I am doing the Daily Dose Deadlift right now. I'll give you the details:
I'm a 148, M61-65, raw - no belt, no wraps, no nuthin'
I started lifting in my mid-40's, think my first meet was at age 48. Lifetime PR 364 lbs. @ 147 at age 50.
In December, 2014, at age 59 and 9 months, I pulled 360 lbs.
About 6 months ago, near my 61st birthday, I pulled 330 for my second attempt and decided to call it a day. Training hadn't been going all that great, life was hectic, I was tired, and I left leaving pounds on the platform, for sure, but I left knowing I wouldn't be exhausted the next day, either.
I'm taking today off.
Tomorrow will be Day #21 on the DDD and this is my first time using it. I've based my percentages on easy-to-load numbers, so 275 lbs. is my 75%, even though that works out to a max of 365 or so. On Day #7, I pulled 295 for 5 singles, and on Day #14 I pulled 315 for 5 singles. Tomorrow, I'm hoping to pull 330 (90%) for 5 singles, will do singles at 75%, 80%, and maybe 85% as warmups. Given that 330 is pretty heavy for me, I've decided to use the 2-1/2 lb. plates and not go for 335 - just call me wimpy.
My approach to the schedule has been, in general terms, pull Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri and take off the weekends, except on a day like today when I've decided to take another day off before my 90% pulls tomorrow. Often no warmup before the work set of 5, sometimes a straddle DL or two or a hack DL or two or something similar. Some of the 75% days when I have no warmups, I pull 6 singles because, on the heavier days, I need a bit of a ramp up and then I'm not used to the volume - that's why the warmups or the 6th or even 7th pull. My 75% singles are getting crazy easy, lately just standing at the bar and doing a new rep every 45 seconds or so.
I am also doing some swings in the AM before my PM barbell sessions, and before the DL's I am doing a kettlebell pressing program.
Hope that helps - the only progress to note will be if I miss a lift, which I am not planning to do.
I will be competing at the WNPF World's in Bordentown, NJ on November 12 and am hoping for 360 or more then.
-S-