# Squat Lagging Behind Deadlift **URL:** \ **Category:** Training Discussion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/squat-lagging-behind-deadlift/4635 "2019-01-13T20:26:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jasonspitalnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@jasonspitalnick](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/jasonspitalnick)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/squat-lagging-behind-deadlift/4635/1 "2019-01-13T20:26:02Z")
My training max squat (355 lb.) is only 69% of my training max deadlift (515 lb.), and I’d like to make a concerted effort to improve my squat 1RM. Greg Nuckols wrote an article about this a while back: > **[How to Help Your Squat Catch Up With Your Deadlift](https://www.strongerbyscience.com/help-squat-catch-deadlift/)** > > The squat has several mechanical advantages over the deadlift, so why can't your squat catch up with your deadlift? It comes down to one key difference. I know the first answer from the BBM canon would be: squat more. And I’ve done that for quite a while. So I’d be really interested to hear from other lifters who have taken a squat that lagged behind the deadlift and improved that in some way. How’d you do it? Cheers. Jason ---
**Author:** ![tfranc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tfranc](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/tfranc)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/squat-lagging-behind-deadlift/4635/2 "2019-01-13T21:52:31Z")
What does your current programming look like squat-wise? ---
**Author:** ![GoWolfpack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@GoWolfpack](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/GoWolfpack)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/squat-lagging-behind-deadlift/4635/3 "2019-01-14T13:51:20Z")
If you’re not squatting three times per week now, you should start with that.