I am a 40 year old dude, 5’11 215, 34-36in waist. Been training since 2017. I did sports in high school and wrestled in college so I do have an athletic background.
I eat 3 meals a day and sleep 7 hours a night. I don’t smoke or drink. I have my own business and 3 kids, and im pretty busy but I always have at least 1 hour free time.
Im looking back on my logs and im depressed bc I am no stronger now than when I started in 2017. Actually in 2018 I squatted 405x5. I don’t even think I could squat 405x1 right now. I know the answer is that I am inconsistent with my programming, but I have been fairly consistent in training with barbells for the last 6 years, training on avg 48 of 52 weeks in a year.
If you were me, what steps would you take starting today in order to ensure that by this time next year you were stronger than now? What would you do if you were me?
I was doing Texas Method earlier this year which actually worked well for about 8 weeks. Then switched to BBM III but got Covid and got sidetracked. As of June and early July I have not done well so I am just LPing back up to shape. Writing this out makes me answer my own question about why I am not getting stronger. How would you go about working back up to previous strength levels if you had a bad 3 or 4 months and were out of shape?
I don’t think people need to go back to LP or similar after a layoff, illness, or other interruption in training. The program itself has a number of issues for all levels of trainees such that I wouldnot recommend it unless it’s the only type of resistance training someone would do.
In any case, I’d do the free Bridge to get your bearings back, then look at something like PL II or Powerbuilding II. I think strength III might be a bit much at this point. I agree though that your current experience is mostly related to programming with an extra kick in the junk from being ill.