Phase 3-4 with more frequent deadlifts?

[Joseph Santaniello]

Deadlifts are my favorite lift, so I'm kind of sorry to see their frequency dropped as the phases progress. I'm still on LP (10 weeks in) phase 2 and haven't missed yet but I expect that will happen pretty soon (working weight 335 lbs squat, 412 lbs deadlift, 203 lbs power-clean last session). 46 years, 210 lbs. I've got edition 2 of the book, and Practical Programming. (and I've read them several times :-) )

How critical is moving to back-extensions and chin-ups at the expense of fewer DL and PC sessions for phase 3 vs going more directly to a phase-4 like program but with some rotation of light DL and PC days instead of the back-extensions and chin-ups?

Basically I just like doing deadlifts and would like to do them, but not at the expense of overall progress. And I want to get my plan sorted out before I need it so I'm not left wondering and making justifications to myself.

My goals are strength, mostly lower-body for athleticism and bike-sprinting.

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

Understand that the "phases" are not hard dates or increments of time. EVERYTHING is measured on your own individual timeline. I have my trainees perform Deadlifts on an LP for as long as possible as often as possible.

So I start with 3 days/week, then 2 days per week, then every other workout, etc, etc.

Back Ext are never "critical" They are a placeholder for deads until you have recovered enough to do them again