the devil is in the details, my friend. you’re neglecting the importance of the structure of a program. yes, there are ways to deadlift more often. your approach is clearly not one of those ways. That’s what we’re trying to convey to you, and you don’t seem to be getting it.
I’ll also agree that you’re not in a position to autoregulate. You need more experience in the gym to do this. I would say at least 6 or 7 years of training are necessary to autoregulate well.
In the template you’re suggesting here, what does ‘rowing’ mean?
Rowing builds fitness and stamina but generates fatigue which eats up your recovery ability which could be going towards deadlifts. Kinda like the analogy of a sink which is your work capacity. All manners of stressors and fatigue fill up the sink. If the sink overflows it gets messy and something has to suffer.
Not particularly relevant but to flesh out the analogy: the capacity of the sink can be increased i.e. increasing work capacity and the water can be drained faster by improved recovery and/or fatigue management
On reflection, if I want to continue rowing twice a week, maybe I need to compensate and bring down strength training from 3 to twice a week. Maybe do 1 day deadlifts and the other OHP…
you don’t need to include conditioning work in your weightlifting template… most people don’t even find it worth mentioning. you could use the rowing machine every day if you want, assuming you’re not doing it at like 90%+ intensity.
dude. why are you being so obtuse. What is wrong with just picking a pre-written program and running it? I feel like it’s time for me to bow out of here. You’ve gotten the advice you need. best of luck.
