Hi,
I am on the Bridge v2.0 currently, and for the last several month I have been under lots of stress, barely any sleep and depression strikes again, just regular days for a middle age man 
My E1RM keeps dropping (SQ session last week: 350x5@8; this week, 315x5@8), since my recovery is severly compomised, Should I drop some volume so I can recover a bit, or just do the program as it is written?
Thanks
Sorry to hear it’s been rough. I’d definitely want to see you actively addressing the stress, sleep, and depression-good sleep hygiene and finding ways to address the stress and depression positively. I wouldn’t want to see that as regular, you know? Even though I know it can happen!
I would not drop volume, but if you are adjusting the weight to reflect true RPE, you should be giving yourself room to recover. That’s one of the ideas of the RPE. That said, a drop in weigh that significant indicates that either you have something notable in happening your technique or recovery, and while still training, you really want to address that too!
Thanks Leah,
The stress mainly comes from some family issue, I am afraid it’s going to be with me for a looooong time, and I don’t see a way out.
You are right about my technique, I still video my work set, my form is deteriorating, I lost balance easily, I am not able to feel where my body parts are during lifts etc.
I’ll keep the volume and lift in the descripted RPE range to see how it goes.
Thanks again!
Hope it gets better, buddy. Reach out to friends for support and keep training!
All of you guys, I really thank you.
I’ll see through this, now matter how many years it’s gonna take (it’s gonna take many years). At least I am still keep the bar moving, no matter how light it is:o