That's pretty much the same for me with 5/3/1 I feel I can now focus on the strength aspect of training, still get some improvement and still have enough energy to make it to the changing room. I'm not pushing/pulling as much weight as you and don't need the deload week as much as I did when I was doing more volume with Starting Strength and getting exhausted and more likely to get injured and despondent
Quick update, just finished the first week of my second cycle of 5/3/1 (should be on the second week but I had to do week 2 from the first cycle 2 times due to missing 2 workouts caused by national holidays..... read: parteh). I broke PR's on all 4 lifts this week and considering I’ve slept terrible for 4 of the last 5 days I’m really satisfied. What I’ve found to really help is to calculate on beforehand how many reps you need for a PR. When you go into a workout/lift with a number in your head on how many reps you want you’ll have a lot more focus on actually getting that number and breaking your PR. Loving 5/3/1 so far!
