stalling a bit on my presses...don't worry?

[mike0292]

This is my 3rd week of Ripptoe and my presses have been progressing much slower than my other lifts.

I started my bench press at 105. The 3 sets were fairly easy and I thought I had good form so I moved up to 115 the next A day workout. Now keep in mind my form could still be a little off since I have not been lifting free weights for very long. The 115 went pretty well, my very last set I could only do like 3 reps so I figured I'd do 115 again my next workout and finish up all 3x5.

Next workout, the 115 feels like a pound of bricks. Just feels so heavy. I drop down to 110 and do my 3x5 but I'm smoked by the end. So I decide to try 115 again next A workout. I was only able to do 3x3x115 this time.

For military press, I started at 95 and was able to all 3x5 without too much effort and what I thought was good form so I decide to try for 105 next time. My left shoulder was a little sore next workout, and as I was doing my warmups I get to 65 and can barely clean it off rack. Even my presses exert me more than enough so I do my 3x5x65. It was weird, almost like I got weaker between workouts. Next time I am able to do 75, but my left shoulder is still a little sore. I took memorial day off to rest up a little bit hopefully it will start feeling better.

Now I am new to lifting, so maybe my body is just upgrading it's weakpoints. My left arm is quite a bit weaker than my right so maybe it is just getting up to speed. My pecs have gotten noticably larger since I started so I thought it was weird that my bench press gains don't seem to be keeping up with my muscle growth.

Just thought it was odd that my presses are going up so slowly while my squat has gone up 30 pounds, deadlift gone up 50 pounds, etc.