WHY the fuck am I not progressing /fit/??? I'm eating 3500+

>>39510163
take a deload week my friend. you should be taking them every 4-6 weeks. work at around 70% of your 5RM or even less during it.

>>39510179

3 x 5 at 70% of 5RM, or more reps?

To be honest I don't FEEL exhausted, I never get DOMS, I can do high reps low weight, but my muscles just crap out under heavy weights.

>>39510163
Deadlift and squat are doing OK and people often struggle with The Press® and the bench.

>>39510280
Add less each time to OHP and bench. You are also a fucking skelly so keep at it

>>39510280
2 or 3 sets of 5 is enough. deload week should be about recovery and not about lifting as much as possible. you should get some work done but not so much as to mess with your recovery.

after you are done with deload week you generally start about 10% less than what you were lifting previously and ramp it back up over 2-3 days and after that you generally get new PRs.

>>39510280
also buy 0.5 kg plates and add 1kg to your OHP/bench. 2.5 is too much of a jump

Your progress is fine. Your expectations are just too great. Just be a bit more relaxed with the progress, don't add so much workout to workout. And everyone has bad days.

And you don't need to eat so much. If you keep it up you'll be dissapointed in a few months where you look worse that when you started because you're now fat. 0.25kg or a little more a week is preferred.

OP here - I'll try a deload week and then will continue patiently for another month...

On a related note I've noticed a possible problem with the bench press due to my build, when I touch the bar to my chest my upper arms are forming about a 30 degree angle downwards which gives me a mechanical disadvantage at the bottom of the movement. This is because my forearms are much longer than the thickness of my chest. Should I do half-reps so I'm not going lower than horizontal, or continue as I am?

>>39510974
Learn how to arch and how to get your chest up big.

Only go as low as your mobility allow you to go, so don't overstretch your shoulders.

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>>39510163
You are a spoopy skellington that has been doing physical activity for a fucking month.

Give it time, you impatient millenial piece of shit. If you didn't waste your whole youth being bored, you'd be squatting 5pl8 right now.

>>39510974
You're over thinking it. Go all the way down and all the way up (LIGHTLY locking your arms out) if you want to develop your chest properly.
By the way, make sure to get your protein in and get enough sleep every night

>>39510280
>my muscles just crap out under heavy weights
How the fuck would you know, there's no heavy weight listed anywhere in your workouts.

My 120lbs wife outlifted you 3 weeks after giving birth. What the fuck did you do you whole life? Eat cheetos and watch anime?