Linear Progression Stalling on Upper Body, Going fine with lower body?

[neilc1]

so let me get this straight,
three's been a change in SS thinking on the press and bench,
even for master class aged,
where more volume isn't gonna hurt intermediate or advanced progress,
and rewrites of PP will reflect this,
or is there a chism in Rip's old guard and these new fangled doctors he's sportin , , ,

volume still to be avoided on squat and deads ?
54 and NDTP

[marcf]

so let me get this straight,
three's been a change in SS thinking on the press and bench,
even for master class aged,
where more volume isn't gonna hurt intermediate or advanced progress,
and rewrites of PP will reflect this,
or is there a chism in Rip's old guard and these new fangled doctors he's sportin , , ,

volume still to be avoided on squat and deads ?
54 and NDTP

No. You still LP the bench and press the way it's written in the book. It's just that when it eventually stalls and won't move anymore, you're no longer doing SSLP for those lifts because you can't. So you add more volume.

And volume isn't going to kill you, but you do need to titrate up and start at an intensity that you can handle. So if your squat stalls at 300x5x3 for example (three sets of five), I wouldn't drop down to 290 for 5x5.

[Fosterions]

Ok, thank you for the advice. I will back off the weight a bit and up the volume on the bench. Isn't 212lbs a bit of a low weight to stall on? I assumed I'd be able to ride the novice progression to 240-250lbs.... Am I too old for that or was it just a silly assumption?

[Igor]

Ok, thank you for the advice. I will back off the weight a bit and up the volume on the bench. Isn't 212lbs a bit of a low weight to stall on? I assumed I'd be able to ride the novice progression to 240-250lbs.... Am I too old for that or was it just a silly assumption?

So many variables I really cannot give you a clear cut answer. However AFAIK most guys (even young ones) don't go beyond low to mid 200s in their bench using novice progression. I'm pretty positive that you will be able to get to 2 plates per side though.

[Aaron Montgomery]

So many variables I really cannot give you a clear cut answer. However AFAIK most guys (even young ones) don't go beyond low to mid 200s in their bench using novice progression. I'm pretty positive that you will be able to get to 2 plates per side though.

My 3x5 bench stalled on SSLP after 180lb :-(

[Fosterions]

And the linear progression continues this way? Say a pound per workout? My last workout I added a pound and did 4x5@201.

[Igor]

Since your last stall was @212 lbs I would go for 2-2.5 lbs increase right now. I don't really believe in smaller jumps.