Squats + Dead lifts

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  • jlclabo
    jlclabo Posts: 588 Member
    my program runs squats and deads the same day and both are 80% on the heavy day and 70% on volume days, along with all accessory work that consists of ham curls, calf raises, stiff leg dl, and leg press. it does take a little to get use to it, but i love it.
  • dieselbyte
    dieselbyte Posts: 733 Member
    my program runs squats and deads the same day and both are 80% on the heavy day and 70% on volume days, along with all accessory work that consists of ham curls, calf raises, stiff leg dl, and leg press. it does take a little to get use to it, but i love it.

    ^This. The issue is programming. If squats and deads are performed at a workload percent that is below 1RM, and the goal isn't to max out on every lift, then there is nothing wrong with doing them on the same day. I run them both on the same day, at least 2 times a week. Natural advanced lifters will benefit from more than 1 day of stimulation for a body part - so once a week "leg days" are sub-optimal. Again, it's the workload that must be monitored and adhered to. Maxing out every lift is uneccesary.
  • kapoorpk
    kapoorpk Posts: 244 Member
    Great discussion. What I deduce from all the wisdom shared here is that there is no harm in doing these two together as long as I am not maxing out on 1RM each time. Plus, the leg curls lunges, etc. aren't necessary given sufficient stimulation of all leg muscles, but could throw them in there if I could.

    My focus at the moment is muscle mass gain, not so much of trying to max my lifts, as such have been performing 3 or 4 sets of 10-12 reps. That should put me around 60-70% of 1RM, perhaps. Having said that, I could skip all the other leg stuff to avoid overtraining.

    BTW, I rotate the push, pull, leg routine through a 2 day work/1 day rest split, so end up focusing on each muscle group twice in 8 days.

    Any other thoughts, please do share.

    Thanks!

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