What do when weights become heavy too fast in a powerlifting routine?

Madfuck

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Hi guys, Im now on a program inspired by Pavel Tsatsouline where Im supposed to follow a linear progression.

So for my deadlift i started with 5 reps on my 10RM weights which were 255 lbs.
I train Deads 5 x week, with one heavy set.
Im planning to increase by 5% each workout

This is what my program looks like

Workout 1: 255 lbs x 5 reps
Workout 2: 265 lbs x 5 reps
Workout 3 275 lbs x 5 reps
Workout 4: 300 lbs x 5 reps (todays workout)
Workout 5: 310 lbs x 5 reps
Workout 6: 320 lbs x 5 reps
Workout 7: 330 lbs x 5 reps

I had an 15 lb increase from last workout instead of 10 lbs because that would give me an average of 5% increase over the whole program.

The problem is that weigts are already feeling heavy (I could maybe do 7 reps max on todays workout) and I doubt I can make last increments.
So the question is what to do from here.

Option 1: go back some lbs on my next workout and build up again

Option 2: do workout 4 one more time

Option 3: keep going as planned even though weights are already feeling heavy.


Other info I would like to add:
Im also doing a bench routine which is going fine.
Im not on steroids, Im saving that for later when I have reached a higher strenght level.


Thanks for any inputs.
 
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