I love to deadlift. Real deadlifts - bar on floor, butt down, grip the bar, pulling all the weight possible until standing correctly.
I believe it is the best exercise in the world because it works the entire body to some degree.
I don't see much of this in the various HST routines I've looked at. There are lots of leg curls and SLDL.
My hamstrings are small and weak so I'm currently doing SLDL for my deadlifts to work them more directly but I do miss my conventional deadlifts.
A powerlifting friend told me to alternate them, but being new to HST I don't want to mess with it too much until I know how I'm going to respond to it - no need to mess up a good thing that's working.
I do an AM/PM workout - my real work is in the morning, my assistance work is in the evening.
AM
Squat
SLDL
Row
Bench
OHP
P/U
Crunch
PM
Leg Extension
Good Morning
Calf Raise
Shrug
Curl
Skull Crusher
I would like to add the CDL to the evening workout to add to the "full body" aspect of it.
However Squats, SLDL, and CDL all in the same day, three times a week - would probably be too much.
How does this sound to add them?
1 or 2 days/week, done kind of HST style, still using the 15s, 10s, 5s, and so on - whatever I'm using for my other work at the time. Weight progression would be done in 2 or 3 steps instead of 6 for each 2 week block.
Using 10's for an example:
Instead of: 240,245,250,255,260,265
Do: 245, 255, 265. Next time do 255, 265, 275.
Or: 255, 265. Then next time on the 10s do 265,275.
Or just do them on the 2nd part of the daily workout since we aren't working with maximum weights anyway?
I believe it is the best exercise in the world because it works the entire body to some degree.
I don't see much of this in the various HST routines I've looked at. There are lots of leg curls and SLDL.
My hamstrings are small and weak so I'm currently doing SLDL for my deadlifts to work them more directly but I do miss my conventional deadlifts.
A powerlifting friend told me to alternate them, but being new to HST I don't want to mess with it too much until I know how I'm going to respond to it - no need to mess up a good thing that's working.
I do an AM/PM workout - my real work is in the morning, my assistance work is in the evening.
AM
Squat
SLDL
Row
Bench
OHP
P/U
Crunch
PM
Leg Extension
Good Morning
Calf Raise
Shrug
Curl
Skull Crusher
I would like to add the CDL to the evening workout to add to the "full body" aspect of it.
However Squats, SLDL, and CDL all in the same day, three times a week - would probably be too much.
How does this sound to add them?
1 or 2 days/week, done kind of HST style, still using the 15s, 10s, 5s, and so on - whatever I'm using for my other work at the time. Weight progression would be done in 2 or 3 steps instead of 6 for each 2 week block.
Using 10's for an example:
Instead of: 240,245,250,255,260,265
Do: 245, 255, 265. Next time do 255, 265, 275.
Or: 255, 265. Then next time on the 10s do 265,275.
Or just do them on the 2nd part of the daily workout since we aren't working with maximum weights anyway?