How do one find the 1RM anyway? Add 10lb, do one rep and repeat until failure?
At StrongFirst, we advocate doing as few warmups as you need before strength training or a max attempt. Choose your lifts on max day accordingly; what you choose will be based on what you're used to, so don't change your approach on max day but, if you feel you could get used to fewer warmups, work on that in training so that you are ready to put it into practice on max day.
A max attempt isn't something you can work up to in small increments because the lifts that approach your max will take away from your final, max effort if they are too close to it. Rather than 10 lb. jumps, consider 10% jumps instead, and even larger jumps work well for many people (including me).
In working up to a max attempt, I recommend stopping at 92-3% of your old max as your last attempt before the new max. E.g., if your max is 265, I wouldn't go higher than 245, which is about 93%, before resting a few minutes then trying for a new max. You must figure out what works for you as your training months and years wear on. You must also be content to know that you might not have picked your max-test weight correctly and live with a failed attempt - that's life. E.g. if you do the 245 then try for 275 and don't get it, it's possible you could have gotten 270 - that knowledge and $2.50 will get you a ride on the subway.
Be patient and try again in a few months or whatever interval of time your training plan suggests.
I take 7-10 days off before a max DL attempt, most of them completely off, and then a few light DL singles as I felt I wanted to as the meet approached.
my current 1RM is 265lbs. I lift 200lb (75℅) most of the days.
@Abdul Rasheed, a very nice guy, has been my student so I know his lifting more than I know that of most of our forum participants. I can say with some certainty that he still has things to learn, and when that happens, the numbers will go up dramatically.
How one fails a max attempt is something our blogs have covered here, but it's worth repeating - fight for a new max, don't give up right away. I did one particularly ugly, but ultimately successful, deadlift in a meet a couple of years ago that took more than 10 seconds to complete from the time the bar started moving until it reached lockout. Here you go - thanks to
@Scott Hanson, SFG-II, and my lovely wife for cheering me on and taking the video. This is 360 lbs. after weighing in at 148, and 3 months before my 60th birthday.
Hope this is of some help to you, Abdul.
BTW, we need a big Welcome! to the author of the Daily Dose program, and a big thank you to him as well for joining the conversation here.
-S-