Quote (Nihlathak @ 28 Mar 2013 12:08)
To anyone who can deadlift over 455: have you ever tried to substitute deads for good mornings I.e. had a leg day based around squats and a back day based around good mornings? Did it work for you (bring your deads up?)
Yes.
As a matter of fact, the principle on this subject through the Westside Barbell Method is that you never do maximal effort conventional deadlifts because it's too strenuous on the central nervous system (doing them for reps on a squat day or after your dynamic work is a different story). By never I mean once every 2-3 months.
This doesn't necessarily hold true to beginner lifters because they haven't fully developed a strong mind-muscle connection so their "max effort" work isn't truly maximal effort.
In your situation though, it's perfectly fine to not conventional deadlift every week, or every month for that matter; on any routine. Hell, this past Sunday I went to a competition in Sacramento and was talking to Chad Smith in the warm up room and he was saying he had not deadlifted 2 months prior to the meet and still hit the numbers he wanted to hit. Deadlifts are one of those lifts that you can leave alone and still progress through granted you are doing your squat work and some kind of direct posterior work.
So yes, it's fine to replace them with goodmornings, sumo deadlifts, GHR's, hyperextentions, ect.
This post was edited by HyphyIll on Mar 28 2013 01:21pm