# Progress stalled due to being underweight. Need programming help. **URL:** \ **Category:** Programming Discussion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/progress-stalled-due-to-being-underweight-need-programming-help/1840 "2018-05-03T04:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gomezflomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@gomezflomez](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/gomezflomez)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/progress-stalled-due-to-being-underweight-need-programming-help/1840/1 "2018-05-03T04:07:00Z")
I am male, 5’11, 67kg, 26 years old. I have been doing Stronglifts 5x5 for three months and progress is slow or stopped. I have plateaued and de-loaded on everything but squats and deadlift. My workouts are taking three hours because I need five minutes between every set. These last three weeks I have started paying serious attention to my nutrition and have began to gain around 1kg per week. I have never ate this much before and it is very challenging. Current lift numbers (all 5x5 unless noted) Squat 90kg DL 110kg Bench 60kg Press 37.5kg Row 45kg Dips 3x10~ bodyweight Chin ups 3x10~ bodyweight I am adding 1.25kg per workout for everything but the DL (2.5kg). My question is should I change my programming to allow my bodyweight to “catch up”? I cant be in the gym for three hours every workout. ---
**Author:** ![ropable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/ropable/32/5961_2.png) [@ropable](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/ropable)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/progress-stalled-due-to-being-underweight-need-programming-help/1840/2 "2018-05-03T09:59:31Z")
I personally started training with StrongLifts, then went to the SSNLP after the workouts got too long. If you’re still adding weight to the bar every week, then I don’t think it would hurt your progress to switch to a 3x5 program instead. Try that for a month or so and then re-evaluate. It’s gonna take quite a while to put on muscle mass, so you need to keep your training sustainable for the long term. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Bryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/bear_bryan/32/580_2.png) [@Bear\_Bryan](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Bear_Bryan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/progress-stalled-due-to-being-underweight-need-programming-help/1840/3 "2018-05-03T10:23:02Z")
Drop the dips and switch to the SS NLP. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Bryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/bear_bryan/32/580_2.png) [@Bear\_Bryan](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Bear_Bryan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/progress-stalled-due-to-being-underweight-need-programming-help/1840/4 "2018-05-03T10:25:36Z")
Also, 147 at 5’11 is seriously underweight. Keep eating at a surplus. ---
**Author:** ![teddyd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/teddyd/32/81_2.png) [@teddyd](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/teddyd)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/progress-stalled-due-to-being-underweight-need-programming-help/1840/5 "2018-05-08T11:12:53Z")
My 2 cents. I modified the SSLP slightly to keep deadlifts progressing (not enough deadlift volume IMO on SSLP) and cut back slightly on all the squatting (too much squat volume IMO on SSLP). Also my version shortens the length of time the workouts take: **Workout A** Deadlft: 1x5 Press: 3x5 Chin ups: 3 x whatever **Workout B** Squat 3x5 Bench Press: 3x5 Barbell Rows: 3x8 Workouts were not much longer than an hour. I also agree with @Bear_Bryan 5’11, 67kg is massively underweight. I am 5’10 and 90kgs (a bit fluffy, but at my leanest I was still 76kgs circa 13%-15% BF)