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    I've been doing deadlifts for triples on intensity day but my deadlift is starting to stick... in a weird pattern. I'll make the triple for a week or two and then the next week I won't be able to get it off the ground. I want to keep my deads going up without wasting too much time on programming trial and error, so I thought I'd hit up someone who may be able to recommend strategies that they have seen work.

    Last few deadlifts
    4/17 - 335x3
    4/25 - 340x3
    5/1 - 345x0 (tried the lift 3 times)

    I'm 43, 200 pounds and have been training seriously for about 18 months.

    Thanks!

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    Do you perform your deadlifts as touch no go or do you reset every rep?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KSC View Post
    Do you perform your deadlifts as touch no go or do you reset every rep?
    Probably more touch and go. I don't bounce them, but I don't dawdle either. The bar comes to a stop and I pull again.

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    Usually if you see a triple turn into a zero it is because the 2nd and 3rd rep are touch n go. It isn't uncommon to see #2 and #3 look harder than #1 if the reps are touch no go. Even if they aren't bounced, the use of even a slight stretch reflex makes it easier than pulling from a dead stop. You might post a video of a set to Rip.

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    Thanks. Your observation is consistent with what I've experienced - once I get the first rep up the next ones have felt a little easier. I'll knock enough weight off the bar so that I can do the set with a solid, absolutely dead stop between each rep (even though that means my dead will lag my squat even further. *sigh*). And I'll see if I can get a form check from Rip. Thanks again!

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