dead lift... no progress? what is my bud doing wrong?

[vtec96]

BigBoy23, a few things, #1 by trying to max out or close to it weekly, you will eventually go down in the amount weight....so, don't try to lift max weights in same excercise too often...#2 by doing sets of 10 only, thats not helping too much either..try lower reps/higher weights and diff acc excercises to target those hams/glutes/back/abs muscles....

IMHO. There is no reason to ever do more than triples when deadlifting. You'll get more out of your training if you'll hit fewer reps and work up into heavier weights. The lower back can only take so much pounding before it refuses to work. Personally, when I'm in competition I'm only good for 2 all-out efforts. Cut your volume and the frequency with which you deadlift and the gains will come. Once a week for deadlifting is too often if you are pulling to failure.

Screwball....i agree and have been doing low reps more sets for a while now ... started 5x5 now will try only working triples or singles...One question though, doesnt the lowering contribute the most strain on the lower back? I got the impression from our forum that we should lower the bar under control but as fast as possible, so the negative dont drain your back out as much...But this one dude at my gym says (I know, but he is/was a PL at some time) thats fine but if the weights crash down on the floor, it will create a shock which will rebound into my arms and muscles which is not good... He said to lower it but silently so it dont crash? Basically to lower it without crashing at all, would be to go slow, and almost like a negative, which is the opposite of what I am trying to do right? After all I am still a "light-weight"