Squats or DEADLIFTS?

[MsBeverlyHills]

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Also, MBH you'll like this.....A buddy of mine always says that if you like squats, you're doing them incorrectly .

not true... I like squats cuase its my strongest lift

Lili- I have back & front squats in my leg workouts. The only lifts that I cycle are deads & cleans for obvious reasons.

 

[anthrax]

Squats or DEADLIFTS?

BOTH !

They are different exercices that target differents muscles

Do both of them and you'll learn to love them (actually you will love the results)

 

[Lililston]

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Lili- I have back & front squats in my leg workouts. The only lifts that I cycle are deads & cleans for obvious reasons.

How can you do back squats in every leg workout?! lol doesn't that bore you?

That's what I do now though and it's so boring that's why I hate squats

 

[Lililston]

I hate squats as much as I hate doing sit-ups

 

[anthrax]

I hate squats as much as I hate doing sit-ups

You sometimes have to do things that you don't like

 

[mulva]

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Liliston - Lifting is not about doing only the fun stuff like chest and arms. It's about doing the shitty excercises you hate like Arnold Presses and Squats.

What are Arnold Presses?

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

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How can you do back squats in every leg workout?! lol doesn't that bore you?

That's what I do now though and it's so boring that's why I hate squats

yup... squats 2/wk. I cant be bored-- Im concertrating on not dropping 200 lbs on the floor...lol. Seriously, if your bored- you might try loading up the weight so your more challenged or doing a 20-rep squat set-- you will feel more sick than bored

 

[Lililston]

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yup... squats 2/wk. I cant be bored-- Im concertrating on not dropping 200 lbs on the floor...lol. Seriously, if your bored- you might try loading up the weight so your more challenged or doing a 20-rep squat set-- you will feel more sick than bored

wow 200 lbs?! (free weights or with a smith machine)? I'm lifting only 35 lbs right now
I can't go heavy because I just started doing squats a couple of weeks ago, I'm still working on my form...

I tried adding a couple more pounds but I lean forward more

 

[Cut]

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What are Arnold Presses?

http://www.theministryoffitness.com/mof/library/anims/arnolds.htm

 

[wutangnomo]

I hate both of them but I do still do 'em.

However, it can get pretty taxing on the back if you are constantly going heavy, especially considering if you do other exercises like stiff legged deads, good mornings, bb rows, etc which also put a lot of stress on the back. You don't want to be getting back probs while you're still in your 20's or so.

If you are squatting or deading more than once a week I don't think you have hitting them hard enough. Either that or you are doing something wrong form wise. When I squat and dead I need at least a week to recoup. I'd absolutely kill my back if I did any of those more than once a week.