Programming question for a masters novice female
So I've recently taken on coaching my mother through a novice progression. It's been going well for a couple weeks. Been doing a standard first stage novice program, though I've halved the weight jumps due to considerations she is both female and an older lifter. Doing remarkably well nonetheless, she was able to squat right out of the gate with a lighter bar, no need for some kind of work-up to it. She's at the point now where her deadlift is definitely about to fail in the next workout or two. In the sample in the grey book, the programming change made is to alternate between pulldowns and the deadlift on workout days. I am debating whether she would personally benefit from a lighter deadlift day. I think she could potentially benefit from more deadlifting practice, but 3 heavy deadlift sessions a week is obviously at the point where she's starting to get fried. So I guess the real question is, should I give the deadlifting muscles more of a break with an alternating pulldown session, or give her more chance to practice her deadlift with an alternating light deadlift session?