William MG
Saw your piece on who should be scared and there seems to be a misconception on guns in Canada. Our gun laws are much more restrictive than in the US but we do have guns and as far as I know nobody is coming for mine.
But you are correct, your 2nd Amendment must never be given up.
If you want to know more about our system up here, reach out to me and I will give you some insight into our system.
Mark Rippetoe
Reaching out. Give us some insight.
I will call your office in the morning and give you my cell, you can call me. It's too long a discussion for a forum board.
AndrewLewis
I'd be curious to learn more about it too.
Gerald Boggs
If the opinions of my Canadian relatives are in any way representative of Canadians as a whole. Guns for hunting are OK, but guns for self-defense are wrong.
I haven't heard from him, so I don't know. But I'm not really interested in having a private conversation about this. This is a public board, and it will have to be posted.
Mmll
The other day I pulled 344 lbs for 4 reps then failed on the 5th. So I'll be aiming to get 5 reps at 344 tomorrow and then continue progressing.
Can you please advise on appropriate weights for warm up sets? I'm not sure if my warmup weights need adjusting. I've kept them the same for a while now. I've only been increasing the working set weight.
Currently I am doing 2 sets of 5 at 135 lbs, 1 set of 5 at 185 lbs, 1 set of 3 at 225 lbs, 1 set of 2 at 275 lbs.
Are you squatting before you pull?
J. Killmond
To help finish the work set, doing fewer deadlift warm-ups has been suggested in the forums. The idea is 3-5 warm-up sets, that "can be tapered down to two or even to a single rep for the last warm-up set, saving gas for the work sets" (Practical Programming for Strength Training, p. 74).
For 345, I would have done 13 fewer warm-ups (rather than 20), which might help getting the last rep of the work set: 135x4, 190x1, 245x1, 295x1, 345x5
Good luck next time!
BastiatBB
To Rip's point, if you have already squatted you should already be warmed up. Just need to prime the movement for the weight after that. I deadlift over 400#, but only take 2-3 sets before my work set. I usually start at 225 for 3 reps, then 315x1, and then maybe 365x1.
m s
Doing a set or two at 135 doesn't mess up the work set. It's pulling multiple reps close to the work set weight that can tire you out. It's silly to inflate the first warm up set weight just to minimize total warm ups.
Yes. Squats, press, then deadlifts.
It's also pointless to do warmups you don't need. If you've already squatted 365x5x3, why in the hell would you need to pull 135 before a work set at 425?
Thanks a lot for the responses. I did less warmups and got the 5th rep fairly comfortably.
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