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x2 Box Squats for one. Get your Box Squat poundage up and your Deadlift will increase as well. My best Deadlift so far was done by doing no Deadlifting for a year or so. In that time I just worked on getting my Box Squat up. When I tested the Deadlift it was up 15kgs over my previous best.
Why box squat as opposed to regular squat?
As PShannon said there are lots of ways to increase the Deadlift without frying your Central Nervous System. Box Squats are easier on your CNS and produce less soreness than regular squats while still loading up the necessary musculature. If done correctly they will hit the hit the muscles of the posterior chain in such a way that will carry over to the deadlift better than free squats.
No one thinks about this EVER. Its like people that wonder why they have a shitty bench, but they have no upper back/lat/trap development. You can do as many pressing exercises and cable cross-overs as you want, but its never going to budge without balancing your body.
If you're going to box squat I would recommend reading EVERYTHING you can by Louie Simmons and Dave Tate.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3tPpz1rmSs&feature=relmfuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ME8gEN54Ao (there's seven parts to this one)
x2 Box Squats for one. Get your Box Squat poundage up and your Deadlift will increase as well. My best Deadlift so far was done by doing no Deadlifting for a year or so. In that time I just worked on getting my Box Squat up. When I tested the Deadlift it was up 15kgs over my previous best.
Why box squat as opposed to regular squat?
As PShannon said there are lots of ways to increase the Deadlift without frying your Central Nervous System. Box Squats are easier on your CNS and produce less soreness than regular squats while still loading up the necessary musculature. If done correctly they will hit the hit the muscles of the posterior chain in such a way that will carry over to the deadlift better than free squats.
No one thinks about this EVER. Its like people that wonder why they have a shitty bench, but they have no upper back/lat/trap development. You can do as many pressing exercises and cable cross-overs as you want, but its never going to budge without balancing your body.
Yup. Id probably do a lot of Glute and Lower back work too if getting my deadlift up was my main focus.
If you're going to box squat I would recommend reading EVERYTHING you can by Louie Simmons and Dave Tate.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3tPpz1rmSs&feature=relmfuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ME8gEN54Ao (there's seven parts to this one)
x2 on this. Box Squatting is awesome when done right.
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