Hey all, just curious about how to progress on the deadlift during the novice progression. Its my understanding that eventually it goes from 3x/week to 2x/week and one of those training days it is replaced with rows and chins. Then it drops to 1x/week. What replaces it then?
the way i’v understood: deadlift, pull ups, rows, pull ups, deadlift, pull ups, rows, pull ups, deadlift.
if i misunderrstood, i hope to be corrected
I probably wouldn’t drop deadlift down to 1x per week to be honest. Especially if you’re planning on running the bridge after, you’ll have a hell of a time getting used to deadlifting for volume 2x per week. Doing 1 set per session is bad enough for your long term development, but also reducing frequency to nothing is a mistake, imo. It’s definitely not worth the tradeoff. Instead, so you don’t create any deficiencies and have a more seamless transition to post-novice, what I would do from the very start is:
Workout A: deadlift 1x5, 2x5 @-10%
Workout B: Rows 3x8 and bodyweight chin/pull-ups (or lat pulldown if unable to pull/chin for at least 5 reps @8) 5 minute AMRAP (cut all sets @8)
Age, weight, height?
The TDLP (my version of the SSLP):
The above is taken from a previous post I made.https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/fo…3511#post23511 (includes a bit of a rant about SSLP)
The deadlift in The Bridge and BBM Hypertrophy 3 Day v2 is treated the same as the other competition lifts (squat, press, bench press), so I don’t really see a need to treat it differently in the TDLP. I haven’t seen other programs (I have The Bridge v2, but I haven’t read it yet nor run it), but from the logs I see, all competition lifts are treated the same (or very similarly).
You could change the TDLP as noted above for deadlift as per @PWard 's suggestion above, which is what I suggest with a 10% back off for the second and third sets. The difference over the 8 to 12 weeks of the TDLP (or SSLP) is probably negligible.