How long should one dead lift, in weeks or months,before going anywhere near at the percentages 80-90% of max and start increasing. Or should you just try to figure that out and get rolling?
I can do 10×200 on squats, about parallel, maybe more rested. I figure that is about where I would be dead lifting for reps? And yes, I do work with my hands.[/quote]
I’ve not gone more than 2 months, but I am at heart lazy. The thing is Pavel would have you doing two sets of 5 plus whatever warmup you would do. If you start very light and work up to it, you might feel a little unworked.
Recently I started back, and went right to 180 so at week 1 end I was 215, week two 240, and that was really starting to challenge me. Week three, I developed this blasted pain in my right heel, most likely plantar fasciitis. I stopped. I don’t know if it was starting back too soon, too fast, not stretching the heel or just bad luck. I tend to think it was bad luck doing something else or just age, but who knows.
My rule of thumb when I once got up over 300 I started to plateau a little was this. If I can at least do three reps, go ahead and add 5 the next day. On the way to that, I was topped out twice, and I simply went backwards giving my body another chance. What I mean is let’s say 280 was hard to conquer. Maybe go back to 240 or something and give yourself 8 workouts to get back to the weight you were having trouble with.
I don’t know that any program is meant to be forever, but for experiencing rapid gains quickly without too much bulking up you can’t beat it. However it won’t sculpt the pects or biceps if being beach sexy is the goal. For that you’d need something with a ton more reps (and food).
I am really thinking it’s been a month and trying to lift through this heel issue. These things take forever to heal so at some point I have to get something going. It doesn’t always hurt, maybe I pick good times of day.
