days a week on Stronglifts?

    That's probably too much, yes.

    2 max
  • sarahkw04
    sarahkw04 Posts: 87 Member
    I'm in the too much camp. I deadlift once a week - can't imagine doing it more than 2x a week!
  • Troutsy
    Troutsy Posts: 275 Member
    Its most likely too much. I recommend sticking to the program as designed.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    edited August 2016
    FWIW, DLs are not a substitute for rows and I would not drop rows in lieu of doing more DLs.

    Rows are an "accessory" exercise that help strengthen the back, shoulders and biceps and are an opposing move to the bench press. It would be best to keep them (or something like them) for that purpose.

    As for the DL, yes, probably too much to do DLs everyday at MAX weights but you probably could to 2 MAX sessions a week separated by a day or 2. On the other hand, you could do one MAX day once a week and alternate deadlift exercises at 60-90% of 1RM on other days. See, for example:https://www.t-nation.com/training/tip-deadlift-daily-to-get-stronger.

    How much extra DL work you do would depend on how much squat and other leg work you are doing as well. Do too much of both and it will affect both negatively. But, if you go this route, you're not doing the SL program anymore. You're doing your own program, whatever it is.

    Nothing wrong with that, just don't say you're doing SL anymore.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Probably...and then you'd be missing your rows. Leaving behind your posterior chain is a bad idea.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    So why? Seriously.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    agree with above even though I already mentioned 2 times per week max. DL are not a replacement for rows.

    Plus, Rows are awesome!
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Probably...and then you'd be missing your rows. Leaving behind your posterior chain is a bad idea.

    You can't really leave your posterior chain behind on a program that lowbar squats 3 days a week and has deadlifts...
  • KDar1988
    KDar1988 Posts: 648 Member
    I've added RDLs every time I do SL because I can't do back squats well enough yet so I do fronts and want to work the hamstrings a bit more. I wouldn't give up the rows in place of dl's though, agree with Hornsby..they are awesome :)
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  • squatsanddeadlift
    squatsanddeadlift Posts: 117 Member
    Ah okay - thanks for the replies. Will leave as is. I only wanted to cut out rows because I felt like I wasn't getting the movement right. PT at the gym corrected form this morning. Thanks again.
  • GauchoMark
    GauchoMark Posts: 1,804 Member
    squatsanddeadlift wrote: »
    Ah okay - thanks for the replies. Will leave as is. I only wanted to cut out rows because I felt like I wasn't getting the movement right. PT at the gym corrected form this morning. Thanks again.

    If you aren't getting the movement right, drop the weight and work on technique until you get it right. Sometimes, especially in these compounds, it is some small, underdeveloped supporting muscle that is throwing your technique off and until you drop the weight so that muscle group can catch up, your technique will always be bad.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    LazSommer wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Probably...and then you'd be missing your rows. Leaving behind your posterior chain is a bad idea.

    You can't really leave your posterior chain behind on a program that lowbar squats 3 days a week and has deadlifts...

    Sure you can...

    I ran that program for a long time and ended up with muscular imbalances that I'm working out now because my pecks and front delts were hit regularly with both pushing exercises and even though I was doing rows, my rear delts got left behind resulting in my pecks and front delts pulling my shoulders forward...it would have been far worse had I skipped rows. It's a good beginner program, but it's not the be all and end all and it has holes.

    But hey...whateves leg press guy....
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