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I'd say main thing you're missing is a hip hinge movement, so definitely worth adding that deadlift in. If you're doing full body exercises 4 days in a row fatigue is always going to compromise your performance in those sets a bit so don't worry too much about your deadlift impacting your squat.
I would mix this up by varying rep range, on squat/bench day 1 do heavier, lower volume on one exercise, and lighter, higher volume on the other, then swap them the next time you have squat/bench. apply same concept to other days. so then you can do your deadlifts the day before your volume squat day.
Other benefit of this is higher volume / lighter weight sets require less rest, could even superset them with a different movements.
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That sounds like a plan, cheers - i'll start to blend it in next week, this week i've felt i'm getting to a stage where further progress will only be made by scouring the racks for the wee .5kg coasters... happy enough with where I am right now as a base so i'm all for a bit of a switcheroo
Last time I was visiting the gym with any conviction (pre covid) I was doing a kettlebell class on the "off" days which helped with flexibility & a bit of core strength - enjoyed that & it seemed to compliment the barbell stuff well, I don't have the luxury of leisurely lunchbreaks anymore so i'm trying to squeeze as much as possible into 45 mins before work, half asleep.
mcJ78
Been back in the gym a few weeks now - making decent progress, sets are starting to feel heavy, not dropped anything yet (nor have i almost shit myself) but it's not far off...
I'm going before work Mon-Thur & time is of the essence, started with the basic stronglifts sets but in reality I only have time for 2 exercises with proper rest etc.- plus going every day i'm trying to keep it manageable as the weights increase.
So - right now it's squats / bench Mon & Wed, then press / row Tue & Thur - have been adding in random max sets of pull ups to add a little variation but it's pretty basic stuff, any tips to mix it up a bit? Was thinking about swapping the row for deadlifts (3x5 at a manageable weight) but that might be too much legs if i'm doing squats the day before & after...
Any thoughts? Should I drop the weights a bit & increase reps or mix up the exercises a bit?