Originally Posted by
Robert Santana
No the deficit there is not across the entire foot and it's marginal compared to standing on two 3/4" mats. If you do your work sets off of a deficit then pull the mats out when you are peaking for a meet, everything feels easy to break.
1) Don't overtrain your back by squatting or deadlifting too much. By too much I mean too much volume or intensity. I have experience making both of those mistakes. It took life stress to cause me to miss workouts, which then led to PRs during the most stressful time of my life. How? I was more overtrained than I was stressed apparently.
2) Consider both squat and deadlift volume, frequency, and intensity when planning your program. The stress overlaps so if you are squatting too much, the low back will be too tired pull anything heavy.
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