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Vintage63's avatar

Im glad you gave the answer you did, when it comes to deadlift in a PPL i didnt want to have to correct you little brother, but since the potato man and Vintage63 agree THAT MAKES THIS INDISPUTABLE FACTS.

Push/Pull/Legs so you have a gap between squat and deadlift.

When you stack them, whichever one goes second suffers. Both muscle overlap but also the load on the CNS.

If you are a full body guy and never going below 5 reps, it is a much smaller factor but for us knuckle draggers it is a different story when you like getting at or below 5 rep range.

As for RDL, i do them twice a week, after squats on leg day, then on auxiliary back day, ie back day that is NOT deadlift centric.

I also fine SLDL to be as much low back as ham string, bottom half is hams, and pause at the bottom for that stretch, and the top half of the motion is more low back.

Deadlift is a true pleasure in the gym, and as such should have its own day for that reason alone.

And its like 2.5-3 hours until shoulder day. Gotta get this workday finished off and out to the gym.

@Mr Potato, dont break any more crossfit coaches, at least not until im back.

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Carlton's avatar

Glad this question was asked as I was about to ask the same thing. Been doing deadlifts on leg day and back/bi’s (pull) days and as Mr. Potato said, they seem to work well on either day. Although, for an old dude like me, since squats and leg press burn a ton of energy, I feel like I have a bit more gas in the tank to deadlift on pull days.

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