# Detrained for a year, stalling already on week 4.2 of the Beginner Program
**URL:** https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/detrained-for-a-year-stalling-already-on-week-4-2-of-the-beginner-program/11024
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]
**Created:** [July 1, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/detrained-for-a-year-stalling-already-on-week-4-2-of-the-beginner-program/11024 "2021-07-01T20:23:45Z")
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### Author:  [@GLGoltz](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/GLGoltz)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/detrained-for-a-year-stalling-already-on-week-4-2-of-the-beginner-program/11024/1 "2021-07-01T20:23:45Z")
Hey Doctors,
I shut down entirely last year and stopped training altogether. Coming back I didn’t expect to stall so quickly. My old numbers (about 2 years of training):
Squat: 450lb
Bench: 250lb
Dead: 600lb
I’ve stalled on most lifts at this point, nowhere near where I first slowed down as a beginner. For example my day 1 bench for 10 has been stuck at 135 (or below) for two weeks. I’m also feeling kind of beat up, or worn out. The first three weeks I felt amazing.
I’m simultaneously losing weight and that’s going well. I started at 248 and I’m down to 241 in that 5 week span. I’m not hungry and adherence to my new eating habits has been a surprisingly low RPE.
One thing I’m doing that’s not in the template is decently long walks/hikes, 4 to 6 miles every day, at around an 8 RPE. Is it possible these plus the weight loss are leading to the stalled lifts? Should I drop the walks and go with the prescribed steady state cardio? Or should I move on to phase 2 after finishing this week out? Part of me wants to try one more phase 1 week to see if I can push past this.
Thank you for all the amazing work you do,
Gabriel
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### Author:  [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/detrained-for-a-year-stalling-already-on-week-4-2-of-the-beginner-program/11024/2 "2021-07-02T00:39:29Z")
How long have you been doing the walks? If it’s relatively new, that’s got some potential impact , but it matters so little what you’re lifting right now compared to that you’re lifting. I also think the sets of 10 probably aren’t indicative of your strength right now given the stamina and strength requirements.
I would just move to phase II, as there’s no real benefit at grinding it out from a long-term development or adherence perspective.
-Jordan
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### Author:  [@GLGoltz](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/GLGoltz)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/detrained-for-a-year-stalling-already-on-week-4-2-of-the-beginner-program/11024/3 "2021-07-02T00:51:21Z")
Thanks for the reply. I started doing 30 minute walks daily at the start of the template and they quickly progressed to longer hikes since I found I enjoyed doing them. With previous training I rarely did any cardio at all, but that was before I started reading/listening to BBM. These stalls hit my ego a little more than I expected to be honest and made me immediately start looking for something to blame; the walks and weight loss were on that list.
I’ll definitely follow your advice and jump to phase 2. A lot of those lifts will actually be pretty novel for me-- looking forward to that.