Originally Posted by Eric3237

1x5 deads is appropriate. Deads are the most demanding metabolically. It is best to keep it down at first. It is how Rippetoe himself recommends. Later on a set or two can be added if recovery has improved enough.

The problem with more deadlifts is the way the volume is distributed. You'd have workout A being a whole lot more demanding than workout B which would be inappropriate for this program. BTW, I don't see how someone doing 135 on deads is going to turn around and do 135 on rows for 3 sets. It seems off. I understand about the squats if you are not used to A2G but for the rows it seems like a lot.

Just pick light to moderate weights on everything as Widdoes said(it should seem fairly easy at first) and go from there. Trying to find some perfect starting weight the first time you do this program just won't make a difference. On the other hand, screwing up and starting too heavy will ruin it. There is no real disadvantage to starting too light other than time spent accumulating (which can lead to MORE progress down the road).

Once you have gotten everything you can out of this and it is time for a new type of program then it will be more important to pick the appropriate strarting weights simply because you wouldn't want intensity to fall off too much.

Good luck on your injury and the program.