Monday 10/26/20 - Starting Strength Houston
Squat: 260x5x3
Bench: 195x5x5
Chins: BWx5x6
Was cool to lift with JD, Josh and Chase. But I felt so weak
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Monday 10/26/20 - Starting Strength Houston
Squat: 260x5x3
Bench: 195x5x5
Chins: BWx5x6
Was cool to lift with JD, Josh and Chase. But I felt so weak
Wednesday 10/28/20 - Starting Strength Houston
Press: 155x3x2, 135x5
Deadlift: 385x3
Friday 10/30/20 - Starting Strength Houston
Squat: 265x5x3
Bench: 225x3x2
Pullups: BWx3x9
Monday 11/2/20 - Starting Strength Houston
Squat: 270x5x3
270x5 - YouTube
Bench: 200x5x5
Chins: BWx5x7 = 35
Everything is feeling good
Wednesday 11/4/20 - Starting Strength Houston
Press: 155x2x3, 135x5
Deadlift: 390x3
Both lifts moved slow unfortunately. I did video the Press but it got blocked for the music in the background
Friday - 11/6/20 - Starting Strength Houston
Squat: 275x5x3
Bench: 227.5x3x2
Pullups: BWx5x6 = 30
Monday 11/9/20 - Starting Strength Austin
Squat: 280x5x3
280x5 - YouTube
Bench: 200x5x5
Chins: 38 reps
I feel like I'm in a good groove now with no quad issues lately. Hope to be able to keep plugging along through mid/late December
Ryan, it looks like you have a later novice adaptation of two days per week squat, bench, and chins/pull-ups, with middle day being press and deads. Is this correct? Such a set-up is intriguing to me for my next phase; I just worry that pressing overhead only once a week won't be enough to keep driving that up. So, more likely I will continue to alternate bench and OH, but will almost certainly arrange my squats, deads, and chins across the week in similar fashion to yours. Just wanted to hear your thinking/reasoning on this, as I'm curious.
Wednesday 11/11/20 - Starting Strength Austin
Press: 160x2x3, 135x6
160x2 - YouTube
Deadlift: 395x2
395x2 - YouTube
Hey Bastiat - yes this is basically a Texas Method style program for the Squat and Bench(volume and intensity) and putting the DL and Press on the middle day, and as you pointed out - only doing the Press once a week. I am also still on LP for my Squat due to my quad issues. I think the Press can continue to go up with benching twice a week as long as you are in a caloric surplus. I think if not, it will stall quickly. Then depending on where you are in terms of training advancement, even this won't last too long. You'll have to make the choice between doing whatever it is you need to do with progamming/recovery/etc to keep the Press going up or to just start treating it as more of an assistance lift.