Reply With QuoteMove your DL to 150 next workout and tell us what happened.
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Deadlift artificially weak
Hi Rip, so I’ve been working thru a past cervical radiculopathy C4 & C5. After 3 years of no lifting, I’m now after 4 months on SS NLP absolutely PAIN FREE - no feeling of tweaks in my neck after workouts. Amazing. Of course still very careful with my form.
I still do not do cleans, and initially I went with smaller increase on my DLs bc my neck was getting tweaked a lot. I got my wife to do traction on me after workouts and took NSAIDs all the time. And I recently had to do a major reset on DLs due to an unrelated low back muscle strain.
Anyhow, I’m now at 135kg on squat and 140kg on deadlift. My question is: how do I get my deadlift weight up from here quicker than my squat is increasing? I am deadlifting every other workout since I don’t clean and my Wed is a light squat day. 140kg on DL still feels pretty easy to me. Do I just continue to push both and get them each as strong as possible from here and let it work itself out? Or do I need to slow squat to 1.25kg increase per workout and keep DL at higher increases? Thanks!
My progress since 10/6/23
Ht 6’2”
BW 82 to 96 kg
D 85 to 140
S 75 to 135
B 60 to 97.5
P 40 to 63.75
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Move your DL to 150 next workout and tell us what happened.
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If you're not cleaning, might as well deadlift every workout. 150 kg should not overly fuck you up, if you're doing everything else right, at least for a couple weeks. If your deadlift lags too far behind the problem you'll encounter first is your squat will start to slow down. But there's no reason to "limit" your squat.
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A man your weight can make big jumps in his deadlift relative to his squat. You said the 140 was easy (and it's very close to the 135 squat). Then try 150, like Rip said, and tell us what happened.
In fact, at this point your deadlift should be about 20 or 25 kg higher than your squat.
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OK, sounds good. I’ll be back.Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe
I am deadlifting every other workout but yeah I could probably go every workout for a while. I eat a ton but sleep is occasionally sporadic with a baby in the house.
+20-25 kg sounds reasonable. I’ll do 150 next workout and report back.
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It felt pretty good. Last 2 rep my low back started to round.
Deadlift 150kg x 5 - YouTube
TMPHBITEU
Go to 152.5 next time.
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Not a cause for concern, as long as you're setting it before each rep. You shouldn't have any problem pushing this up another 10 kilos in the next week or so.
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Bravo !!
Finally those 150 weren't that much, right? Keep adding 5 lbs per workout.
Which country are you from ?
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Alright, will do. Thanks Rip.
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