[quote]DL495 wrote:
supabeast wrote:
The DL builds a much more impressive physique. BIG traps and a tight butt will get you laid much faster & by a higher quality 5’0, 105lb, short haired, A-cup cutie, w/ a muscular little frame anyway.
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… and that’s the ballgame folks. Deadlifts rule!
[quote]DL495 wrote:
supabeast wrote:
The DL builds a much more impressive physique. BIG traps and a tight butt will get you laid much faster & by a higher quality 5’0, 105lb, short haired, A-cup cutie, w/ a muscular little frame anyway.
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Sounds like shes in high school
I’m def not complaining about the female effect. I just wish I could take the excess glute mass and transfer it to my traps/delts/lats.
The deadlift feels way more natural to me. I do both though.
“There is no point in being alive if you cannot do the deadlift.” - jon pall sigmarsson.
[quote]banco wrote:
The fact that you can train squats a lot more often then deadlifts is a big plus for squats. Particularly with regard to beginners. Rippetoe’s program has beginner’s squatting 3 times a week. Try deadlifting 3 times a week and you’ll burn out real quick. [/quote]
Actually, I had a chat with a very impressive deadlifter yesterday and he started out deadlifting three times a week and did that for the longest time.
Squats…by far
Personally, I’d rather have traps up to my earlobes, a 2 ft deep back, and hams that extend 4 inches, than a butt that needs brakelights.
My personal favorite is the deadlift. I find it my best lift, and the brute strength lift, where when you pull conventional, you really dont need technique, you just need brute strenght, and i find thats what i have over technique, thats why i cant pull sumo. However, if you want a lift thats the definithion of powerlifting, its the squat. I love the squat but its seems I have hit a barrier, and i need to break it, BADLY.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
tribunaldude wrote:
Not really. Big benchers usually have less than stellar deadlifts, short arms = big bench, long arms and short legs = big deadlift (like an orangoutan) and short femurs = big squat.
But I agree that he deadlift is the cleanest test of overall strength simply because there is no way to “flake’ on the lift. if thats what is meant by 'king of exercises” I agree.
From a mass-building standpoint, there are several pro-and amateur bbers who switched out the deadlift entirely in favor of T-bar rows and barbell rows, but very very few who eschew the squat.
I agree that most huge benchers have comparatively short humerus, and huge squatters have comparatively short femurs, but I’m not so sure about the “long arms and short legs = big deadlift” equation.
I’m about 6`4" and have long femurs with average length arms, and my deadlift is proportionally MUCH higher than my squat and bench. Its almost like I was born to deadlift.
I seem to recall that some previous deadlift world record holders were of similar bone structure to mine. [/quote]
What if you’re 6’4’’ and all your bones are pretty much the exact size they should be in terms of the overall body?
I guess then it’s good in everything, but nothing really stands out more?
well the squat is king to me…
It has never come easy to me…and I tend to like things that are hard to get…
deadlift has come pretty easy to me despite some injuries…i do enjoy doing them though, but a squat PR is special to me
[quote]D Public wrote:
well the squat is king to me…
It has never come easy to me…and I tend to like things that are hard to get…
deadlift has come pretty easy to me despite some injuries…i do enjoy doing them though, but a squat PR is special to me[/quote]
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Im votin deadlift-if u want a more specific answer the Snatch grip deadlift from a 6" deficit while trying to force the barbell THRU your legs type of deadlift. I do dozens on DL variations but I can tell u from experience that this type elicits the most size and overall conditioning.
Can I go with neither?
By far it’s squat rack curls.
You cant really say one is better than the other. But if you had to for some reason choose one lift, it would have to be deadlifs. And thats only because it includes more muscles than squats.
Like mentioned above, they both have advantages. Deadlifts are great for starting strength and overall power. Squats have the advantage of training a stretch reflex if you are concerned at all with athletic ability.
I guess if you had to choose a winner you could say squats, because they have more mobility as far as rep ranges go. Most dont recomend high reps on deadlifts, while 20-reps on squats seems to be pretty popular.
Id say deadlift heavy (or rack pull) and squat for higher reps, and thats a pretty good solution.
Deadlift.
It uses more overall strength and is a more natural motion.
Its also almost impossible to “cheat” yourself with.
Even if your form is atrocious, you still have to pick up 500 pounds, there’s not really anyway to make it significantly easier.
Ive never been a fan of rack pulls, just doesn’t feel right in my back, people do them so they can “deadlift” 900+ pounds and feel bad as fuck.
I’m gonna go with squat on this one because a 405 squat for reps seems to be more impressive then a 405 deadlift for reps. Just from what I have read it seems everybody and there uncle can hit 405 on a deadlift despite being a lightweight yet most of those people can’t even squat 315 for a single yet.
^ Thats true, but a squat suit can boost a PR 100lbs+ whereas a NO suit is gonna boost a DL pr 100lbs, or even 50lbs.
deadlift is a better measure of strength, because no one can spot/help you and there are no partial reps. (this is deadlift, not rack pulls)
deadlifts for sure. I don’t know if it’s my physique or technique but I actually feel more of a quad workout with deadlifts if i get my ass really low as apposed to squats. But this is like choosing between blowjobs from blondes and blowjobs from brunettes, they are equally good, at least imo.