Okay, it has been a while since I posted on T-Nation. I’m kind of out of the rythm. I’m 38 - will turn 39 in April. I’m wanting to lift in the USAPL masters raw meet in 2012. Quite frankly, I’ve given up on deadlifting, and seeing how that is 1/3 of what I have to do, that’s no good.
When I DL, my back get so fatigued it messes with all my other training. The more I train, the lower my numbers go. I’m thinking it is a hip mobility deal, but I don’t know. If tried sumo, no help. I do have a long torso. I’ve tried rack pulls and same thing.
My squat is fine, my bench if fine, I just can’t DL and everytime I train, evertything goes in the toilet. Are we old folks just not meant to DL? Should, I just keep training my squat only and wing it for DL?
FWIW - I’m following Wendlers 5-3-1 with decent results.
I am also doing 5 3 1 and am 38. Maybe u just need to do less assistance on your dl day. My dl day is tuesday and wednesday I do cardio and abwork so I get a good rest before bench and assistance on thurs. It may help if u post your typical routine. Dl will surely drain u. All I do is dl reverse hypers and shrugs on dl day.
I only pull from the floor about once every 3-4 weeks. In the past I have made progress even less frequently. You squat already trains your DL quite a bit, throw in some rack pulls, GMs, GHR, front squats, and lots of upper back work and your pull should increase without it beating the crap out of you.
Here’s a total way out on a limb shot in the dark. How much work are you doing for your abs? I thought that I’d read somewhere recently that McGill was saying that his research consistently shows that people with back problems have strong backs and weak abs.