Quote Originally Posted by Deviator View Post
Trying to keep a pretty conservative goal for increasing my totals 60 lbs on each lift for a year seems like it’s doable. Just getting back into powerlifting right now I am sitting at a 1300 total after 6 months of actually training bench squat and dead’s hard(500 squat and dead’s 300 on the bench). This is my first hard plateau I have seen in a while, what is the best gains you guys have seen in a year
60 lbs in a year per lift is maybe attainable to a novice, but as time goes on putting 60 lbs on your total in a year (not each lift) is an accomplishment. 60 on each lift per year is 180 on the total, so in 4 years at that pace you would be one of the most elite lifters in earth regardless of weight class.

This is something that will depend a lot on your training age and body weight. If you still have a lot of room to go up in weight then there’s potentially more on the table, and if you haven’t been training for powerlifting for a long time you’ll have a lot of big quick gains ahead of you. I know you said you have been at it for 6 months, but the history before that will have some effect as well. If you did it for 5 years, took 2 off, and now have been back at it for 6 months you may catch back up to where you left off pretty quick by then slow down. If you’ve never powerlifted at all and have been at it for 6 months then for a year or two you’ll probably be moving up pretty fast. Just don’t left it kill your motivation when it slows down.

Conjugate style training is great for busting through plateaus, and even avoiding them. Try west side for a month or 2 and see if your lifts don’t start to move a little.


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