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What I did, with pics: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/52929-microloading-home-made-solutions/

I do this as well. I'm doing 5/3/1 with Boring But Big assistance work. I try to do my 5x10 assistance sets with a straight grip as well, but sometimes my forearms are just too fried by that point.

False grip

This helped me quite a bit. I unrack the bar and keep it up under my chin, with my triceps supported by my lats as I step back with the bar. Then I get that couple inches of stretch to help get the first rep going. Bracing your whole body for the OHP means flexing your glutes, abs, and quads HARD. Also, screwing your feet into the floor (toes out) helps keep the glutes activated which prevents your lower back from hyperextending.

Try the Eco-ball by Metolius: http://www.rei.com/product/627550/metolius-eco-ball It keeps your hands dry like chalk, but doesn't leave white residue all over everything. Plus, it's only $4 at REI. I've been using one since March. I love it.

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It feels like an accomplishment, so "W00T!"

I like this DL video as well:

Where did you get fractional plates so cheap?

Thanks for the critique! So it looks like I should be positioning my shoulders just in front of the bar at the bottom. That will allow me to bring my hips up while keeping my back straight.

As discussed in this thread, here's the vid for others who have anything to add: I'm 5'6", 160lbs. This was the first of 3 sets of 5 reps this morning. Conventional stance, mixed grip.

Right here, from this morning: This was my first of three sets, 5 reps, 250lbs. Wednesday's disaster of an attempt was 280lbs. Speaking of leverages, I'm 36 years old, 5' 6" tall, and about 160lbs. Right away, I can see that I need to be keeping my head down and that my hips start lower on the first rep and then get higher and higher for each subsequent rep. I keep looking over the potato camera at the mirror to see how badass I look make sure my back is flat. Cross-posted here.

I have not. Perhaps I shall...

You also don't have to add weight to the bar in 5 lb increments if that's too much. For less than $20, you can set yourself to add weight in much smaller increments. Lifting as little as 1 pound more than you did last time is still progress and is still showing that you are getting stronger.

I'm working Phrak's Greyskull Variant. My squat is moving up nicely, still. My deadlift WAS unitl I switched from 3x5 to 1x5. I think I definitely need to take a little weight off and add some volume.

Well, it happened again today. I added 5 lbs to last weeks crappy set weight (I knew I shouldn't have). 1st rep - solid 2nd rep - garbage 3rd rep - failed, it might as well have been glued to the floor So I stood up, rested a couple of minutes and went back at it. 1st rep - good enough 2nd rep - failed, it might as well have been glued to the floor Next week, I'll back off 10% or so on the weight and work back up. I think it's just too heavy and I'm not getting enough volume week-to-week to make progress. I'm only doing one set of 5, once a week. I may switch from squats Monday and Friday with deads on Wednesday to just alternating squats and deads workout to workout.

As a side note about OHP: Use the stretch reflex at the bottom of your OHP just like you would at the bottom of the squat. Don't pause at the bottom (unless that's your thing...). I unrack the bar a little high so I can get a little stretch at the bottom on the first rep as well, as seen here: One Weird Trick (That Actually Works) To Instantly Improve Your Overhead Press

Thanks for the tip. I usually just concentrate on squeezing the bar as hard as I can. I'll add a little "pre-load" to it and see if that helps. I already use synthetic chalk every day. Like you said, I think my grip is okay...but if it's really not, that could be holding me back.

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Well, I haven't been as consistent as I would have liked in getting TO the gym for the last few months, so I've gotten plenty of "rest". I've also been very conservative with my progression up until the last couple of weeks. I was concentrating on keeping good form and taking it slow to help my joints and such keep up since I'm old (36). My grip is okay, I switch to alternating grip if I need to every once in a while. Here's what my progession has looked like over the last year from 135 lbs to 275 yesterday:

Adding 5lbs to the bar for 1x5 every week.

That's why I try to treat my sets of 5 as five singles. I guess there's no reason not to rest a minute or two between each rep as long as I'm getting them all done.

Once a week. Squatting twice a week.

I've only been deadlifting since October 2013. This morning I pulled 275 lbs for 5 reps (BW is 160 lbs). DL is my heaviest lift, but only just. My squat is right behind it at 265 lbs (for 3x5, yesterday).

I'm developing a problem with multiple reps on the deadlift. First, I AM making progress. I'm still adding weight to the bar every time I lift and I am getting all my reps done. The first rep is always GREAT. I feel like everything is tight and connected and the bar comes off the floor easily and I can lock it right out. But... The subsequent reps almost always suck. I don't try to bang them out one after the other, either. I stop, reset, and try to treat each rep as a single in the hopes of making each pull perfect (like the first one of the day!). So the second rep is usually a bit of a struggle, it just feels a little off. Then the next couple are a complete crap shoot. They feel horrible, like nothing is working right. Hell, today the bar felt glued to the floor when I went for rep #3. I did eventually get 5 reps done, but 2 - 5 were not good at all while #1 was fantastic. I'm pretty sure this is all in my head. Does anyone have any advice for staying strong and consistent rep to rep? This only happens to me on the deadlift...