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If this is your first stall then you should be able to get in going again. It is always worth it to progress in the simplest, quickest, and most straight forward way possible for as long as possible.

The general trend in training will be that things become more complicated and progress becomes slower...so don't burn any bridges before you come to them.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.

alrightly, full steam ahead with the rippetoes then. ill back off about 10-15 pounds on those lifts and keep plugging away. i think im getting a bit lazy though, its taking me about 2.5 hours to get this supposedly 45 minute routine done lol.

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age: 18
height: 5'9"
weight: 198bs
bench 1RM: 275
parallel squat 1RM: 385
deadlift 1RM: N/A
hang clean 1RM: N/A

i wish i could live on crack and protien shakes...

Back off around 10%. Then you can take up to two weeks to get back up to the previous level depending on the increments. 10 or 15 lbs probably wouldn't allow enough recovery at the weights your working with.

Say for bench at 225 you'd get 22.5 pounds for a backoff...so say 25. You could just add 5 pounds to that every workout bringing you back up to 225 in 5 workouts with the 6th workout being a hopeful jump in weight past the previous. You could make bigger jumps but I don't think 10 pounds would work and even if it got you going you would probably stall again faster. Basically what you want is to rest up and recuperate so you'll be less "tired". But you don't want to drop the weights too far and you don't want to take too long or too short a time building back up. Three weeks may be too long and one week may be too short.

alright, ill figure the weights for my B lift tommorow based on that.

mondays B lift
military press: 2x5 at 140 1x4 at 140
squats: 2x5 at 260 1x3 at 260 1x2 at 260
cleans: 5x3 at 160 (no straps this time)
rows: 3x5 at 140

todays A lift
bench: 3x5 at 200
squat: 2x5 at 260 1x4 at 260
dips: 2x8 at BW
deadlift: 1x5 at 295

i think im going to reset on my squats for friday and work my way back up.

Damn, how is this workout taking you 2.5 hours to do? One of the things I like most about this workout is that I can wrap it all up in 1 to 1.5 hours. When I was doing a split type workout I was spending 2-2.5 hours easily.

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22 yrs old
6'3 220lbs
Goals: Add lean mass and cut body fat.

i think its mostly becuase im talking with my buddies and spoting them, stuff like that. its one of the disadvantages of lifting at school.

Gotcha that makes more sense now. When my lifting partner and I are in the gym its all business...unless a cute girl walks by and then the discussion may stray a bit.

yea, to bad all the girls in my weightroom are tanks and could probably play tackle at ohio state. lol. if there where any hot ones they would get scared off by them.

couldn't lift monday, weightroom not open.

todays A lift was really bad, it was a struggle to get my bench done and i couldn't even get my deadlift up once, i think it was the 5 hours of sleep i got last night and/or i might be catching the flu my littlest brother has. im not sure. here is what i did do...

bench: 3x5 at 205
squat: 3x5 at 240
dips: 2x7 at BW
deadlift: 1x0 at 295

Fridays B lift

military press: 3x5 at 135
squat: 3x5 at 245
cleans: 5x3 at 170
rows: 3x5 at 150
lat pulldown: 3x8 at 160

Todays A lift

bench: 3x5 at 210
deadlift: 1x5 at 300
squat: 3x5 at 250
dips: 2x8 at BW
20 minutes on recumbant bike at LVL 20 and hills