pelmundo

So squats are for your legs and Deadlifts for back, is this correct?

Ellis

both will work both!

MXD

They will make your whole body grow.

pelmundo

so when should you use them? With back, legs or chest?

musio

They are 2 of the 'major 3' lifts. so, separate them into three workouts because doing them right will take the wind out of your socks. I dead for back (works lower back) and squat for legs which i believe is where each exercise hits the most.

pelmundo

Thanks Musio.....

What is the third lift then?

Bulldozer

Bench press

Full squats and deads is where its at, thats the key. Everything else is secondary ;)

Frog

Bully is the man when it comes to getting yourself started.

Squats Deadlifts and Benches are the major compounds, when you do them right you can feel them working almost every part of your body.

For example the squat, when you go down you feel it in your legs, but your keeping your back straight, while it's got a wight on it, this uses the muscles in the back, thus it works them, meanwhile your arms are holding the bar straight on the way down, again supporting the weight, thus working, and then they are also aiding in your push upwards.

So it's got your core (stomach, sides etc) back, arms and legs in just one lift.

Deadlift again, your back is the end of the lift, your legs drive you at the start and your core as well, and then your shoulders and traps to complete the lift. Then its working your arms as they are gripping the bar.

THen bench press does your whole upper body over parts of the lift.

The main advice seems to be do these three lifts as well as sme other compounds to fill out your routine when you're starting out to get the whole body growing.

13stonetarget

Those are the main areas but as everyone else has said, they work other bits too.

The other benefit is that these sort of compound lifts can help to actually boost hormones in your body which can have the effect that many other muscles in your body grow too, just from working these muscles - cool huh?

:lift:

Mbb newlad

Hi all im also new to the training schene, This advice sounds very good and am wanting to follow this routine,Ig i wanted to do the three lifts over a three day workout i.e mon,wed,fri how would i space them out i.e mon deads, wed, squats, fri bench would this be a good routien and gain good growth cheers.

13stonetarget

Dude, try something like this:

Monday:

Flat bench press
Incline dumb bell press
Military press
Shrugs
Core work

Wednesday:

Squats
Good mornings
Maybe farmers walks, lunges etc
Core work

Friday:

Pull ups / chins
Dead lifts
Barbell rows

Also, post up your diet.

Mbb newlad

Sounds even better have you done this workout before and does it give good results cheers i will also have to look up these lifts etc as i dont know what some of them are cheers.

bigden

i can vouch for that routine as its pretty much what i do apart from mine is dips instead of incline d'bells and no shrugs as thats what i prefer. i do it on a 6x4 and have made good progress on that in both strength and size

Frog

My Routine is this:

two Routines that i split as so:

Monday A

Wednesday B

Friday A

Monday B

Wednesday A

Friday B

Split over 2 weeks and repeat

A is: Squats, Benchpress and Military press (with Barbells) - with Pullups after Benchpress

B is: Deadlifts, Barbell Rows, Pulldowns - with Dips after Rows.

5 sets x 5 reps on all the excersises

I'm making good gains and the weights are going up. But there are thousands of different workouts people do on here.

All about finding one that matches well with you.

Mbb newlad

Sounds good mate sounds like ill be following this type of routine what sort of diet do you have if you dont mind me askung cheers.