As for my squat, I think Ive probably just gotten relatively lucky with my gains. I’ve probably just been making beginner noob gains and those will eventually stop once I hit my peak.
In other words, my body is capable of squatting lets say 350 at my current size and bench pressing 250. Right now I squat 325 and bench 250. In order for me to keep going up or possibly even make quicker gains, Im going to have to add some muscle and get bigger.
I set that PR on bench press a little less than 4 years ago at a bodyweight of 200 and now I weigh 212. At that time, I could only squat 255. SO, although I’ve gone up in bodyweight, it was probably mostly in my legs and other areas other than my chest and triceps… almost like my body was balancing itself out.
So… lets say over the next few months I get my body weight up to 225 or 230 (still relatively thin for someone who is 6 feet 5!) I bet I can get my squat up to 365 or 385 or whatever and my bench press up to 285 or 300. Then hopefully i can shed some fat and get back to a solid 220 and my speed will really tone up.
(i intentionally left all of my speed work in this post, so don’t worry about that 