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no, no back injury, just always used to feel bad when doing squats. no one ever told me my form looked really bad so i didn't think it was that, so i thought maybe it was just me, but pretty much every other guy near my size that i've talked to hates squats and won't do them. but shorter people swear by them (and i realize why, because it is such a great compound exercise)

also i need to get an idea of some other exercises i can do that incorporate compound movements. everything that i do now is pretty isolated (leg press, bench press, shoulder press). or would it be ok do a DFT workout like this:

bench
leg press/hack squat
deadlift
rows
pulldowns/pullups

and then do that like 3x a week? do that for 3 weeks, then take a week recovery and then up the volume for the next 2 weeks, then another week rest and then repeat?

Those are all compounds :cool:

Isolated exercises would be quad extensions, flyes, side laterals, etc.

thank you guys for being so helpful. i tried out some squats last night with light weights and i did not experience any discomfort, so i will just try to work up from lighter weights. i have a question now about my understanding of a DFT workout regiment

example workout:
barbell bench press
incline/decline press
squats
deadlift
pulldown/pullups
seated row

is that the correct idea? or am i missing the point entirely?

Those are the movements you do but not in one workout.



These are how they are put togeather for the week.