Heavy lifters: dead lifting vs squats

awomaame25
Posts: 189 Member
Ok so I want to know which is superior, deadlifting or squatting coz I seem to prefer deadlifting to squats as I am able to deadlift heavier than squats. Anybody knows which is better?
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I'm the same - I prefer deadlifts to squats and lunges. Aren't they different muscle groups though?0
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I prefer deadlifts, but I do both. Recently I have started doing clean and press, which I also find awesome, but deads are by far my favorite movement.
ETA: the movements work different muscles, so you should do both.
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I prefer deadlifts, but I do both. Recently I have started doing clean and press, which I also find awesome, but deads are by far my favorite movement.
ETA: the movements work different muscles, so you should do both.
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I think everyone prefers deadlifts
. I hate squats but I still do them
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Almost everyone (should) deadlift more than they squat. Squats are important; they are hard and very few people enjoy doing them but you should continue. Just don't make the mistake of using too much weight and doing half-reps.0
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I generally prefer deadlifts because it's the exercise I can lift the most weight for! I do enjoy squats too though
They're both beneficial and important, as they work different muscle groups. So it's good to do both0 -
Squats for life.0
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Outlier here!
I prefer squats to deadlifts.
I can squat more than I can deadlift.
But I also think I need to switch from Stiff legged to Romanian.
Because when I did SL5x5 (before my injuries), I was deadlifting more than I was squatting.0 -
neither is better than the other.
you should be pulling more weight than you squat.
you should be doing both.0 -
I think everyone prefers deadlifts
. I hate squats but I still do them
Totally agree. I can DL more than I can squat and hate my squats but wouldn't be without them.
OP why do you prefer DLs?0 -
Another opinion for BOTH. I love deadlifting and I don't love squats. But, I do both.0
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Squats and stiff leg DL's...............less injury more reward0
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Love both. My squat as a technicality is stronger than my deadlift, but not by much, and only because I have been squatting far longer than I have been deadlifting.0
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I have a love/hate relationship with squats. Love the Romanian stiff legged dead lift. I think squats are more rewarding though.0
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Two completely different lifts. You can't do one instead of the other. That like asking whether you should do bench press or overhead press. You have to do both.0
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Both0
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Superior for what effect?
It's interesting that I see many people at my gym squatlift from the floor. (setting up for a deadlift, then moving like a squat)0 -
neither is better than the other.
you should be pulling more weight than you squat.
you should be doing both.
This guy gets it.0 -
They work different muscle groups, so in terms of which is better, Squats is better than Deadlift, and Deadlift is better than Squats, but in terms of which Muscle groups they work...
Edit... DO Both!0 -
I find deadlifts to be more taxing0
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