Getting less skinny

[jnelson5446]

Background:
6'2", 34 years old, male.

Started training August 2014 in my tiny Seattle apartment, moving squat stands & saw horses from closet to living room each workout. Starting numbers:
Weight: 167 lbs.
Squat: 45
Deadlift: 65
Press: 45
Floor Press: 45

I starting training with the empty bar per stronglifts, like a dummy; am now doing advanced novice programming. I reset my DL way down a few months ago due to back injury, and it's yet to catch up with my squat. Other NDTP activities include: not doing chins, not doing powercleans, and doing floor presses instead of bench presses because I have no more closet space to store a bench.

Yesterday's workout (4/13/15):

Weight: 196 lbs
Squat:
330x3 (intent was 5 reps, failed at 4th rep)
305x5
305x5

Press:
113x3
113x3
113x4
95x8

Deadlift:
295x5

I'm worried about how much further I can progress doing advanced-novice programming given my squat miss yesterday, but I've missed quite a few times in the past and have been able to keep progressing, so we'll see.

Here's a chart showing my progress to date:
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[carson]

Floor presses sounds very difficult and perhaps may not allow you to do the SS Bench press. But one does the best one can with limitations taken into account.

Welcome. Your graph looks nice. I gather you have no garage and you don't live near a gym. Bummer.

[Lion Heart]

Unusual that you squat more than you deadlift. It's usually the other way round.

Good progress regardless. Keep it up!

[jnelson5446]

Thanks for the nice welcome, Carson & Lion Heart.

4/15/15
Squats (light day)
225x5
225x5

Floor press
192x3
192x3
192x3
165x8
165x3

[jnelson5446]

Thanks for the encouragement mgilchrest!

Saturday, 4/18/15
Squats
330x4 (failed to get 5th rep up)
305x5
305x5
275x6

Press
114.5x3
114.5x3
114.5x4
95x10

Deadlift
295x5

This is the second workout in a row where I've failed to squat 5 reps of 330. Last time I only got 3; this time I got 4, so that's improvement. I think if I eat enough over the next couple days that I'll get all 5 next time.

[Dave Paauwe]

Looks like pretty good progress to me. I wouldn't worry about how long you can keep doing advanced novice, and just keep doing it. To me it looks like your lifts are still on a roughly linear increase, just a little bit more gradual than when you started. Good for you keeping it up in a little apartment. I never had the motivation to work out at home.

[jnelson5446]

Wed, 4/22/15
Squats
330x2. Reracked. Tried one more and got stuck at the bottom. Intent was 5 reps, and then a couple backoff sets.

Floor Press
193.5x3x3
165x7

This is the 3rd time in a row I failed to squat 330x5. Pretty bummed, and not really sure what to do now. I was really looking forward to pushing the weight up, and don't want to reset. I was very busy at work and didn't eat lunch the day of this workout, but then stuffed myself like an hour before. So not sure how much of a contributor that was, or if a reset or programming change are needed.

So I could
i) try 330 again Friday and make sure to eat/sleep enough,
ii) reset back down to 300ish and continue advanced-novice programming
iii) Switch to HLM (or similar) with a small reset

Maybe time to post a question in the training section...

[Adam Skillin]

Wed, 4/22/15
Squats
330x2. Reracked. Tried one more and got stuck at the bottom. Intent was 5 reps, and then a couple backoff sets.

Floor Press
193.5x3x3
165x7

This is the 3rd time in a row I failed to squat 330x5. Pretty bummed, and not really sure what to do now. I was really looking forward to pushing the weight up, and don't want to reset. I was very busy at work and didn't eat lunch the day of this workout, but then stuffed myself like an hour before. So not sure how much of a contributor that was, or if a reset or programming change are needed.

So I could
i) try 330 again Friday and make sure to eat/sleep enough,
ii) reset back down to 300ish and continue advanced-novice programming
iii) Switch to HLM (or similar) with a small reset

Maybe time to post a question in the training section...

How's the bodyweight?

[jnelson5446]

How's the bodyweight?

I gained about 1.5lbs during the couple weeks leading up to my 330 attempts, but it has been fairly level @196 over the last 10 days while I've been attempting this weight.

[Adam Skillin]

I gained about 1.5lbs during the couple weeks leading up to my 330 attempts, but it has been fairly level @196 over the last 10 days while I've been attempting this weight.

If you reset a little, can you get it up to 205 by the time 330 comes around again?