Heavy lifters: dead lifting vs squats

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awomaame25
awomaame25 Posts: 189 Member
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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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  • Natmarie73
    Natmarie73 Posts: 287 Member
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    I'm the same - I prefer deadlifts to squats and lunges. Aren't they different muscle groups though?
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
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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.

    Rigger
  • awomaame25
    awomaame25 Posts: 189 Member
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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.

    Rigger
    i also do both but i love deadlifts
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,070 Member
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    I think everyone prefers deadlifts :). I hate squats but I still do them :/
  • GradatimFerociter
    GradatimFerociter Posts: 296 Member
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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.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
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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 :D

    They're both beneficial and important, as they work different muscle groups. So it's good to do both :)
  • Wicibeth
    Wicibeth Posts: 27 Member
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    Squats for life. <3
  • LishieFruit89
    LishieFruit89 Posts: 1,956 Member
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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.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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    neither is better than the other.

    you should be pulling more weight than you squat.

    you should be doing both.
  • FrustratedYoYoer
    FrustratedYoYoer Posts: 274 Member
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    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?
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
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    Another opinion for BOTH. I love deadlifting and I don't love squats. But, I do both.
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
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    Squats and stiff leg DL's...............less injury more reward
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
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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.
  • She_Hulk
    She_Hulk Posts: 277
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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.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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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.
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
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    Both :smile:
  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
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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)
  • rgrange
    rgrange Posts: 236 Member
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    neither is better than the other.

    you should be pulling more weight than you squat.

    you should be doing both.

    This guy gets it.
  • CarlKRobbo
    CarlKRobbo Posts: 390 Member
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    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!
  • vanguardfitness
    vanguardfitness Posts: 720 Member
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    I find deadlifts to be more taxing

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