Squatting and Deadlifting

Brunner26_2

I was wondering if anybody has made any modifications to the squat and deadlift aspect of strong lifts. I was thinking about only squatting on one of the workouts instead of two and increasing deadlift to 5x5. Either that or keep squats in both workouts and still increase deadlift. I guess I just enjoy deadlifting.

Any thoughts?

jonnyrosko

I do 3x5 for my deadlifts. I enjoy them too much to only do 5 reps.

Cognito1025

Squat is the most important exerscize. Thats why its done every workout. Where are you weight wise? Once you're doing higher weights on deadlift you'll be doing a lot more than 1x5 to warm up. I'm at just 230, but I'm doing 10 reps @ 135, 5@185, 5@205, 3@220 and then 5 reps on my work weight. So assuming I reach my 5 reps on my work weight I will have done 28 total.

Brunner26_2

Squat is the most important exerscize. Thats why its done every workout. Where are you weight wise? Once you're doing higher weights on deadlift you'll be doing a lot more than 1x5 to warm up. I'm at just 230, but I'm doing 10 reps @ 135, 5@185, 5@205, 3@220 and then 5 reps on my work weight. So assuming I reach my 5 reps on my work weight I will have done 28 total.

The most I've done for deadlift is 160 3x10. I was planning on starting at 170 for my set of 5. I won't make any modifications right now.

As far as doing way more than 5 reps by the time you get up to the work weight, the same could be said about any of the lifts. I wonder why deadlift is different.

Cognito1025

Squat is the most important exerscize. Thats why its done every workout. Where are you weight wise? Once you're doing higher weights on deadlift you'll be doing a lot more than 1x5 to warm up. I'm at just 230, but I'm doing 10 reps @ 135, 5@185, 5@205, 3@220 and then 5 reps on my work weight. So assuming I reach my 5 reps on my work weight I will have done 28 total.

The most I've done for deadlift is 160 3x10. I was planning on starting at 170 for my set of 5. I won't make any modifications right now.

As far as doing way more than 5 reps by the time you get up to the work weight, the same could be said about any of the lifts. I wonder why deadlift is different.

YES! You should be warming up, starting with the empty bar. On my squat right now (190) I'll do 10 reps empty, 5 reps@95, 5@135. 5@155, 3@185, rest 5 min and THEN try to do my 5X5 @ 190. Same with OP, and Bench. I don't do any other cardio warmup or stretching.

You should really start to feel challenged soon...

Slamdunkpro

YES! You should be warming up, starting with the empty bar. On my squat right now (190) I'll do 10 reps empty, 5 reps@95, 5@135. 5@155, 3@185, rest 5 min and THEN try to do my 5X5 @ 190. Same with OP, and Bench. I don't do any other cardio warmup or stretching.

You should really start to feel challenged soon...

Wow , that's a lot of sets. How do you determine how many warm up steps and where to add them?

Brunner26_2

Squat is the most important exerscize. Thats why its done every workout. Where are you weight wise? Once you're doing higher weights on deadlift you'll be doing a lot more than 1x5 to warm up. I'm at just 230, but I'm doing 10 reps @ 135, 5@185, 5@205, 3@220 and then 5 reps on my work weight. So assuming I reach my 5 reps on my work weight I will have done 28 total.

The most I've done for deadlift is 160 3x10. I was planning on starting at 170 for my set of 5. I won't make any modifications right now.

As far as doing way more than 5 reps by the time you get up to the work weight, the same could be said about any of the lifts. I wonder why deadlift is different.

YES! You should be warming up, starting with the empty bar. On my squat right now (190) I'll do 10 reps empty, 5 reps@95, 5@135. 5@155, 3@185, rest 5 min and THEN try to do my 5X5 @ 190. Same with OP, and Bench. I don't do any other cardio warmup or stretching.

You should really start to feel challenged soon...

I understand all that. I always warm up, and I am feeling challenged now. I didn't mean to imply that I just jump right into it.

jfan175

YES! You should be warming up, starting with the empty bar. On my squat right now (190) I'll do 10 reps empty, 5 reps@95, 5@135. 5@155, 3@185, rest 5 min and THEN try to do my 5X5 @ 190. Same with OP, and Bench. I don't do any other cardio warmup or stretching.

You should really start to feel challenged soon...

Wow....that 28 rep warmup is a workout in itself. Isn't the 5min rest a little excessive? Personally, I'd stiffen up a bit with that much of a break....but then again I'm 52yo. For a squat warmup I do 5 fast and 5 slow ones with the empty bar to get the joints lubed, then 5 with about 1/2 my working weight and that's it until I'm over 225lbs, then I'll add in another 2-3 reps at 175 or so. The squats will warm up the entire body and for the other exercises I'll just do a light set of 5 to groove the movement. I do a few minutes of cardio and ballistic stretching until I work up a small sweat before any of this, which is what most of the experts I respect recommend.