So I don't know why it took me so long to make the connection, but I definitely stopped setting strength PRs as soon as I decided to start cutting back on how much I was eating. Maybe you can weigh in on this from your SS days ysu? Were you pounding like 5000 cal/day? You had great progress over the course of those 6ish months and I'm stalling out nowhere near where I should be (please lord don't let me have the worst genetics ever). Anyway, time to crank the seriousness up to the next level.
ASWOD
3x5 squat @ 240 (fail: 5-5-2; lost focus, large mammories behind me in the mirror, horrible)
3x5 press @ 105 (easy, backed off too far in anticipation of...)
DWOD
Complete 2 rounds for time:
50 DB Push Press w/ Palms Facing - 50 lbs (used 30's)
15 Box Jumps @ 70% of 1 RM from 3-16-12 (~24", boxes at our place suck for high BJs)
*During the round if you set the DB's down without completing all 50 reps, complete 5 burpees immediately upon setting the DB's down. You can rest with the DBs on your shoulders, but can not set them down without a penalty.
Changed this up a little to 33-33-34. Came in around 10 min. Shoulders fried.
Yeah dude, there's a HUGE correlation between how much I was eating and the probability of PRs. In fact, right when I started cutting is when I hit the plateau w/ squats at 345. I think I'm going to start doing a surplus again, and go back to linear progression until I ACTUALLY stall (aka enough sleep and surplus calories).
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