Continue to Micro-Load or Reset?

[PeterGibbons316]

I've been running SS since May with a 2 week break in August for a vacation. Here are my numbers:

BW: 192 --> 221
SQ: 105 --> 320
BP: 105 --> 255
DL: 135 --> 375
OP: 75 --> 160
PC: 85 --> 175
*SQ, BP, OP are 3x5, DL is 1x5, PC is 5x3

So I would say that I have been running the program successfully.

I have never reset on bench. I began to micro-load (2.5 lb. increments) my bench at 240 lbs., and it is to the point now that I am almost needing to repeat the weight at least once with each 2.5 lb. jump so I'm only increasing at ~2-2.5 lbs/week.

Would I be better off continuing to micro-load? Or resetting?

[KAG]

You're not truly stalling, you're just needing an extra workout to get the weight. What would resetting accomplish? If you drop 10% down to 230lbs, then you'll just coast back up to 250 or so, and then you'll be right back where you started, needing to do 255+ twice. Keep trucking along until you truly stall before resetting.

Adding 2.5lbs/week > lowering the weight.

[Cambero]

Yeap.

[PeterGibbons316]

Thanks, I'll keep on keepin on then.

[gzt]

Adding 2.5# per session on the bench is good policy and barely deserves the name "microloading". Most people will have to do it sooner than you did.