Interm. Squat / Novice on Everything Else

[Dlk93]

Hey Andy,

I'm envisioning my squat stalling on LP pretty soon, possibly in the next few weeks, but I don't like making predictions that could turn into self-fulfilling prophecies. Meanwhile, my other lifts are running pretty smoothly, especially my deadlift which I was forced to stop doing for a while (not injury related).
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Lifts:
Squat: 330x5x3
Deadlift: 325x5 (going up in 10's smoothly; alt. with PC's)
Bench: 212.5x5x3
Press: 137.5x5x3

Bodyweight: ~183
Age: 23
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So, let's say it does stall before everything else and I need to switch over to intermediate programming only for it. I want to go with some sort of HLM, both for the squat and long term whenever my other lifts catch up--unless you'd recommend against going HLM at least until the other lifts catch up.

How could that be scheduled? Could I keep doing everything the same just put my squat on Tuesday (heavy) and Friday (light)?

[marcf]

I'm not Andy, but you're right in that it's a bad idea to try and predict which lift will stall first. Who knows, your bench could be going fine now and it could hit a hard wall next week while your squat continues to go up for another 3-4 weeks.

If your squat does stall and you want to switch squat programming to HLM, go ahead, and keep the same schedule for everything else, assuming you're doing a 3x/week LP on the other lifts.

Also, how tall are you? 183 pounds could be just right if you're like 5'6", but severely underweight for strength if you're 6'3".

[Dlk93]

Oops, posted this in the wrong thread. Thanks for the input though. My height is 5'9". My weight recently stalled @4,000 cals so I put it up to 4,200 and it's back going again.

[marcf]

Oops, posted this in the wrong thread. Thanks for the input though. My height is 5'9". My weight recently stalled @4,000 cals so I put it up to 4,200 and it's back going again.

Yeah, others may disagree with me here, but I think if your bodyweight is going up 1-1.5lbs per week you'll be fine. You don't want to go overboard and gain 25 pounds in 3 months. If you weighed 145, it'd be a different story. I went from 222lbs to 240lbs during my LP and I put on a tad more fat than I wanted, but the biggest effect it had on me was my steep decline in conditioning.

[Dlk93]

It wasn't going up 1-1.5 pounds a week. That's what "stalled" means. At 183 and and still visible abs I think I'll be fine.

[marcf]

It wasn't going up 1-1.5 pounds a week. That's what "stalled" means.

Derp. You were talking about your lifts, not your bodyweight.

At 183 and and still visible abs I think I'll be fine.

LOL.

[Dlk93]

Derp. You were talking about your lifts, not your bodyweight.

Derp. "My weight recently STALLED @4,000 cals so I put it up to 4,200 and it's back going again."

[marcf]

Derp. "My weight recently STALLED @4,000 cals so I put it up to 4,200 and it's back going again."

You didn't mention that in your original post. Get a clue.

[Dlk93]

It was in the comment that you responded to?!

[Dlk93]

There seems to be a pattern with you misunderstanding me.