Rack pulls and Deadlifts

[Handcannon7]

I usually deadlift every week and hit 2 new PR's this week @147 lbs 345x1 then 350x1 felt like i could of prob went and did 355 or 360 but instead drop setted to 2 plates and banged out 12 of those instead. This was on monday and I usually dont lift the same body part twice a week but I'm going to start training each body part 2x a week to get better gains.

Since it takes 48-72 hours for your muscles to fully recover, sore or not I'm lifting back+bis tommorow. But should I be deadlifting 2x a week or should I go Mondays- Deadlift then Thursdays/Fridays Rackpulls? I've never done rackpulls just always have deadlifted (only started Dling around 3-4 months ago and have seen really good gains each week as far as strength/weight) whats your opinions on this?

1. Just deadlift both days
2. DL one day, rackpull the next

[Ironlife]

If your keen to get the deadlift up then you should do the movement on both days, with obvious rest in between.. Rack pulls are great for assisting lockouts on the actual deadlift and can be beneficial to you if thats the part of the deadlift where you have the most difficulty

[mtfx]

If your keen to get the deadlift up then you should do the movement on both days, with obvious rest in between.. Rack pulls are great for assisting lockouts on the actual deadlift and can be beneficial to you if thats the part of the deadlift where you have the most difficulty

Good to know. Ill be upping my deads too...good to know rack pulls can help with overcoming sticking points.

[Ironlife]

Good to know. Ill be upping my deads too...good to know rack pulls can help with overcoming sticking points.

Deficit deads i find help the lower portion of getting the damn bar off the ground..

stand on plates 1-2'' high and do a deadlift, helps develop speed and intial power.

[JOSEF RAKICH]

If you are training back, Rack pulls > Deads.

But what makes you think training each muscle group 2x per week willgive you better gains, 42-72 hours to fully recover a muscle is just an estimate/average, basically its bull**** it can change completly depending on ones intensity/volume/etc..

[Ironlife]

If you are training back, Rack pulls > Deads.

[b]But what makes you think training each muscle group 2x per week willgive you better gains,[b/] 42-72 hours to fully recover a muscle is just an estimate/average, basically its bull**** it can change completly depending on ones intensity/volume/etc..

Pretty much the consensus of a lot of strength training athletes that increased frequency = more strength adaptation. But if his aim is for hypertrophy then i can see your point..