https://www.sixpacksmackdown.com/members/hollie-griffinHollie Griffin's recent activityen-USTelligent Community 11 Non-Productionhttps://www.sixpacksmackdown.com/members/nyc-seo-pro/activities/88c07ccf-43e6-45fb-9038-7fb2c0e11725Wed, 27 May 2026 05:59:53 GMT4e57d3c4-b13b-4df7-9d6e-674567b6c930:88c07ccf-43e6-45fb-9038-7fb2c0e11725https://www.sixpacksmackdown.com/f/general-questions/37/deadlift-on-starting-strengthWed, 08 Jan 2020 14:51:41 GMT4e57d3c4-b13b-4df7-9d6e-674567b6c930:fbe3cc47-d400-47f9-a035-e4ce3558f0a5DirtyD<p>I&#39;ve been doing Starting Strength since October and have made some pretty decent gains on my lower body lifts but am lagging a bit on my upper body.</p> <p>36 y.o. male<br />Starting weight: 250<br />Current Weight: 215</p> <p>Numbers below are 3 sets of 5, except for dead which I explain below:<br />Squat: 335<br />Bench: 220<br />Press: 145<br />Dead: 350*</p> <p>My concern is my deadlift is more of 5 sets of 1 instead of 1 set of 5. My understanding is my deads SHOULD be ahead of my squat, but I don&#39;t have the strength to do 5x1. Should I drop the weight on my deads and build that back up? I also don&#39;t know that I can continue to recover from squatting heavy 3x/week. I&#39;m typically getting 7-8 hours of sleep per night, but I&#39;m not sure where I should be for calories either as I don&#39;t want to get fat again. I got down to a skinny 205, but I feel much stronger at 215. Lots of stuff here... Any advice is appreciated.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>