What to do about meeting goals??

3foldchord

I met my goal in dead lifting. To DL my body weight (I weigh 134 and can DL 136 with a max one time of 141)
I have no desire to DL more than that.

I may not "progress", but won't it still be "good for me" even if I keep my DLs around 135-145 ...forever?

My other lifts are still going up as planned.

lwoodroff

Do you not want to progress, even slowly?

3foldchord

Do you not want to progress, even slowly?

Not on DeadLifts, but I am to against it... Maybe it will be left as a "if it happens, it happens" thing, but I have zero desire to work on progressing DLs

Maybe when the rest of my lifts get close, I will change my mind.
I DL 136-141#, but everything else is at 60-70#.

girlie100

are you following Stonglifts or another program?

HeidiMightyRawr

I understand that you may be happy with how it is now, but chances are if you keep deadlifting, you will progress. It'll be slower as you get stronger but it'll keep happening unless you stop/seriously cut down that exercise.

As far as the other lifts being well behind, that's common. Deadlifts are meant to be the strongest lift, and will usually be well above any upper body lifts. Squats might get close but even then, they should be less. My deadlift max is 242, squats 159, bench 132 and OHP 93. I'd like my squats a little higher in comparison but that just means I work extra hard on that lift, deadlifts are still free to progress.

My suggestion would just be to go with your "if it happens, it happens" plan, and if you're unhappy with the other lifts, then those can be focused on.

alliebeth88

I was under the impression that deadlifts help out the other lifts, as do squats. Stopping progression on DLs might also slow progression on the lifts you wish to increase weight on, just a thought.

3foldchord

Thanks guys!