Originally Posted by
Serack
On the subject of unrealistic goals...
Having tapped out his linear progression, at +5lb a week, he'd take 7 months to get to 1.5x of 300, and is wholly unlikely to meet the "at least 1.5x" goal you just set out for him in a "few months."
I know I'm bumping blindly into walls with my own programming and other limitations*, but with numbers not unlike his, I felt damn good about getting 1.12x on my squat in a "few months." (five) I wish I knew how far I am from my potential gains if I had the $ to have someone like Jordan coaching me directly rather than bumping along with my limited understanding of the books and SS/BBM/Andy Baker articles, but this seems like an unrealistic celling for what that could be.
*late 30's, only 50min for weekday workouts, no weekend squat rack, minor muscle motor idiocy/inathleticity...