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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
You will hit a cap based on your body mass, muscle density, etc. no matter how hard to train for it, no matter how proper your program is. There is a ceiling.
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Eventually, yes. Most people will NEVER reach this point.
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And it's simply a biological/physiological function that human males hit their strength peaks approximately in their mid-30's. However, a person will degrade from that point. You don't get stronger as you get progressively older once you hit that point.
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Not necessarily. You might hit a muscle mass peak in your mid 30s, but you can continue training your CNS and get stronger well past this point. There are a LOT of powerlifters that hit their best numbers in their late 30s and early 40s. Some guys even into their 50s. Why? Everyone is different, and while athleticism may peak far earlier than strength and muscle mass, it doesn't mean you can't get stronger past this point. CNS adaptation is a HUGE part of lifting. Now, yes, it will eventually fall off. But you can get stronger for the vast majority of your lifetime.
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The guy I know who does natural competitions doesn't keep track of his weights with his major movements anymore because the gains are relatively non-existent at the point where he is at. And we're talking about a guy who measures out his lunch on a digital scale. He is uber-meticulous about everything.
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Another genetic lottery winner, it seems.
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Trying to track an improvement of five pounds over an entire year on any lift, let alone the big power lifts is damn near an exercise in futility.
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3 years ago, I was maxing out at 155 in the military press. I can now OHP my body weight. Futility my ass. How did I get there? Proper programming and incremental progression. That never would have been possible if I hadn't put forth some effort into planning how I was going to try and increase this lift. And how long did I spend over the past 3 years actually planning this out? Maybe 20 minutes. Long enough to download a couple of spreadsheets, enter in the required starting information, and whenever I hit a plateau, however much time it took to readjust the starting values.
Slow, steady progress. It doesn't seem like much if you're only focused on the short-term numbers, but when you're playing the long game, the turtle beats the hare every time.
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That's pretty much clinical obsessive-compulsive disorder or Aspergers syndrome.
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That's pretty much extreme hyperbole.