Strength and Mass after 40 and how to squeeze a few more pounds out of LP

[Bucknut1]

Hello,

A little background before I get to my question:

I began SS on February 1, 2017. Since I started I visited a SSC ~ 4times to help with form etc. The coach is over an hour away so weekly visits are prohibitive.

Starting and current stats are as follows:
42 yo male
6'1"
Body weight: 344/328
Squat: 65/250
Press:75/150
Bench:140/205
Dead:135/310


I've ran the LP consistently from Feb 1st until June 16th and have reset 2x except for the DL which I reset 1x but may think I need another as I failed to pull 5 reps at 315.

Here's training log from 6/16:
Squat 265x5x3
Press: 150x5x3
GPP
Pendlay Rows


On 6/19 didn't have access to my normal Gym and had to do a brief workout at the gym where I work. It's very sparse, no rack, no bench press etc... So I basically spent my time training my DL. I was unable to return to the gym because of a planned vacation so when I resumed training on 6/27.


6/27
Light Squat Day: 225x5x3
OHP: 151x2x5, 151x4
Deadlift: 315 x2

06/29
SQ:240x5x3
BP: 202.5x5x3
Pendlay: 145x8x3

7/2
SQ: 250x5x3
BP: 205x5x3
Pendlay 150x8x3

7/4
Light Squat day: 200x5x3
OHP: 151x4 151x2 135x5
DL: 315x2 225x5
Absolutely spent afterward. I trained in the AM and had zero energy the rest of the day.

7/6
SQ:255x3, 255x1
BP: 207.5x4 207.5 x3

I'd consider this the worst training day I've had since I started and felt ill afterward. I left the gym fatigued and disgusted and a little discouraged thinking that I was able to SQ 265 3 weeks ago.

My diet is good but sleep has been difficult lately so this probably has something to do with my last training session.

I purchased strength and Mass over 40 today in anticipation of running out my LP but I want to try and squeeze as much out of the LP I can before starting a new program.

What recommendations do the group have based on my recent training history to try and add a bit more weight to the bar before switching programming? I'd really like to get back to 265 on the squat.

Thanks!

[chrisd]

If you're feeling progressively worse, it might not be a good idea to keep hammering away trying to get results in a short time scale from the LP.

By the end of my LP I was feeling pretty beaten up all the time and generally not too good. I ended the LP as a kind of experiment and made better progress using a less demanding programme.

You could give yourself an easy week or so and recover some by just doing sets ascending, so only one set at work weight.