How often do you deadlift?

[Thealmightyronald]

Just wondering how often the majority does deadlifts. Lately i've been doing them every week, but it feels like i'm overdoing it.

[AVBG]

Once a week. Not always heavy - mix up the weights/reps and technique (ie sumo, SLDL ect..)

[ngm21084]

i work out back 3 times a week and i dead lift on the first one and the third one...it is my favorite day and deads i think are my favorite and best move right now...

[powerpack]

I do SLDL every time I train my hams.
Normal deads up to doubles every few weeks.

[haider]

3 heavy sessions in a month. So I deadlift heavy 0.75 times every week 

Total deadlift sessions in 4 weeks = 6, 3 of them are light or 'speed' days.

[RancherRanger]

Freeweights one week, machine the next to mix it up.

[IrishMuscle84]

Everyweek! Deads should ALWAYS, ALWAYS be done on Back day, no excuses not to do them.

[NATIVE ONE]

I do rack pulls this week, then pull off a platform next week. If it starts getting too much, I take a week off and do speed days or light rows.

[JasonH]

I do deadlifts every back workout without fail - they're the first exercise in my back routine when I've got more energy and strength.

I'm currently doing rack pulls starting with the bar a few inches below my knees and repping out until failure. 3 sets of 12. Good stuff.

[powerbomb]

I start with weighted pull-ups then move to deadlifts. this way Im still fresh and nice and warmed up too. I deadlift everytime I train back. I love deads, I feel like they make me stronger all around.

[John O]

Once a week .. Sumo

[ngm21084]

Once a week .. Sumo

what is that?

[Emmortal]

I only dead lift once a week and alternate between deads and rack pulls.

[triple_pickle]

every other week

[Emmortal]

what is that?

Sumo style is just a very wide stance dead lift, basically your legs are in a Y position toward each end of the bar.

[dov]

2 or 3 times / month

[Geo]

i work out back 3 times a week and i dead lift on the first one and the third one...it is my favorite day and deads i think are my favorite and best move right now...

3 times a week or 3 times a month ?

[ngm21084]

3 times a week or 3 times a month ?

3 times a week...

[smaul]

Every other week.  I only train them heavy.  I seem to keep getting stronger at them so there's no point in doing them more often that that.  If it aint broke, why fix it?

[jpm101]

Have worked them usually two times a week. And on occasion, three times a week. Have also alternated the SLDL with-in a weekly DL workout. Example: monday-regular DL's and thursday SLDL's. The SLDL will add much poundage to the regular DL, for me anyway. I am bias because the SLDL is one of my favorite exercises.  Most of the DL'ing I see are more of a SLDL than an actual "getting the low leg drive from a starting squating position and keeping the back flat" regular by the book DL.

Any of the above DL'ing (including the SLDL) can include heavy power rack work (partial reps). Good Luck.

[dov]

i work out back 3 times a week and i dead lift on the first one and the third one...it is my favorite day and deads i think are my favorite and best move right now...

I deadlift 2/3 tmes/month...I cannot imagine hitting deads 2/3 times/week...that sounds absurd!  I usually use the 5 x 5 after a couple of warm up sets...my back is fried for 4-5 days following..WTF???

[jpm101]

Actually if you back is fried after 4-5 days than your may be doing something wrong with that 5X5 scheme. 5X5's have been one of my favorite, and many other people, standard workout cycles. You back should feel well worked after a day, at the most two, but return back to normal and ready for another 5X5 session that same workout week. Even when doing extra heavy power rack training you should not still feel fried 4 or 5 days later. I know everyone responds  differently to training but normal recovery should not take that long. No malice intended, just an observation. Good Luck.

[Geo]

3 times a week...

I was afraid you were gonna say that

[ngm21084]

I was afraid you were gonna say that

why i love my workout schedule my weeks alternate so this week is back, chest, and traps three times with a 5x5 and shoulders, arms, legs 2 times rest on the weekend then flip it...all workouts except for my shoulders is 5x5 (very prone to injury and tweaking)...on my weeks with three back days mon and fri is deads heavy deads heavy everything at least for me...right now my body is responding really welll with this schedule...

[Devon97]

Actually if you back is fried after 4-5 days than your may be doing something wrong with that 5X5 scheme. 5X5's have been one of my favorite, and many other people, standard workout cycles. You back should feel well worked after a day, at the most two, but return back to normal and ready for another 5X5 session that same workout week. Even when doing extra heavy power rack training you should not still feel fried 4 or 5 days later. I know everyone responds  differently to training but normal recovery should not take that long. No malice intended, just an observation. Good Luck.

Depends on your training age, percentage of 1RM used and how strong you are.

Lets say you use 80% of 1 RM for 5 x 5.
A guy doing 225 x 5 ,  ALOT diff then someone doing 465 x 5 , this may require 10 days to recover with assistance work b/t workouts/