Low back tight and warm after first day

First workout of NLP.

squat
45 1x5
45 1x5
65 1x5
95 1x5
115 3x5

Press
45 2x5
55 1x5
65 1x5
85 3x5

Deadlift
135 1x5
185 4x too heavy

Back feels pretty tight. Not fun. I shouldn’t have made that big a jump in the DL yet.

Also I don’t think I was engaging my hamstrings enough on the deadlifts. Will try Romanian deadlifts next time to engage them for warm ups.

Is it normal to have a little discomfort, tightness, and warmth in your low back after your first deadlifting workout In 17 years?

You’ll be fine.

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