Lifts are weak

Get an actual program. Stop fucking around in the gym.

squst started at 225, missed 265lb squat today after hitting 255 last session
bench started at 165, keep missing 190lb bench even after a deload
i sleep about 8.5 hours

How is your over head so high relative to every thing else?
For squat I just tried harder I broke through 155 recently. Squatting 195 now.
For bench I was stuck at 135 like 2 weeks ago, I just tried harder and now I'm at 170

Here's how you're going to get stronger.
Take whatever weight you're benching/OHP for reps, add 5 lbs. Do the fucking reps. Don't care how many you get, do that many, as long as you can do 3 or more you're good. Keep pressing at that weight until you can hit 8 reps. Add 5lbs.
Repeat

Exert more effort.

its not like im quitting, okay maybe on squats i quit if i dont think i can get it but on bench i go until the bar comes down on me

I've always liked ohp and i was progressing normally until my past ohp session which i got 5/3/3

I deloaded at 115 on bench but at the time i wasnt eating enough and weighed 120 but i havent deloaded since then same with ohp got stuck at 80lb then started eating more and it went up to 101

Based on the look of your eyes ther you need more sleep and rest.

Which one are you? Greyskull user? 10 lb jump seems a little spicy.

>Bench
You likely need more advanced programming but try to add in some single joint accessories/lighter db movements for 3-5x8-15 first. Add them in one at a time, the goal is to help your lifts progress, not to impede you adding weight.
If that still doesn't work after a third deload then it's time to move on to intermediate strength programs like The Texas Method (read Practical Programming for Strength Training 3rd Edition, this should be read even if you don't do TM to get an understanding of how strength training works, and Justin Lascek's books on TM), the 3x bench programs from Greg Nuckols' 28 Free programs, etc. Don't worry about hitting or not hitting specific numbers. If you're done with LP then you're done and need to start extending the time building and decreasing the time spent testing.

Read what I said above, it applies to you too.

im SS user.
im i not supposed to increase lower body lifts by 10 each time? maybe i misread.
>add in some single joint accessories/db movements
which ones should i be adding?
thanks for replying btw

>10 each time
Only as long as you're able to. If 255 was relatively hard then 10 lbs is too aggressive. Did you read the book?

>Accessories
I like Rip's LTEs, but light DB bench or tricep extensions would be fine too. Dips as well, if you can do enough reps of them.

>eat caloric surplus
>lifts won't go up
eat more and get more rest. if they still aren't growing, your routine is shit.

>Are you running SS or something else?
>the one in the sticky
no, stop. stronglifts is garbage. why anyone recommends a routine made by a DYEL pajeet with zero coaching experience vs SS which is designed by someone who has squatted 500+ and 30 years of coaching experience is fucking baffling.

Also, I just realized that I started doing hip thrust 5x8 and that helped in increasing my squats

see

get sleep

what routine do you suggest in that case?
...why do people here suggest SS if its a bad routine?

SS isn't SL. They're different programs. SS is better than SL but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter what beginner strength program you run

okay. if SL is a bad routine why is it in the sticky that everyone gets told to read...
still, thanks for the advice

The sticky is old and outdated. And you have to read the book to run SS properly.