I'd definitely give your back all the time it needs.

But I just wanted to be clear that 15 to 20 lbs increments for deads is certainly feasible and doable (at first). And it could well be you could start going with some wider increments for a while once you're sure you back is good to go. But once you commit to an increment I wouldn't make sudden upward jumps unless they are very small ones. Basically stick with the biggest increments you can get away with until you need to lower them. At the same time if you stick with 5 pounds on the deads you'll just be able to sustain that increment longer. It may be a little slower but in the long run you'll have a healthy back that keeps working for you so the general attitude you've adopted I think is best (espcially for us old guys).

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.