Breaking through 455x3 on Deadlifts

What I was saying is as simple as this. You want to beat 455x3. Why then, does 455 need to be done for more than one set in a workout? You see?

Before, when you sent me a pm you said you have never lifted more than 2 or 3 reps with 455. So to my thinking you had beating 3 reps with 455 as a goal. YET when you went in to lift you did not really look for ways to beat 455x3, you looked for ways to beat what you did previously, which is not necessarily the same thing.

This is why I said not to get too caught up with SDT progression. To my mind there is nothing wrong with having as a goal to beat 455x3. Maybe the way you do that does not mean you do single, double, or triple progression. Maybe it does. Or maybe it means you at least keep the same workload and average intensity.

The POINT is that using SDT in this case has nothing really to do with beating that 455x3 mark per se. You have put these two things together but they are really two separate things. SDT is just a way of looking at progression. Beating 455x3 is a SPECIFIC goal.

In any case, go ahead with the plan as outlined. This is all just philisophical.