Nick Delgadillo looks like he just finished his novice linear progession.

He REALLY pulled those numbers out of his ass.

Bout to go miss press reps today

I'm just getting back into weightlifting after fifteen years of being out of it. I lifted all through high school and experienced this kind of progression, although we didn't do overhead presses or deadlifts; we focused on bench, incline, squats and power cleans (football). At 5'10 and 175 lbs my bench peaked at 225 while my squat was in the 400s. Six weeks ago I joined the gym in my new town with the goal of getting at least as strong as I was back then. There are so many programs out there. I've been doing a five day upper/lower split each week, focusing on barbell lifts. I work six days a week and so as the weights have rapidly increased, I'm finding myself kinda fatigued throughout the workday, even though I'm sleeping ~8 hours a night. Thankfully I bought and read Starting Strength, because it's given me a more focused approach that will allow me to get stronger over time without burning out. It's gonna be hard to go to a three day a week routine, but I'm trusting in the book because it reminds me a lot of the program we used in football conditioning and intuitively makes sense.

The video title states: 'why your press gets stuck..' This video only stated THAT the press progresses at a generally slower rate. The 'why' question still needs an answer.

forever bulking

For the next video, I’d like to see him teach how to increase to a 10k a day calorie goal faster 😂

do they have trainers there that don't look diabetic?

Hey look! The back of my head! :)

Nick, I have watched this through twice and also watched your programming series on starting strength network. I am currently adopting your suggestion of having the press and bench press only on a Texas method, with both volume and intensity press and bench press each week. Can I ask you to clarify something? You said that if I can’t achieve 5 sets of 3 in press, I should achieve 15 reps in any way possible. Do I then increase the volume weight the following week, regardless, or should I repeat the same weight and aim to achieve the 15 reps in less sets and increase once I have achieved 5 sets of 3? Your advice is much appreciated.

I was hoping for something more about the press itself. This was more of an average/ expected level of progression through the 3 basic lifts, as drawn on a Cartesian graph. Yep, it's an asymptote; cool. But, what about the OHP?

Tell me more about this pretty crazy press shit

The Press is very humbling. So I just do the weight I can and try to increase the reps each workout. I try to press 2-3 times a week. The weight I use might go up 2.5lbs a week or every other week.

How do you get around injuries on LP. Keep getting stuck around the same Wieght and then injuries. I'm no longer with a SS coach. any advice.

As i always taught. A one plate Press is the equivalent of at least 200 lb - 2 plates bench ( if you still bench regularly at least twice a week). I weight 183 lb and i strict press one plate for 3 reps. My 1MR on the press is 145 lb. And my 1MR on the bench is 185 lb without training it at all...(The Press is my main lift. I press 5 times a week) The conclusion is that the Press is the superior upper body lift. Not the bench.

I thought bench didn't go up more bc the lack of bench in the LP.

if i just started the novice program and i will be away for a week, do i have to start with the weights i used last time when i come back, or can i just add 5 lbs and hope that i can do all the reps? if that week i will do something that burns a lot of calories like swimming or hiking and i consume enough food that i don't lose body weight, will it have an detrimental effect on my training?

Any tips on how to program the press once the weekly increase on wheigth Is no longer posible

I love ohp Just hit 120 for 5 reps

he looks like he took GOMAD too far

Respectfully, this seems to be a _non sequitur._ Yes, the press has a lower load throughout the curve, but it does not logically follow that this means the press curve reaches proportional diminishing returns faster. What if you get to 210#, but you are only increasing load a 1/4# per week. For all we know, it could take _longer_ to plateau than the squat or deadlift.

This guy's name is delgadillo lmao. he's no delgadillo dude

lol im stuck at 43kg for month at the press.... im so bad lol

Jesus Christ get this man a bigger shirt. This is just mean.

It’s important to mention that this doesn’t apply to Chase Lindley apparently, who just pressed 184kg

so what the fuck do we do about this fact?

Does it really help to say it's because of the amount of muscle mass? The math is clearer - there are less increments between start and asymptote for press at 5 and 2.5lbs. If you want to progress along the same trajectory over time, the increments for press and bench should just be smaller all along.

I can't understand why you guys think its good for your image to tell about fitness and health aka. being strong and at the same time look the opposite..?!

That's probably why my ohp was shit was because I had poor stability in my upper body. I'm going to try ohp again in the future. For now sticking with squats as a foundation and doing some bodywegiht movements (just my own unique blend of exercises I enjoy doing and I think are most beneficial for me - long term.) Would love to add ohp into the routine though for sure. I think its such a good exercise and my shoulders love it :P ! Just gotta be fucking careful and be steady s a rock when presssing that shit up lol.

He has not said anything new

This is the guy who says that lifting weights makes you more conditioned

Lol thanks captain obvious. This easily could have been a 60 second video.

Just saying it didn't make any sense just state a plan and a plan of action nextime..start small and go larger weekly and monthly if possible..simple.

The guy is gasping for breath, and we're supposed to take his fitness advice? He can barely get enough oxygen into his overweight body!

whats the number here for squat.... 500. -ummm WTF?! not for me. whats the number here for bench..... 225 - again WTF not for me, more like 225 for the squat, and 190 for the bench. (i must just be a pussy, this sucks)

Actually, my deadlift got stuck first. My back can easily support the weight I'm trying to lift, but my Trump-like hands can't grip the bar tightly enough.