Originally Posted by
Callador
I think it is still possible, even without PED's.
After 1 year of training, I had around a 370 bench, 460 squat, and 550 dl. That was a year of consistant lifting, and I only took a few days off before/after my meet. Now I have been lifting for 3 more months this year, and I have continued to move my bench up to 405 (+35lbs), squat 525 (+75lbs.. this was technique issues as well), and I am testing my DL today. I did do a deload on it, so it might not be much higher than it was at the end of the year. I am a bigger guy, but I did all of this while maintaining BW. I didn't eat to gain weight, since I really don't want to get heavier. I'm just trying to get stronger/maintain BW (at this time).
There are other guys doing well in their second/third year of lifting. Hamburger is still making great gains, and Skiing is making phenomenal progress for his second year of lifitng.