Squat Programming Question

[tweakxc03]

33yrs old, 6'4, 217, on the way back up after a 10lb cut.

After being unable to squat for like 6 months and only deadlift, I've been able to work my way back from literally the bar up to 300lbs over the last 8 weeks. Before my groin injury, my best volume squats were around 335 for 5s with a max squat of 410.

I've been running a simple 2 day LP on my squat as part of a 4 day setup, so my squats and pulls look like this currently:

Day 1: Squat 3x5 295, RDL 3x5 320
Day 2: Squat 3x5 300, Deadlift 405 1x5 (moving to a 5/3/1 DL rotation after this week)

I have to keep the squat volume down to 2 days a week to manage the adductor tendinopathy.

So here is the question - my last squat session was brutally hard at 300lbs - I've never struggled with that weight before. If a fly had landed on the bar on the last rep of the last set I would have missed it. I would have expected to be able to continue my LP to at least get back to where I was pre-injury. What's going on here? Just not eating enough? It seems crazy to me that I can RDL far more than I can squat, which has never been the case before, but obviously I've spent 6 months doing almost nothing but pulling.

Does it make sense to switch now to a volume day + intensity day setup? I want to keep my progress on the deadlift rolling along since I am right at PR levels.

[Tiburon]

What's going on here? .

6'4" 217 maybe?

[tweakxc03]

Fair, but I was squatting ~350 for 5s this time last year before I got hurt weighing maybe 5lbs more.

Working on the bodyweight part.

[Brodie Butland]

You can't read too much into one bad day...try 305 on your next increase and see if it's any easier. Some days 1 lbs is a little heavier than others.

[tweakxc03]

You guys were right - 305 last night was tough but way easier than Saturday at 300... shocking the difference 3 days makes.

RDL's were 325 for 3x5... still have some catching up to do.

[silachoo]

Add in some tempo squats and see if they help your tendon issue.

I can vouch.

[tweakxc03]

missed last rep for 310... I'm finding that the second squat session of the week feels like garbage, while the first session is off of 3 days rest and I feel pretty good.

Is it possible those heavy RDLs are beating me to shit? My warmup squat sets even at 225 felt pretty rough on Saturday.