Originally Posted by
Hooper
It was probably too light, but not by a whole lot. On the first day, I deadlifted 199 lb on accident, thinking the plates were in lb, not in kg (i.e., 45 lb bar + 70 kg plates). It took all I had and gave me DOMS for about 4 days. When I got back, I started deadlifts at 155 lb. The squat probably could have started around 135, but I was keen on not overdoing it at the start.
105 was where the squat started to feel 'heavy' on that day, not having an understanding of what 'heavy' really feels like.