What about me? I've been lifting weights for 2.5 years, but because of poor training and not gaining weight I haven't made as much progress as I could have. I didn't gain weight because I didn't want to because I was rock climbing(bouldering) and doing jiu jitsu, but I'm no longer doing those things and I'd like to gain as much weight as possible. I squat 315, deadlift 375, bench 225, and press 150, at a body weight of 160. Would I be able to make progress using SS, or would I be better suited for an intermediate method.
My understanding of PP would lead me to believe that the ability to progress on SS doesn't depend on weight gain, once a trainee has moved into the intermediate stage because it's not that the trainee can't recover, it's that the training stimulus isn't great enough to spur supercompensation. But, my intuition, which I probably shouldn't listen to, tells me that if I am consuming lots of calories and gaining lots of weight that I should be able to make progress every workout. Thanks alot.
Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe
