re: The Greyskull Methods- A Primer

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A:
Bench press
DB curl
DB lateral raise (or maybe facepull/arnold press)
Deadlift

B:
Overhead press
Close-grip bench press
Weighted chin-up
Squat

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this looks fine

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found out about the home workouts and I think I'm gonna continue greyskull now

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in general you are not doing greyskull unless you are doing the bodyweight homework

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Am I supposed to do all the additional lifts before squat/deadlift?

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greyskull prescribes squats and deads last for a couple reasons

1) if you do squats and deads first, you are more likely to puss out on the rest of the workout

2) doing bench press or chins or lateral raises before squats and deads will have essentially zero effect on squats and deads. But doing squats and deads before bench or chins etc will absolutely effect those lifts.

3) we want squats and deads to be an all out affair on the last set where we get done and are just like thank god

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One more thing, would it be ok to substitute normal deadlift with RDL or SLDL?

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I would say add in sldl/rdl with Dbs/KBs in a 5x10 format either after deads as back off sets if you are looking to absolutely do those exercises.

in general the variants for deadlift, as explained in the powerbuilding book, are

traditional
sumo
trap bar
deficit
rack pulls
snatch grip

back thickness exercise subs for deadlifts-
yates rows
t-bar rows