Senior HLM question

Age 68 yrs
NLP for 10 months transition to HLM with two days rest between workouts.
At this point I've been running out the HLM as described in the Barbell Prescription and lifts keep moving up but only with the use of fractional plates (1-3 lb jumps).

Dilemma is the Heavy day is getting real long due to rest between sets.

My question is:
Do all lifts have to be on the same HLM schedule?
Could the Heavy Day be squats and deadlift but the bench/press be the Light day?
Or could all three lifts be staggered like this?

Monday workout:
Heavy: Squat
Light: Bench
Medium: Deadlift

Thursday workout:
Light Squat
Medium Bench
Heavy Deadlift

Sunday workout:
Medium squat
Heavy bench
Light deadlift

Or is it better that all the stress of Heavy lifting be focused on one day?
I tried searching for this but couldn't find anything so it's probably a bad idea.
Thanks

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Originally Posted by Lost and Found

Age 68 yrs
NLP for 10 months transition to HLM with two days rest between workouts.
At this point I've been running out the HLM as described in the Barbell Prescription and lifts keep moving up but only with the use of fractional plates (1-3 lb jumps).

Dilemma is the Heavy day is getting real long due to rest between sets.

My question is:
Do all lifts have to be on the same HLM schedule?
Could the Heavy Day be squats and deadlift but the bench/press be the Light day?
Or could all three lifts be staggered like this?

Monday workout:
Heavy: Squat
Light: Bench
Medium: Deadlift

Thursday workout:
Light Squat
Medium Bench
Heavy Deadlift

Sunday workout:
Medium squat
Heavy bench
Light deadlift

Or is it better that all the stress of Heavy lifting be focused on one day?
I tried searching for this but couldn't find anything so it's probably a bad idea.
Thanks

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That’s a lot of pulling. Why not just one day for deadlifts and substitute some accessory lifts for the deadlift on the other days?

I’m doing an HLM variant from BBRx as well.

Heavy day is:
Heavy squat
Bench
LTE

Light day:
Light squat
Press
Deadlift

Medium day:
Medium squat
Bench
Chin ups

Bench and press are not really in an HLM program for me right now. Squat and deadlift are moving along nicely using this layout.