Opiaswing
Level 5 Valued Member
Question: IF you had to pick just ONE of the two, which is more beneficial to benefit Kb training? Squat or deadlift?
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I ask because I recently signed up to a gym and hit a 418lb deadlift on my second day deadlifting, having done nothing but heavy kettlebells for years prior.
Before that, I never really deadlifted either - perhaps once a month for fun.
However, my squat doesn’t seem to be much at all. I think I was squatting 90kg (30kg each side plus 20kg bar) for 3 reps.
So this could go either way right? The obvious transfer of kB to deadlift could mean that: better deadlift = better Kb.. or ..
Would the lack of squat strength potentially be a missing link in the chain and if I focussed on squat, would I garner more improvements in my Kb it is overtly neglected..
What’s your take? Squat or DL (yes both ideally, but I’m curious)
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I ask because I recently signed up to a gym and hit a 418lb deadlift on my second day deadlifting, having done nothing but heavy kettlebells for years prior.
Before that, I never really deadlifted either - perhaps once a month for fun.
However, my squat doesn’t seem to be much at all. I think I was squatting 90kg (30kg each side plus 20kg bar) for 3 reps.
So this could go either way right? The obvious transfer of kB to deadlift could mean that: better deadlift = better Kb.. or ..
Would the lack of squat strength potentially be a missing link in the chain and if I focussed on squat, would I garner more improvements in my Kb it is overtly neglected..
What’s your take? Squat or DL (yes both ideally, but I’m curious)