Originally Posted by
timelinex
Well its 2 weeks later and I'm back to deciding what I should do for todays DL workout. Last week I did 355x5 and it doesn't feel like I could add 10 more LB but I've felt that way since 315 so my feelings are a LIE! Anyways, I wanted to see what you guys think about possibly changing my warmup.
Currently I do:
RL:Romanian Deadlift
DL: Deadlift
RL: 45x8
RL: 135x5
DL: 135x5
DL: 195x3
RL: 195x3
DL: 285x1
WAIT 5 minutes
DL:255x5
The reason for the Romanian Deadlifts is I am very inflexible (and doesn't help that arms are shorter than avg) and RL's have been helping me limber up enough to be able to set my back straight while reaching down (For example, I can't reach the bar with a set back otherwise). But I'm thinking this is alot of warmup volume and getting rid of some of it might help me continue the 10lb jumps for a little longer. So maybe keep the RL but take the 135 and 195 deadlifts down to 2 reps each? Any opinion on this?