Spreading Volume Over The Week ( Starting Strength NLP )

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Hello Everyone.

Firstly, I would like to say that I’m new to this forum and I apologize if this topic has already been discussed.
TLDR to skip training history

Some Background On Myself-
Male , 17 years old , ~6ft

After some months of “exercising” and a layoff from training due to exams, I decided to run Starting Strength.

First Week on SS NLP-
Bodyweight 83kg/182.6 lbs (Skinny fat)

3x5 (1x5 for Deadlifts)
Squat 62kg/136lbs
Bench 55kg/121lbs
Deadift 90kg/198lbs
Press 37kg/81.4lbs

Fourth month on SS NLP-
Bodyweight 102kg/224.4lbs (Not skinny fat anymore but 40" waist)

3x5 (1x5 for Deadlifts and 5x3 for Powercleans)
Squat 102/224lbs
Bench 72kg/158.4lbs
Deadlift 143kg/315lbs
Press 55kg/121lbs
Powerclean 50kg/110lbs ( Started Late, About 3 months in)

I did not eat properly when I started but about 2 months in I started GOMAD and started learning powercleans with the empty bar (I was doing pendlay rows instead when I started).

Now I am eating about 4000 calories (326P/349C/154F) including half gallon of whole milk and half gallon of skim milk to maintain my weight at about 102kg/224lbs
( I’ll start eating more when I think I might stall again because my waist is already at 40").

I’m going to do advanced novice when i stall my squats and microload my presses when they stall.

So my Actual Question is this-
TLDR
I am currently progressing pretty well considering I did not do the program as well I should I have at the start.
My workouts are taking ~2hrs to complete and since my gym only has one power rack and three benches I’m sometimes forced to rush through my pressing movements.
( I go to the gym at 6 in the morning because that’s when its least crowded… relatively )

So I was thinking of moving my pressing movement to the next day-
example week-

Monday- Squat & Deadlift

Tuesday- Press/Bench

Wednesday- Squat & Powerclean

Thursday- Bench/Press

Friday- Squat & Deadlift

Saturday- Press/Bench

I know this is not optimal since i don’t have full days to recover between every workout but I feel like I still have some novice gains to make considering I haven’t started microloading or advanced novice.

Is splitting the SS workouts over 6 days something I can get away with or am I going to have to change programming?

I apologize if my post was needlessly long.
Thank you for reading.

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Rip has managed to convince you to gain weight at a very unreasonable pace and you should seriously consider losing weight as a 40 inch waist is the cut off for an individual to be classed as “high risk” for things like CVD. I would suggest reading jordan’s to be a beast and using the Weight loss macros as well as switching to the beginner template as it will lead to a much more successful transition to post novice training which you will probably need relatively soon. I know this isn’t your question, but the fact that you addressed your WC multiple times tells me you’re concerned about it. You will be plenty capable of gaining strength while losing weight provided you don’t enter into a massive caloric deficit. I know Rip says you can take the weight off once you get “strong” but the current obesity epidemic and some of the associated effects of obesity make it much harder for individuals to lose weight the heavier they get. General reccomendations from Jordan usually reccomend cutting weight if your WC is above 37 inches and gain weight again once you get below 33 inches.

Honestly Rip’s programming is about 2 decades out of date as he doesn’t include any form of autoregulation in his programming and actually drops volume as you progress (advanced novice has a light day if I remember correctly). Any gains you make on advanced novice will probably be a result of fatigue dissappation from doing 10/10 efforts every workout for months to only doing them twice a week. I would seriously consider moving to either The bridge (as it literally was designed to transition to after SSLP and is FREE) or the Beginner perscription/program.

To be a beast

The bridge
https://www.barbellmedicine.com/the-bridge/
The Beginner perscription

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You’re following bad advice there, my man. Feel free to ask this question on the moderated forum channels, but I’m certain that the BBM docs would echo what Josh said: stop doing SSLNP, start doing the Beginner Prescription, and most importantly cut back to a calorie deficit to reduce your waist circumference. With sensible programming, there’s absolutely no reason you can’t continue to get stronger while losing body weight for the foreseeable future.

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WRT getting the work for the Beginner Prescription in as fast as possible: you’ve got three sets of three movements. With strict three minute rests, you should be able to get those all done in about 45-50 minutes (assuming that you don’t need to wait to use equipment), plus some time for warmups. In theory, this is the whole workout finished in an hour (excluding GPP and supplementary work). If I was you, I would try to cut down the time taken to warm up (don’t rest between warmup sets, reduce the number of sets taken) and stick to a strict 3 min rest period (e.g. don’t browse your phone between sets). It might take a bit of getting used to, but shorter rests (i.e. greater inter-set fatigue) are fine when you’re using RPE to regulate the weight on the bar. Obviously when you’re in a shared gym you may need to share equipment, but if you stay “in line”, be respectful, clearly communicate what sets you’re doing and help with swapping out weights, no one is going to resent you for working in (especially if there’s only one rack). You might even find a new training partner.