Week 1 Day 4 Deadlift

Today was deadlift day hell ya and week 1 is in the books! Started with pause squat which I enjoyed doing and found they really got me in the groove for my deadlifting workout. Did all my normal core exercises before getting into the squats and deadlift today was regular stance not sumo. I'll keep this up for the first three weeks and go from there. As I said before and Jim Wendler mentions this alot in his book, deadlift volume is a tricky business. It's easy to overtrain it and most of the time people are doing too many sets. It was suppose to be 5 x 5 with 360 lbs but 365 was just easier for loading the bar. After my first set I knew that 5 sets was not in the cards. Regular deadlifts do activate the lower back more, which equals more stress on the spinal erectors. It's like walking a tight rope and I chose to not fall off. I could have pulled 5 sets but it would have not been worth it and in the long run not beneficial to helping my deadlift.
After deadlifts it was all grip work, which felt awesome on the forearms. Walking with dumbells to failure is always a great pump on the forearms. Try it sometime gym rats!

Day 4 
Pause Squats bar x 10, 95 x 10, 135 x 10, 185 x 10, 225 x 5 paused 3 sets
Deadlift 135 x 10, 185 x 10, 225 x 5, 275 x 5, 315 x 3, 365 x 5 3 sets
One Arm Barbell Static Holds 3 sets 30 seconds each hand
DB Walks to failure 3 sets