Standard Deadlift vs Stiffleg Deadlift

[svtls1]

Which one would you prefer, i know stiffleg dead lift focuses on your lower back but it also focuses on your leg biceps as well, but many in the gym stick with the standard deadlift.

 

[Binge Artist]

It all depends on your schedule. Sure, conventional deadlifts work more muscles, but they are tricky to work into a schedule without overtraining.

ATM, I do SLDL's with focus on hamstrings

 

[p-mo]

You can always try sumo deadlifts if your looking for a change- wide legs, closer grip so your hands are between your legs. Helps stabalise your back.

Deadlifts don't seem to overtrain me as much as squats- I struggle to do 2 loads of squats a week whereas I can do 2 loads of DL no probs.

 

[Horrux]

You can always try sumo deadlifts if your looking for a change- wide legs, closer grip so your hands are between your legs. Helps stabalise your back.

Deadlifts don't seem to overtrain me as much as squats- I struggle to do 2 loads of squats a week whereas I can do 2 loads of DL no probs.

If you want to grow, kill your legs ONCE a week max. Unless you are doing just a few sets of quads, you are certainly overtraining.

I like to have both deadlifts and SLDL's or RDL's (Romanian Deadlifts) in my workout schedule, depending on my split.

Sometimes I have a "backside day" which is back, glutes, hams, and calves. I start this with deadlifts, finish off my back, come back to the deadlift platform and do either romanians, which focus a bit more on the glutes or SLDLs which focus more on the hammies, then finish my hammies and go on to calves.

Otherwise I may keep them both in the schedule, but then I will do my SLDL's on the day before the DL's because the one thing I noticed is that the spinal erectors REALLY DO need their reest.