I thought a break helps you recover and come back stronger?

[Khazima]

Are you lifting for strength or hypertrophy?

Strength first hypertrophy a close second.

Squatting 3 times a week is pointless unless you are training to be an Olympic style lifter. Doing legs twice a week.....one heavy day and one speed day but that is more in the style of a power lifter. If you are straight up bodybuilding then one body part once a week will suffice .....you can train smaller muscles twice a week but be careful to not overtrain.

That is absolutely not true MANY great powerlifters use DUP (daily undulating periodization) and squat/bench 3x a week with a different goal per day, a max effort day, a rep day and a speed day. There are others who squat once a week and maybe even max effort once every other week but that doesn't mean it's the only way to train and it doesn't make it pointless either.