Originally Posted by
IronFist
What person with no previous training is deadlifting twice their bodyweight?
All I said was that DL is less complex than squatting. It's also safer. If something goes wrong while deadlifting, just drop the bar. If something goes wrong squatting, at best you can drop the bar behind you and have the safety bars catch it, and at worst it's going to push you down and further out of position (possible injury) as it falls on top of you.
Teaching someone proper DL form is also easier than teaching them proper squat form, not to mention most people don't even have the required flexibility to squat correctly when they start anyway.