Nearly Stalled - What Next?

by **Owehn** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:10 pm

Hello everybody, this is my first post here, so if it's in the wrong place I apologize. (It's sort of a mind-over-matter question.)

I've been doing SL5x5 for about five weeks now, and today was my third day attempting to reach 5x5 on the (overhead) press at 65lb (~29.5kg). After getting 5/4/1/0/1 and 5/5/5/4/1, today I did manage to reach 5 reps on each set, due in no small part to my desire not to fail three times in a row. I'm very pleased, but I am slightly concerned that all I have done is postponed an inevitable deload after failing at 70lb. I suspect that if next Wednesday I begin with the idea that I'm not going to make it, I'll almost certainly be right, so my question is this: After narrowly avoiding a stall, is it a certainty that the next round will not be completed successfully, or is it possible that I'll continue to progress without deloading?

Thanks for listening,
Owehn

by **holvoetn** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:18 pm

Don't think like that !
You WILL start that next session thinking you WILL make it. Period.

It is quite possible you will not get any problems at the next sessions, it is equally possible you might have to go through 2 retries again. You don't know, so don't worry about it.

FWIW I also had my first missed session today. Not coincidentally also on OH Press (40kg/88lbs). But then again, Mehdi already indicated that most people will stall on OH first.
My squat however is now over BW and I did not feel I was at the max (87.5kg at 82 kg BW) so I took that as a positive thing from today's workout.
On OH Press I reached 5/5/5/5/4 (I really could not get the weight up anymore that last rep ...) so I am quite convinced it was just a minor glitch and I should make it next time.
Think likewise

by **Owehn** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:07 pm

Thanks for the reply! I'm not sure I would have believed there'd be so much of a mental component before I started.

by **markg** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:33 pm

Oh yes, you've gotta be mental.

by **Owehn** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:11 pm

I just thought I'd drop by again and let you know I incremented to 67.5 pounds and made 5x5 again on my third attempt. Thanks for the encouragement!

by **holvoetn** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:22 pm

Owehn wrote:I just thought I'd drop by again and let you know I incremented to 67.5 pounds and made 5x5 again on my third attempt. Thanks for the encouragement!

Way to go

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