Old 04-13-10 | 10:38 PM
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nazzo
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First off, TJKnight, I don't think you should jump into deadlifts without any proper training. Looking at a youtube video and then performing it correctly are drastically different. If you position your back improperly (bending in the lower lumbar area) you place yourself at a high risk for injury.
I say this given how you squat. What are you trying to accomplish with squatting such little weight so many times? You're neither going to develop strength nor improve endurance with your 5x12 setup, especially since you're basically just squatting with the bar for your warmup. You might as well just do body weight squats for that and ramp up the weight on only three sets of 12 to 15 reps if you want to improve endurance on what strength you do have. But I'd suggest doing a 5x5 routine on squats were you increase the weight for the first four sets and drop off a little on the last so that you can focus on developing strength before you try and improve endurance.
Don't get me wrong, I love the powerlifts (but shoulder injuries keep me from benching) and especially the Olympic lifts but there is a huge risk of injury of a novice lifter who attempts to do something they don't know what they are doing! Also do squats and deads they day before your rest day, and do take a rest day! Your neuromuscular system can only take so much at once and if you never let it rest in full at least once in a while, you run the chance of having serious fatigue issues.

Also, don't eliminate squats and deads in full as they are the two best ways for naturally increasing testosterone levels if you lift heavy and intense enough!
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