Hypothetical Stall Question
Good afternoon to anyone willing to read and respond:
I am currently training for my first Strengthlifting meet, which will take place in November in about 10 weeks. I have been running the Novice Linear Progression since May 25th and continue to make gains at a satisfying pace.
I have had one squat stall / reset that took place before I signed up for the meet. Truthfully, it was a technique error that cost me the last rep of set #2 and I decided to conservatively nurse it as a reset rather than press forward (which was dumb in retrospect). So I don't really think it counts as a legitimately required reset.
PPST3 lays out Advanced Novice progression as beginning with one, maybe two back off periods to get LP back on track before adding light days, back off sets, 3x3, every 2 day work outs, etc. My concern is that if I do a reset, I'll lose valuable training time and my numbers at the meet will be lower. I know, as a novice I'm just participating and not really competing, but that doesn't mean I don't want to put up some decent numbers.
Instead of a reset, I would just proceed with the next training adjustment. So if I fail an attempt, just proceed to light days, then back offs, etc.
Is this madness or silliness? Honesty appreciated.