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1. Kudos on selecting a simple regimen to follow. I'd be wary about the deadlift and squat goals though. Depending on your knee and back health, the risk:reward ratio may be too high. Just be careful and don't push too heavy.

Glad you're seeing progress with the Greyskull Linear Progression! Sounds interesting -- I'll take a look at it.

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Yes, form is so important on those two, thankfully my girlfriend is following the program as well, so we keep an eye on each other for bad form the best we can.

I'm actually much closer to novice with those than my OHP/BP, which are very far behind.

I'm actually much closer to novice with those than my OHP/BP, which are very far behind.

I think that's normal... At least I'd like to think so as I'm on the same boat. (and for me it's that squatting and deadlifting are FAR ahead).

Yea it's normal for sure. But the strstd scale normalizes each lift for the ranges. My presses are only half way to novice, but my legs are just shy.

Do you add a few other exercises in the rotation? OHP/BP would benefit from some extra triceps attention. Try dips?

I have the opposite problem. My squats/deadlifts are way behind my OHP/BP, but its largely because I'm afraid to lift heavy. I'm squatting less than half as much as I used to 5 years ago, but for more reps.

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