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I am getting my wife into strength training and have started her on an NLP. Her lifts are low enough that she is using a 15 lb bar (for weight under 45 lb), and deadlifts are swapped out for rack pulls (until she gets to 135 lb where she can do it properly from the floor at correct height). She weighs about 150 lb at 5'7" and is 26 years old. Here is the problem: no matter what, she cannot successfully squat 50 lb for 3 sets of 5. I started her as low as possible, I have reviewed her form (and judged it good enough for a beginner/novice to make gains), and the only thing I know to tell her is to keep at it and make sure she is eating properly (including 130-150g protein, 2000-2200 cal daily). It could be that she is failing to meet the protein recommendation, but I doubt that would be too big a factor for a beginner (<1 month experience). It has got to be pretty early for her to stall right? And would you agree or disagree with how I am setting up her programming/diet? I do want to add that she trained before about 9 months ago and had similar experience staying at 45 lb squat for a month. Also note that she stalls on other lifts too, but for simplicity I focused on the squat.
Thank you so much for your advice.
I am getting my wife into strength training and have started her on an NLP. Her lifts are low enough that she is using a 15 lb bar (for weight under 45 lb), and deadlifts are swapped out for rack pulls (until she gets to 135 lb where she can do it properly from the floor at correct height). She weighs about 150 lb at 5'7" and is 26 years old. Here is the problem: no matter what, she cannot successfully squat 50 lb for 3 sets of 5. I started her as low as possible, I have reviewed her form (and judged it good enough for a beginner/novice to make gains), and the only thing I know to tell her is to keep at it and make sure she is eating properly (including 130-150g protein, 2000-2200 cal daily). It could be that she is failing to meet the protein recommendation, but I doubt that would be too big a factor for a beginner (<1 month experience). It has got to be pretty early for her to stall right? And would you agree or disagree with how I am setting up her programming/diet? I do want to add that she trained before about 9 months ago and had similar experience staying at 45 lb squat for a month. Also note that she stalls on other lifts too, but for simplicity I focused on the squat.
Thank you so much for your advice.
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