bigshug said:
ROFLOL!! Ain't it the truth, bro?
Tugs, I would modify your routine a bit, especially your warm-ups. I know for me, I certainly would not be warmed up after 1 set so perhaps this would work for you:
135 x 8
205 x 6
275 x 3
335 x 5 x 2-3 <---working sets
I also like to limit my working set reps to 5. Anything more than that and things can get sketchy pretty quickly, especially if you're working in the 80+% of 1RM, which is where you should be anyway.
Obviously, as your working set weight increases, you will need to add additional warm-ups to acclimate your body to the increased load. It's really a balancing act that you play with warm-ups. You want to make sure you're warmed up for safety's sake, but you don't want to overdo it and steal strength from your working sets because the warm ups really are useless with respect to size and strength gains. So listen to your body.
One thing to work on with your warm-ups is speed (aka power). Try to pull the weight with the same amount of force that you use on your working sets. This will teach your body to acclerate through the middle of the lift making it easier to lock out. Using chains and bands will work even better. Your goal should be to get the bar moving as fast as possible off the ground. You'll develop more power training this way. By using full reset reps, you'll develop more starting strength. You'll also protect your body by not letting the weight get ahead of your true capabilities (skeletal, muscular, connective tissue).
To give you an idea of what I mean with warm-ups, this is what I did on Saturday:
135 x 10
245 x 7
335 x 5
445 x 3
535 x 1
585 x 1
655 x 5 <---working set
You can tell when I used the 100 pounders, lol. All reps were full resets. If you need more of an explanation than what bigshug gave you, check out the deadlift thread a few pages back.
SNDMN, I would recommend that you modify your warm-ups a bit, too.
Warm-up: 135 x 10
Set 1: 225 x 10
Set 2: 375 x 5
Set 3: 375 x 5
Set 4: 375 x 5
Taking a 150lb jump (which is 40% of your working set weight!!!) is definitely not something I would recommend to anyone. This would be much better:
135 x 10
205 x 7
275 x 5
325 x 3
375 x 5 x 3
If that feels like too much, then this may work better:
135 x 10
225 x 7
315 x 3
375 x 5 x 3