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... August and I have been on the Stronglifts app four days a week until now. I have reached a plateau...
So about 10 weeks? I'd say time for a deload and start again from your new % of xrep max. If it is your first cycle of 5x5 you should see a decent increase above where you are now in 10 weeks time and can do this basic cycle for maybe a year (your body/training may vary) seeing each end of cycle at a higher peak.
If you've been around a handful of cycles already then start specialising in your weakness. Need more muscle = a cycle of hypertrophy, or more power? more strength? etc... Keeping in mind food and rest, too.
Then you can program your cycles specific to what you need to work on, tapering between them so you're not overworking yourself and not losing significantly in an area you're not focusing on. At this point you might want to look at organising your tapers for any events you're training for, too.
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So I re-joined the gym as soon as I had my second dose in August and I have been on the Stronglifts app four days a week until now. I have reached a plateau and I don't see myself advancing much more between now and Xmas.
So I am thinking I could shift over to Juggernaut which I have used before. I like the variation with Juggernaut – how you do both high reps/hypertrophy at one end and low reps/strength at the other end. But there is a big difference in terms of SL making you squat every session, but Juggernaut requiring squats only once a week.
I've had no issues recuperating from the (near) daily squats so I could maybe tweak the Juggernaut program to include the 5 x 5 squat with every session? As a kind of warm up exercise? But then again, that will just keep me at the plateau I am at now.
Your thoughts please.