Early stall - should I be eating more?
I have enjoyed the program so far, but a month in and I am having trouble adding weight to my squat, bench, and press. It's my understanding the bench-press and press numbers often stall out after a month and need to increment by smaller amounts, but my squat should continue to improve by 5 lbs per workout for 3-4 months as a general rule.
Here is where my numbers are now (lbs):
Squat: 220
Bench: 205
Dead-lift: 305
Press: 140
Sex: Male
Age: 35
Height: 6'6" (with short torso)
Weight: 200
I realize the legs numbers are crap. But the past 3 workouts (1 week) my squat has gone from 3x5 to 5,4,4 to 4,3,3,2,2,1. I was advised by our mutual acquaintance to read The First Three Questions and if so "stop being such a pussy" and grind out my squats. Perhaps I am actually hitting the limit of my strength for the first time and it is a matter of will. I am also wondering if I should be eating more. I thought I was eating a lot (more than normal), but when I actually counted up everything it was about 3500 calories.
Should I be aiming higher (4000-6000)? I am fine doing the gallon of milk a day stuff if that is what I need to do, but after watching the video on this I don't know if I'm the right person for this diet. I was thinking I will need to add 50 lbs or so to be as strong as I want, but I'm not sure how fast I need to be gaining to continue adding 5 lbs to the bar per workout.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
-Joel