Deadlift reps and max attempts

[dbluegoat]

I just did this tonight

BB Deadlifts
set 1 135lbs 8 reps
set 2 225lbs 5 reps
set 3 315lbs 3 reps
set 4 365lbs 3 reps
set 5 385lbs 1 reps
set 6 405lbs 0 failed mid shins
set 7 395lbs 1 reps *PR
set 8 315lbs 5 reps

I really could not make a good pull on the 405 so I just went down, last week I hit my pr of 385, this week 395, my question is do you think i am doing too many reps/sets before trying a PR? I am still real new to deadlifting in general so trying to figure out what I should be doing.

[Boridi]

Yes, too many reps. I recently worked up to a 430 deadlift by doing this:

General warmup stuff (leg swings, stretching, a few reps with the bar)
2 * 3 * 135
1 * 185
1 * 225
1 * 275
1 * 315
1 * 365
1 * 405
1 * 430

[lifterg]

I would have jumped from 365 to 405.

Warm up as much as you want at 135, but go up with singles and take the biggest jumps you are comfortable with.

[jhashey]

There is a difference whether you want to just hit a PR that day, or train the muscle groups (not mutually exclusive), but where you are PRing, you aren't going to hit as many sets or reps.

A regular DL training day for us will look something like this

135 x 8 just to get the blood flowing
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 2
465 x 1
500 x 1
then increments of 10 lbs until there we fail. If its not a PR day, we do a drop off set for reps, usually 405 or 365.

(Im not a numbers person, the only reason I put numbers in there is to show the increments.)

Also, we did a cycle of 5/3/1 and it worked great, less sets, more reps at the finish on most days.

[dbluegoat]

thanks guys, i will try it differently next time

[dbluegoat]

updated

tried tonight and hit 405!! man i was happy about that
thanks for the help guys

i did it like this

set 1 135lbs 10 reps (warm up)
set 2 225lbs 3 reps
set 3 315lbs 2 reps
set 4 365lbs 1 reps
set 5 405lbs 1 reps *PR
set 6 385lbs 1 reps
set 7 315lbs 5 reps

[Big Sexy J]

updated

tried tonight and hit 405!! man i was happy about that
thanks for the help guys

i did it like this

set 1 135lbs 10 reps (warm up)
set 2 225lbs 3 reps
set 3 315lbs 2 reps
set 4 365lbs 1 reps
set 5 405lbs 1 reps *PR
set 6 385lbs 1 reps
set 7 315lbs 5 reps

Congrats. That is a good warm up to 405.