Ok, I've been lifting consistently for one year and a half.

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First months I've done traditional BB splits. Not much visual improvement until I changed my diet.

Found out about Stronglifts 5x5, started to do that. After an injury, I had to resort to BB split again.

In August last year i started fresh on SL again.

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Here I am, on a plateau, that happened waaay earlier than it should. Something's not right.

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Here's my stats: 179 lbs, no idea about body fat percentage, but I do have abs and the so called adonis belt. I'm somewhat lean, not ripped. 6 ft tall, so nowhere near big.

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I have no idea what my max squat is, but the most I can do is 5 sets of 5, with 225 lbs(!!!!), ass to grass. And the last set is a bit grueling. And I've been stuck here for a while. Max set of 5 I could do once recently was 231 lbs(105 kg). Weakling.

I could lift a bit more for a 1RM, but the current gym has no squat rack, no safety pins, nothing, should i fail.

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Max OHP: 143.3 lbs. (65 kg)

Max deadlift, no idea,never tried 1rm but somewhere around 300 lbs +, but under 350 lbs.

Max bench: Only three weeks ago I managed 225 lbs for 2 reps.

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At first I felt strong doing that(LOL), in the gyms of my town, hardly anyone ever squats. A few benchers here and there that can rep ~250, and two or three persons who deadlift. Some research and a few youtube videos pretty much opened my eyes. I've seen stats like this from people who weigh much less than me or who are teens (i'm 27), or even girls.

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There's also A LOT of videos of people squatting 300-400 lbs almost like it's featherweight, and other impressive (for me) lifts. And these guys are regular Joes, not competing in anything, are drug-free, mostly working out probably to just improve themselves.

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I remember after I first benched 225lbs it felt glorious... for about 3 seconds. Then I remembered the harsh truth.

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