Originally Posted by
Hanuman1
Stats:
5,11
198lbs
28
Hi I’ve just come back to weightlifting after a year or so off pursuing a different sport.
As I’ve lifted before and done this program before I took what I now see to be a bit of a blaise approach.
First I did rows instead of cleans…I know, I’ll clean up my act…
Second I basically started on the later form of the novice progression where you do bench, ohp, deads, squats, power cleans, chins and back extensions (didn’t do those this time either).
My best lifts running this program previous to this attempt was on a diet so my results weren’t that great, squat 140kg 3 sets of 5, deadlift 170kg 5 reps (chalk and double overhand) bench 87.5 kg for 3x5 and press 60 kg 3x5. My power clean I could never figure out the form very well and I was constantly resetting the weight. Chins I was up in the teens I think.
So this time I did the program on a bulk, I went from 175lbs to 198lbs in about 2 months, in that time my squat went from 225 to 325 for 3x5. Deadlift went from 315 to 350, bench is only at like 185 because I’m dealing with an arm issue caused by improper squat form. Press is just below 135. Chins are starting to flag decreasing from about 14,10,8 on a good day to more like 11, 10, 8. And yes I’ve been doing rows got up to 77.5 kg.
The problem is my squat has now stalled I only got 150kg/330lbs for one set of five, way below the point at which I should be transferring to this. I assume this is because I didn’t program properly, I also didn’t introduce light days till I was getting stuck at 330. And in the book it looks like I should not only be doing that for 3x5 but be deadlifting close to 400 lbs.
So I’m guessing I should probably do some kind of reset and return to the former programming of just squats, bench, press, deadlift? And if so by how much should I reset my squat like 80%? Do I need to reset anything else?
Thanks