How is your form? And do you do any assistance work for your upper back? Chins, DB rows, etc?
Currently I am 6" 210lbs on the Texas Method. My body fat percentage is around 20%. Recently I've been struggling on my upper body work. I've now gotten to the point where I'm gaining weight, but not getting stronger. I've been stuck at 185 for 5 reps for a couple weeks now even after a reset. The high intensity work is showing some signs of press improvement. I know that eating more is an option, but if go up to 220 and still can't bench my body weight at least for 5 is it really worth putting myself in a bigger weight class with such a small bench?.
How is your form? And do you do any assistance work for your upper back? Chins, DB rows, etc?
How large was your reset and were you currently micro-loading after your set?
I second this. After messing with some rubberized 1.25 lb donuts for months, I just went and got the washers at Fastenal last week. Easy to use and cheap. Two of the 2" steel zinc-plated washers weigh 1.25 lbs, so you can buy 4 to make 2.5 lbs jumps (what I did, all they had in stock), or buy 6 to make smaller jumps. Gotta microload bench, in my experience - I've been able to get months of linear progress on it when 5 lb jumps were just too much.