Originally Posted by
Satch12879
If you can’t complete workouts because you’re not recovering then you either have to address that outside, or more likely, inside the gym. I’m in complete agreement with Rip that the biggest error in PPST is the inclusion of example intermediate and advanced programs, because people follow “the templates,” but fail to understand any of the principles behind them. Hell, people fail to understand the principles behind the novice program.
There’s no reason to be wedded to 5x5 of three major exercises at an arbitrary percentage of some other arbitrary weight once a week. None. Particularly if your quoted work set weights are accurate to begin with. Your stress accumulation/strength adaptation may need 10 days, 2-3 weeks, or longer. You may need smaller sets of reps, different set numbers, different rep numbers, different combinations of both, or even different exercises all together.
I think you’ve made great progress thus far, but I don’t think you’ve learned anything. You seem to want to shove a round peg into an increasingly not-round hole. I think it would behoove you to engage a coach if anything to help you work through the process of figuring out what you’re going to need as a long-term trainee.