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Originally Posted by Steve-O-68
I use the lighter weights/higher reps as a warm up to get the juices flowing. Anything under 250, I usually rep out without resetting. Once I get over 250, I reset between each rep.
Aside from just getting warmed up, I also like the higher rep stuff to help with my endurance. I don't do cardio or HIIT (yet), so I need something to get the heart rate up.
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That's fine, but I think heavy work on the deadlift gets the heart rate up enough without reps. I think a better way to get a metabolic effect and increase endurance would be increasing the intensiveness of your assistance work after the deadlift with things like supersets, not doing a bunch of reps of deadlifts. Your goal is to deadlift 5 plates, I assume that means you want to deadlift it
once, not for reps. If you're getting good results, go with it, but increasing weights in the deadlift is really all about form and starting strength, and those trained with low reps (singles in particular). Don't mean to interject or anything, and I know I'm far from a deadlift expert, but that's just my .02. I'd suggest reading
The Dead Zone by Dave Tate, especially this:
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Mistake #7: Training with multiple reps
Next time you see someone doing multiple reps on the deadlift, take note of the form of each rep. You'll see the later reps look nothing like the first. In competition you only have to pull once, so you need to learn how to develop what's known as starting strength for the deadlift. This is the strength needed to get the bar off the floor without an eccentric (negative) action before the start.
In other words, you don't lower the bar first and then lift the weight as you do with the squat and bench press. When you train with multiple reps you're beginning to develop reversal strength, which isn't needed with the deadlift.
These two reasons are enough to keep the deadlift training to singles. If you're using multiple reps with the deadlift, then stand up in between each rep and restart the lift. This way you'll be teaching the proper form and be developing the right kind of strength.
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