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Kitty-Moogle-Chan
Agreed on alternating the deadlift. The number of times I've hurt my back isn't worth it (just minor, thankfully).
Avoid the smith machine for the incline press. Use dumbbells instead if you have to. One thing a lot of people don't realize is that you can get as much out of dumbbell bench presses as barbell bench presses if you're doing them right. It still works the same muscles.
If you can't do dips, cable pushdowns are, as I've found out the hard way, *not* a useful substitute. Do partial dips until failure instead.
For pullups, cable pulldowns SUCK as a replacement as well. I can pulldown 70lbs 5x5 but can't do more than a couple pullups. So I quit that, started doing fatman pullups for a while until I can do real ones.
5x5 SQUATZ every second day is fine. I do that too.
I'd keep the deadlifts down to 1x5 and alternate them. That's again what I do.
You seem to be doing pretty well though, and what works for other people may not work best for you. Are you getting results? Are you not hurting yourself? Well then make small changes instead of big ones for now. :)
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