Dropping strength

[rugbylife]

I'm on my 3rd week of a hybrid 5x5 program. I'm doing 5x5 for all my heavy lifts, bench, squat, deads and bent rows. All other exercises are 3x10. My deads, squats and rows are going through the roof but my bench has almost done a 180. I got my bench up to 2 sets of 275 and 3 sets of 295. Today I started my bench at 275 and couldn't even get 3 sets of 5. Wondering why such a drastic change since last week. I'm eating 3500-4000(clean) cals a day and getting plenty of rest. Any thought on what my be going on?
24
5'10"
210lbs
15%bf

 

[rugbylife]

I've got a cycle on hand. Was going to wait till Jan. 1st to start but with this drop in strength i'm thinking about starting a little early. Any thoughts?

 

[Power36]

Maybe not recovering for bench...if your other big lifts are going up I wouldnt worry about bench, ride the snake on the other lifts bro...they are far more important than bench!!!!

 

[rugbylife]

Thanks power. I'll keep pushin it till i hit my squat plateau. It's just frustrating loosing weight on any lift.

 

[NOS2.0]

Give yourself 3 days off from any chest. Hit it hard on day 4!!!

 

[rugbylife]

Nos, the weird thing was I had a full week of no chest. Worked chest last Mon. And lost 20lbs on bench this Mon.

 

[gymjunkie09]

Nos, the weird thing was I had a full week of no chest. Worked chest last Mon. And lost 20lbs on bench this Mon.

there's a lot of things that could factor in here....pre-workout meal, lack of sleep, water intake. Just be sure to get in a solid preworkout meal and drink plenty of water. what do you have planned for a cycle?

 

[rugbylife]

10 week cycle
Test c depot - 500 weekly
Pregnyl - 400 weekly
3 week Pct - clomid and nolvadex

 

[gymjunkie09]

10 week cycle
Test c depot - 500 weekly
Pregnyl - 400 weekly
3 week Pct - clomid and nolvadex

I would run hcg @250 I.u.'s 2x/week and throw a kickstart in. Beastdrol will put some lean gains on you and has strength gains comparable to a-bombs. Just be sure to run some N2guard with it, it will be banned soon so I would grab some now.

As far as pct post cycle/unleashed and a low dose of clomid 25mg ed for 4 weeks will get you back on track without the sides of high dose clomid and nolva pct....good luck

 

[rugbylife]

Thanks gymjunkie. I was wondering if i should change up my pct