I feel pain in my lower back when I stop doing deadlifts, after 3-4 weeks without deads my lower back is at me, I guess
maybe my spinal erectors start to get a bit soft?, dont know.
Could nt imagine not doing deads, squats and cleans every week since I dont do any direct arm training, chest and shoulders is just bench press
and overhead press.
I dont know about the wide waist, mine is 31 inches and I deadlft 3 x bodyweight, but I will say that squatting does nothing for my legs, my ass
grows, thats about it, I squat because I like to squat and it makes and legs stronger but not bigger, I need to do front squats after back squats
to get hypertrophy in my quads,
regards.