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Hello,

I've been lifting for maybe two years, although the latter of those two was much more productive as I've used a lot of the information I found on this site (and henceforth stopped being one of those lifters who does preacher curls with a 2" range of motion and actually starts getting serious about squats, etc., etc.). I eat well - no junk food, definitely no soda, obviously no drugs, alcohol, anything, and a huge amount of good calories.

My problem is just that as far as my bench goes, I've basically hit a wall, and the posts on this forum (especially the "Why Aren't I Growing" sticky) make me think this is at least something of a natural occurrence. What I don't know is what to do when this happens. I hope I'm not sounding like I'm ignoring the posts already here - I read the stickies but maybe I missed something.

If anyone could help me with some general advice for how to get over basically a wall in my benching, I'd be very appreciative.

Thanks.

Have you been on any type of workout program ? There are a few out there that will help you with this problem.

yeah, what does your w/o schedule look like, and what program are you running?

I've was following a basic Rippetoe program, with the addition of DB triceps extensions and pullups.

Er, "I've was" should be "I've been".

Also - for more clarity, I've been lifting usually on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week, alternating as per the Rippetoe program workouts.

Sometimes the simplest answer proves to be the most effective. It could simply be a case of undereating. You said a "huge amount". Could you post an example of a day? Additionally, if you create a FREE account on fitday.com and input a day of eating, 9/10 you're overestimating by 1,000 cals lol. Same thing happened to me.

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0311: Haha, I feel like a novice indeed now. I used fitday and input an average day for me and I was overestimating by a lot. I guess I gotta do some more eating... like a lot.

Thanks for the link 0311.

As sort of an add-on to that (sorry I keep double posting): how should one eat on a non-lifting day? Less, or just keep it the same?

I would fluctuate protein and carb totals between lifting and non lifting days. I usually am about +/- 50 grams of each between those days. Basically, the totals will be obviously lower when you hash out the pre/postworkout nutrition. Hopefully you have something preworkout such as BCAA's or whey, and an additional protein and carb shake postworkout which will add to your totals.

Thanks a lot 0311 for your input on both those questions.