Deads Instead of Squats?
 

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Sorry, having trouble posting my complete question atm.

Long story short: In my 4 day body part style routine (which I perform 3 days a week, if that, and still make great gains) I am using front squats on my Legs, Traps and Forearms day because I don't have the equip for back squats.

I am not a fan of the front squat, esp now that I am able to go heavier. I find them awkward and a poor substitute for the back squat.

In addition to this, I am loving hexbar deadlifts; they allow me to go much heavier, safer. Deads give me pretty damn satisfying leg DOMS too, so I'd like to use them in place of the front squats.

Am I neglecting anything by doing this?

I've also found that the deadlifts on Back and Shoulders day are very draining and I've had to reduce my overall volume because of them.

Here's how both routines look right now:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JgUssYPuHT...legs%2Betc.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Pqfr2pPWEM...lders%2BII.jpg

ALSO: With the deads gone I can beef up my Back routine a little bit. I have scrapped straight arm lateral pushdowns, and don't want to use them again...
I am sure there are other options out there.

Suggestions?

you can replace the deads with Pullups, and when you can do sets of 10 start adding weight...

i used to deadlift on leg day i dont think that it will cause any real problems.. maybe you can deadlift and just do light front squats....

Thanks for the response NT.
I am too heavy at the moment to do more than a couple of pullups.

Functionally speaking, my front squats are weird. I start from a sitting position... it's very much an improvised exercise that I'd rather not use, IF I can get perfectly good results with deads and a solid routine overall.

IMO you need to squat more than you need to deadlift. If front squats are the only barbell variant that you can do, I definitely would NOT drop them. You could add Goblet squats, dumbell split squats and other DBELL variants into the mix but they are a poor substitute for a heavy barbell squat of any kind.

LtL

So, bottom line: keep the squats.

Nail on the head there buddy; keep the squats. I mean if you're not squatting, you may as well just hit chest and biceptz every day :p

LtL

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