Originally Posted by
Jared_T
Yeah, sounds like a good plan!
You’ve stuck it out way more than most already and
there is no prize for sticking it out. It will just get worse and worse and make you hate/fear training from everything I’ve read and seen. I haven’t yet fully experienced it myself as I haven’t finished the SSNLP, but you’re in that ego or pride/perfectionist phase of running out the program. I just don’t think it’s worth it. I got my squat up pretty “heavy” for sets on my first LP and as soon as I had a stressful life event come up, it blew my training up, because I was red lining every work out and didn’t have the mental capacity to keep going. I really wish I had known enough to adjust at the time.
Austin Baraki mentioned his LP ended at 285 x 5 on squats but by changing to more appropriate training, he kept things moving to the point he now has hit over 600 in still a relatively short time, and his programming was much easier and sustainable than what LP was at the end.
Consume everything you can about “intermediate” programming and swap it up like your plan with Garage Gym Warrior.
Sustained weekly progress is a lot better than burning out and not wanting to get under the bar anymore.
Keep up the great work dude.