Steve W - Thank you for another in-depth reply, what I'm wondering now is do you think it is worth me doing touch-and-do deadlifts, or dimel deadlifts? It makes sense that other work was done alongside it, I only intend to do this lighter dimel dead work twice a week and add in more of a grind once a week. I've been practicing some of the movements you've recommended, I have to admit I'm really startging to enjoy suitcase deads - suitcase deadlifts alongside dimel deadlifts do seem like a rather good combination.
Zach Ganska - Sounds like a cool routine, definitely something I'd consider.
Pavel Tsatsouline - Thank you, I definitely intend on increasing weight eventually, and I definitely won't be doing this forever!
aris - Thank you - I have in my research seen this routine. My only concern with the program is how it would fit in with my current training - I specifically can only train mon/wed/fri as I'm away from home on the weekends. I also get the impression that when you train the lift it is specifically a deadlift day only - I'd have to move my other lifts to other days of the week. Also I heard it was mainly used for conditioning, although I don't doubt that it would build some strength. How do you mean the SV approach? I forgot about hack deads, indeed there is quite a lot of options.
It appears there are a lot of options, either regular deadlifts at 50%-65% but for high volume (ala Eddies program or ladders) or a mix of lighter-high rep work like Dimel Deads (which appear to have a good track record) with either/or snatch deadlifts, deficit deadlifts, suitcase deadlifts, hack deadlifts, speed deads, one-legged work.
Personally, I'm looking for something that fits into me training on mon/wed/fri. At the moment the dimel deadlift like I said has a really good track record, so I'm thinking of training that twice a week, and a low-rep grind once or twice a week alongside it. Suitcase deadlifts seem really appealing at the moment, I get the impression working up to a BW suitcase deadlift is a worth goal. Snatch deadlifts also seem really good.