Squats/Deads EVERY WEEK???

[Southern Comfor]

Ive noticed that if I do squats everyweek(wed) the next day my legs arent half as sore if I miss a week. Does this mean I might be over squating?

Also, I work back on Tuesday and when I do HEAVY deads on tuesday my hams and lower back feels like mush on Wed. and makes working legs(squats) agonizing, makes me wanna puke!

Who does deads and squats every week? Is it more beneficial to just do them every week whether you feel sore or not? Maybe, one week do squats and the next do Sled presses, and for back the week you do sled presses do deads? Yall see where Im going with this? I just want to make sure Im utilizing my lifts correctly. Any help?

 

[Get_Swole]

i cant do actual squat's because of a shoulder injury cant hold the bar like that i front squat every other week and do hacks on the others. i do, however do deads or rack pulls one or the other every week my strength seems to keep going up that way its very hard to get any of my muscles sore with jsut heavey weight except for legs i get them sore easier with just a good concentrated squeaze.

 

[PJT]

I'd say listen to your body and see what it responds better to. I read in a post a while ago that you shouldn't judge workouts based on being sore afterwards and that just because your muscles are sore doesn't mean you worked them harder. As long as you are going up in weight/reps every week I'm sure it's fine to do Deadz, Squats every week. If your back workout affects your leg workout in a negative way, maybe switch up your routine or do every other week like you said. I usually do a specific workout for 3-4 weeks then switch it up anyways. Squats weeks 1-3 then leg presses weeks 4-6 etc....

 

[dreww]

If I'm still hurting from doing one of those lifts the day(s) before.....I will simply alter my workout for that one day of that one week and work around the problem.

If I'm not that sore, ill just warmup good and work through it.

 

[Glen Whitestone]

There is a good article of that in this months Muscle and Fitness-good read, you should pick it up. It talks about a training split you can do for legs if you suffer from that problem.

 

[dorian123]

hell I don't even do squats anymore-legs are too long and my pelvic girdle is too small-6'1 with a 32 inch waist
for legs I do leg press, leg ext. and lunges-also, ham curls
I have to take it easy on the deadlifts because I have too much wear and tear on my body at work

 

[bilter]

If you squat properly there is no need ot do deads unless prepping for a power meet. You get plenty of lower back training for squats if you go down to parallel. If you must do both do them on the same day or do not do them on consecutive days maybe a Wed, Fri rotation.

 

[saudades]

I disagree. Deads work more than just the lower back--they're also important for ham development, and they also hit lats, traps, and stretch arm muscles.

I alternate between heavy leg press and deads every week combined with hack squats (with feet forward) and a power squat machine (allows you to do the squat movement without killing your back). This has been extremely effective in building up my legs.

 

[doctorwill]

I have recently started doing TWO leg work-outs a week. I also do deads one day a week.

No real probelms, but my lower back is sore (a good sore) four days a week as a result.

But most of this is from the crazy lower back pumps that I get that often make me stop the exercise. (That is one reason i have divided it up the way I did.)

I have been making good gains, so as dumb as this is, I am gonna keep with it for a while. I have actually read that you can get as much bang from doing squats every ten days. But I love to do squats.

 

[Glen Whitestone]

I gotta side with Tkemp on the deads. I started them on leg day, the stiff ones, then the standard on back day. I really did not get my back to start flaring out at the sides until I hit the standard heavy dead lift. I suffered from more lower back pain before I included deads in my workout. But thats just me, everyone is different.

 

[chotto]

i cant do actual squat's because of a shoulder injury cant hold the bar like that i front squat every other week and do hacks on the others. i do, however do deads or rack pulls one or the other every week my strength seems to keep going up that way its very hard to get any of my muscles sore with jsut heavey weight except for legs i get them sore easier with just a good concentrated squeaze.

I had the same problem with my shoulders. I finally figured it out that it was squats that was doing it. I bought a Top Squat from Dave Draper. It works great and can do squats again. It's definitely worth it.

 

[bilter]

I disagree. Deads work more than just the lower back--they're also important for ham development, and they also hit lats, traps, and stretch arm muscles.

I alternate between heavy leg press and deads every week combined with hack squats (with feet forward) and a power squat machine (allows you to do the squat movement without killing your back). This has been extremely effective in building up my legs.

Yes, but your work out (as listed above) does not include squats. Believe me, I understand that deads hit far more than the lower back. I have just found that they are not necessary to do as a regular part of my work out. I prefer to isolate the other muscle groups that you mention as opposed to doing 2 intense full body motions per week (squats & deads). I find that I can maintian my deads just by squating properly (i don't dead sumo style). I have also found it is very easy for me to over train when doing both movements each week for months on end. But thats just me and my experience...........individual results may vary.

 

[supermannpc]

i do legs monday
back wed
then legs again fri

thats enough split for me

 

[saudades]

It is true that I didn't list squats in my previous post. That is because I had started to have trouble with pain in my hip joints (effects from being on test cyp for so long). For last four months I have had to replace normal squats with the hack squats and power squats since they are easier on my joints. When I did do regular squats, I still needed to do deads to help keep back pain down and work out my hams. My workout was as I wrote above except I did regular squats instead of the hack squats.

I'm not saying though that you can't get results as you say, bilter. Everyone is different, but because everyone is different, some will still need deads to work lower back and hams.

 

[bilter]

agreed . Hip pain, are you sure its from the cyp? I always seem to get hip pain when squatting somtimes to the point that it affects how I walk up stairs. It may be time to give this sport up and take up shuffle board or something. Not sure I'm ready to start bangin old ladies though