Squats, Leg Press, & Deadlifts

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How many days rest do most of you you have in between squats and deadlifts (this question obviously doesn't apply to those of you who work the legs and back on the same day)? I have been trying to space out my back day a good 3-4 days away from my leg day, but my hamstrings are still sore as hell when I do the deadlifts several days after squatting.

I am considering a routine where I would do squats one week and deadlifts the next, but not in the same week. For example, on the week where I do squats I would just focus on things like the barbell rows, hyper extensions, and pull-ups for the back, and on the next week I would rotate the deadlifts back in and sub the leg press in the for squats since that focuses more on the quads.

What do you guys think?

 

[oso0960]

you could squat and deadlift 7 days a week and still benefit from it, just depends on the intensity

nowadays i do a variety of squats and deadlifts as a max effort day, but that only happens once a week now.

 

[timtim]

How many days rest do most of you you have in between squats and deadlifts (this question obviously doesn't apply to those of you who work the legs and back on the same day)? I have been trying to space out my back day a good 3-4 days away from my leg day, but my hamstrings are still sore as hell when I do the deadlifts several days after squatting.

I am considering a routine where I would do squats one week and deadlifts the next, but not in the same week. For example, on the week where I do squats I would just focus on things like the barbell rows, hyper extensions, and pull-ups for the back, and on the next week I would rotate the deadlifts back in and sub the leg press in the for squats since that focuses more on the quads.

What do you guys think?

youll get subpar results with each because your not focusing on them consistently.

 

[s8nlilhlpr2]

I squat 3 days a week, wednesday is front squats though so they don't interfere with deadlifts. If you are getting sore, this means you are not conditioned for the exercise, you should be doing it more often not less. Are you using substantially heavy weight? If so, then you have to watch your CNS fatigue, if not don't worry about it. You might alternate heavy DL's with lighter DL's, but don't cut them out.

 

[fortunatesun]

Agree with the advice so far. Another thing you could try is to add some lunges or light jump squats at the end of your leg workout. Some find it useful to pump blood into the hams and get the muscle stretched out in order to reduce fatigue.

 

[captainahole]

Personally I do legs twice a week.
1 day squats and one day leg presses

Back twice a week as well
1 day dead and one day barbell rows

 

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Personally I do legs twice a week.
1 day squats and one day leg presses

Back twice a week as well
1 day dead and one day barbell rows

That is amazing to me. I lift pretty heavy weights, so I am having a hard time believing that I could do deadlifts on Monday and then come back on Thursday and throw down some heavy barbell rows. I typically do barbell rows, deadlifts, pull-ups, and shrugs on my back day and I still feel like my muscles are in recovery mode 5-6 days later. I would hate to destroy my recovery period by hitting the muscles again too soon. If I ever feel weaker than the previous time, I take a week off and typically come back stronger the next time.

 

[fallingeggs]

i will also agree with most that has been said so far. i squat and deadlift (each) twice a week. it is all about conditioning and controlling the intensity and volume of the workout. No one (or at least most of us) would be able to survive the workouts going all out at 90% of your 1rm, but i move from as low as 65% to as high as 90% on the lifts.

in other words, yes you can do the lifts two times each week, but not at the same weight each time.