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5 plates!!! This is starting to get expensive, lolOriginally Posted by Matt Dawson
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Squat 390x5x3
Pin Press 235x3x3
Hang Power Clean 170x3x5
DB Incline Press 75x8x3
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hey matt, do you like doing the top set triple followed by backoff 5's?
im thinking ahead as to what im gonna do when my DL gets heavy and i cant do 5 reps anymore. my first thought was to do what you do and do my top triple followed by a drop set of 5 (for volume) but part of me is thinking about just doing 2 triples (to get 6 total intensity day reps). have you done both ways? obviously the back offs are working for you bc 5 plate DL for 3 is bad ass
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My first change when I failed a set of 5 was to move to 2 triples: Third Time's a Charm. It worked fine for about 6 weeks, but ultimately the stress of 2 heavy deadlift sets proved too much for my low back. So then I switched to 1 heavy triple which has kept me going for a while, but I wanted some more volume.
As for the 2x5 backoff sets I only settled into that the last 2 weeks. I think I like it so far. The lighter backoff, even though way more volume, don't stress my low back to the limit the same way as a second heavy triple would.
I had previously tried 2x5 "light" deadlifts on other days of the week and they didn't work out. Back was too stressed after 5x5 squats on Monday and 2x5 deadlifts after 3x5 squats on Friday left me under recovered for heavy squats the following Monday. As you said before managing low back fatigue is the key.
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