Squats or Deadlift?

[AznBodybuilder]

Which is more effective on building lower body strength, squats or deadlift?

 

[dswithers]

For complete balanced development you need both, but if I could only do one, I would go with squats.

 

[Hoss]

For complete balanced development you need both, but if I could only do one, I would go with squats.

Agreed.. Deads involvle more ham and upper back..

 

[LeiYunFat]

I would say dl's because my quad development was much greater than my ham development until I found out about deads.

Of course, my glute development is pretty ****ty as well, so it's a toss-up if it comes down to it.

Think about what you want to develop, but remember, you should still be doing both.

 

[Hoss]

Lei's got another point, you need to do both or alternate them. Unless you've found another great exercise to take place of one (which we've all tried)

 

[evolution]

another great exercise to take place of one (which we've all tried)

Zerchers in a pinch. Ignore the pain and grind 'em out heavy.

 

[AznBodybuilder]

Thanks for the help guys,

I was doing squats for the last 2 months and got stronger on that, and when I tried deadlift today it didn't get much stronger as my squats did. Just wanted to know what was going on, so thanks for the advice guys.