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In well-trained males, the time course of recovery (muscle damage and performance fatigue) following volume-type resistance training (4 sets to failure at 80% 1RM) is similar for the back squat, bench press, and deadlift, refuting the belief that the deadlift requires significantly longer recovery.
If you are a well-trained male, you do not need to schedule significantly more rest days between deadlift sessions compared to squat or bench press sessions, provided you are doing similar volume (e.g., 4 sets to failure at 80% 1RM). You can likely train these movements with similar frequency (e.g., 2-3 times per week) without one causing disproportionately longer fatigue than the others.
These results suggest that the deadlift does not result in greater muscle damage and recovery time than the squat and bench press following volume-type training in well-trained men.
Why this rating
Randomized crossover design with well-trained subjects, though small sample size (n=12) and indirect markers limit absolute certainty.
Source
Time course of recovery is similar for the back squat, bench press, and deadlift in well-trained males
Daniel J. Belcher et al. · Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism · 2019
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