Sore back and squats

[SP1]

Wuz up everyone> If you are sore from a back workout should you do squats the next day or will that interfere with your recovery? How about shoulders?

[SP1]

Anyone?

[UberSteroids]

Hey man.

Well, I just did my back workout yesterday. I am sore as hell, especially my lower back from deadlifting etc.

There is no way I am even gonna try heavy squat with such pain in my back.
I always wait till it goes away, doing what I can in the mean time.

[SP1]

Cool! My lower back is straight it's just my lats that are hurting. I didn't want to mess with it's recovery!

[Mr Tick]

I allways space out my back and leg days. My back still gets a little sore of leg days.

[Perforator]

I always work my legs before back for that reason.

[BigJames]

I spread my workouts for that exact reason...I like:

Day 1: Legs
Day 2: Chest / Shoulders
Day 3: REST
Day 4: Back / Traps / Calves
Day 5: Arms
Day 6: REST
Day 7: REST

This works for me, but everyone is different. I switch it up every few months - either changing some body part pairings or putting something else "first" in the week...right now quads are a priority...

[skank]

I seperate squats and deads on different days with recovery in between. If my back is sore than I may skip a week of one or the other.

[Sir Lifts-a-lot]

When my lower back is sore from deads I just stretch it out and warm it up a bit before doing some squats. I have horrible range of motion in my shoulders so I rarely do bar squats so I use the squat machine at the gym (no, not leg press... it is an actual hammer strength machine) and it takes a lot of stress off of my back as well.

[Ronnie Rowland]

Your lower back needs 2 days of rest before doing squats. End of story!