I have noticed that recently my squat has regressed. I ended LP squatting 245 for five. I switched to strength 1 as I felt my LP was over. I ran into an issue where I couldn’t continue with strength 1 due to time constraints and home. I went to a conjugate program laid out by Andy baker but over time I noticed my squat went down. I found my form went to hell and 200 lbs felt like it was 300 lbs. I was wondering how I should handle this?
What do you think this indicates about your recent programming?
-Jordan
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I would think that the squat wasn’t trained to progress enough stimulus to make gains. My feeling was that I wasn’t squatting enough and the weight was less than optimal to progress. I was contemplating going through another LP but the only issue is the squat. My Deadlift is still strong and making PRs here and there and the same with the press and bench.
I get that all lifts stall at different times and all that but I’m unsure what the best course of action would be to correct this. I’m thinking of squatting 3x a week adding weight till I stall than move onto a more advanced programming but unsure if this is the best course of action?
It sounds like your programming isn’t very good right now and we would steer you away from a linear progression, conjugate programming, and other programming that’s not autoregulated.
We have a number of free and paid templates and programming options available.
Just curious. Why would you want him to scrap his current programming if 3/4 of his lifts are progressing?
My assumption is that they’re not really, as people on LP (and wanting to repeat LP) tend to do a lot of gymnastics to “make progress” with the program after 2 months. For example, people will drop to a very light weight and be “progressing” back to a weight they were already strong enough to complete. Additionally, the amount of strength gained over ~3 months for a single rep range in 4 exercises in a beginner is very low on my priority list.
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