Starting Strength, Workout B, 3/31/12

Squats:
Tom: 395x5x1
This wasn't even a hard set. I'd put it @8 RPE. I was going to post this video, but now I'm not. I missed my deadlifts and deflated/10 ensued.

Tony: 275x5x3
Finally fixed his tendonitis issue only for him to aggravate some kind of rib injury that he got while dancing. It was hurting for him to breathe so he didn't do anything else today.

Bench:
Tom: 230x5x3
Yay. I guess. I missed my deadlifts. Last rep was the grinder from hell. I feel that it is very unlikely I'll get 235x5x3, but we'll see what happens. If I miss, I'll move to 1x5 like my squats and press.

Deadlifts:
Tom: 405x0
What is this fucking madness? I haven't pulled in 10 days and, last time I did, I got 180kgx5 (396lbs). So, I went for the real 4 plates todays and got zero. I need to reevaluate my deadlift programming. There's a few of us for whom this style of programming just doesn't seem to work for. Everyone else has deadlifts that are +50lbs on their squats and now my squat has probably passed my deadlift. So tired of this shit.

Here's some of the things I'm considered:
1) I'm resetting to 365 and I'm going to work on my form as much as I can.

2) Next time I miss a squat set, I'm going to reset and squats are being moved to the end of my workout. I think this is pretty much set in stone as far as I'm concerned. I need to prioritize my deadlift. I'm tired of prioritizing squats when they're my least favorite lift and, at this point, pretty fucking overdeveloped compared to all my other lifts.

3) I'm probably going to move to 5x5 for Deadlift Madcow style. I don't think I will move it to the middle day of my cycle because I know I won't be able to squat for a PR on the last day if I do that. Maybe I need a little bit more volume.

4) I'm considering alternating between sumo and conventional on a weekly basis. A lot of short guys end up being at their best pulling sumo. I figure this will save my lower back a bit, still allow me to pull 1x/wk without doing halting/rack pulls (which I don't believe works very well), and possibly result in my sumo pull passing my deadlift.

That's all I got right now. This really sucks. What a buzzkill.

Oh yeah,
Chinups: 225x5x3 /w 1 orange band
Hey, at least I'm gaining weight again. These were terrible form. I was so frustrated that I didn't focus and the reps ended up being sloppy and stuff. Just chinups. Who cares?