Never done squats or deads. How to get started?

[AbsolutelyLethal]

I thought I read somewhere that the smith machine eliminates/reduces the stabilizer role in squats...That and it isnt conducive for good form....

you could even try the smith machine first.. when i first started squating again after about a year of not doing anything i tried to squat on the rack and could barely get 135 for 10 reps just because i guess my stabilizer muscles were so weak, so i started using the smith machine just to get my form and my legs to start getting used to it all. Then after a while i moved back to the squat rack

[inheritmylife]

I think that starting with the smith machine taught me some reaaly bad habits. Barbell squats with intelligent progression in weight is the best policy.

Youve never done squats or deads?! Holy geez! Well, forget about all this steroid stuff, youre about to start growin'

[spywizard]

but it is safe........... and allows you to work explosively with heavier weight than you would normally do......

I thought I read somewhere that the smith machine eliminates/reduces the stabilizer role in squats...That and it isnt conducive for good form....

[Slugger]

I was thinking about for the next 4 weeks do reps 15,12,10 and than for 4 weeks after that 12,10,8, and than for 4 weeks after that do 10,8,6, and than finally do 10,8,6,4, with a final fifth set to failure and all of these rep schemes I will be increasing weight every set.

I was also thinking of doing this not only for squats and deads but for all my lifts seeing I haven't lifted in a while. That means Bench, curls, tris, seated rows, lat pulldowns, etc. will be by this schedule and timeline.

What do you guys think. I think by doing it this way I 1)won't injure myself. 2)get my form back 3)build up my lifting stamina so after 12 weeks I can finally go from 3 sets to 5 with the last set of the 5 being to failure.

Is this a good idea?