Again, thank you all for your replies. I appreciate all the comments.
First things first: I agree, 600 * 5 for the deadlift and 300 * 5 for the overhead press (not push-press) are ambitious goals, and they’ll make good long-term goals (rather than short- or medium-term as I first suggested). Even if I don’t reach those goals, though, I’ll still be happy as long as I’ve given it all I have.
How many people can lift that much weight for those exercises?
Secondly: I agree that if you’re going to do deadlifts every day (or quite often) then the overall volume of the workout would have to be rather low. But this is what I would have done anyway. I was thinking along the lines of 2-3 sets of 5 reps for the deadlift and 2-3 sets of 5 reps for the press. No other exercises. It’s not a lot of volume, is it? I might do slightly more sets, but it’d remain the same two exercises.
Thirdly: do you think deadlifts and presses will suffice to make me extremely strong and muscular, without the need to utilise other exercises? I know other exercises would doubtless help, but I’d like to keep things as simple and uncomplicated as I can. Just 2-3 sets of 5 reps of deadlifts and presses each day seems to be about as simple as one can get.
I’ll be going down to the garage soon, after I’ve had my breakfast and given my stomach some time to settle, and I’ll do some deadlifts and presses…
I just think that, perhaps, if one takes the time to get used to it, and if one doesn’t do too many sets or exercises, then it might be possible to perform deadlifts every day. I know some people who have become incredibly strong without picking up a weight, through manual labour every day (or at least 5 days a week), and although weightlifting is completely different, surely the human body is resilient enough to do a couple of sets of deadlifts every day and thrive on it, once one has become used to it?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.