Starting strength and level of advancement
Hello Rip!
Hello guys!
Let me introduce myself...
I am from Tunisia (probably the first to post here from my country)
I am 40
1,82m (~6f tall)
107kg (~240lbs)
My 1RM:
Deadlift: 285kg (~640lbs)
Squat: 275kg (~625lbs)
Bench: 197.5kg (~445lbs)
OHP: 125kg (~280lbs)
My problem is that despite I am quite advanced I hired a coach a while back to improve my numbers a little bit.
Previously I have done some LP programs and some variations of the Texas method and 5/3/1 to get where I am now.
I have discovered SS few years ago but I did not use it because I thought that LP was not the way yo go for me at that level as I was already deadlifting and squatting over 500lbs by that time and opted for texas.
Now this coach has discovered recently your Starting strength program and he is fond of it and implemented it for me. I told him it is called STARTING strength by the guy who developed it. Why use it now?
He insisted and long story short after 3 weeks of the program I failed the 1x5 Deadlift with 245kg ~ 560lbs twice (only 3 and 4 reps respectively). This really frustrates me! I am also frustrated with the power cleans as I am not very skillful with those!
The coach says it will pay off on the long run but from what I understand from your method this is not really working and I should be doing something else.
Now the coach has another guy who is training with me and he has similar height and weight but his lifting numbers are less than 50% of mine. He is actually progressing! And it is normal in my opinion because he is not advanced... The coach is thinking I am doing something as SS is working for this other guy wrong but I don't think so.
I eat 3800+ calories with 260g of protein.
I sleep 8 hours and also naps. I never miss a training and I rest at least 8-12 minutes between sets. What could be wrong?
I am thinking about firing the coach (supposedly the best coach around).
But first I need to prove a point to him (and to some other people) by asking you to confirm that I cannot really progress on SS currently.
I know SS is a wonderful method but I discovered it too late unfortunately for me.
Please comment on this situation and if you can discuss this on the podcast it would be great.
I am probably going back to the Texas method. What do you think?
Thanks 😁