Quote Originally Posted by Mugaaz View Post
Deadlifting 1 set of 5 once a week took me to low 400s before it stopped working. I tried adding additional backoff sets after the heavy set of 5 to get more volume, but this did not help very much. I stalled again pretty soon. I added a second DL volume day for 3 sets of 5 at 90% of whatever my best set of 5 was and it started moving again. I feel like the limit set of 5 DL doesn't really allow you to add in much volume in the same session via backoffs without overdoing it, whereas a 2nd day with medium weight set across is a ton more volume and also increased frequency.
Only problem with doing 3x5 at 90% of the heavy day, is I'll pull heavy Wed, Squat heavy Friday then press variant, then i'll pull again after the heavy squats. Does 90% just work better or will 80% work too? My heavy days suck ass for squats. At 6'4 I feel like I'm taking forever to get out of the hole with 355lbs on my back like Monday.