Finishing up cycles of GZCLP

I really liked GZCLP. If you’re newish to consistent lifting it’s great. It’s linear progression so if you’re intermediate or higher it might not work well for you. That’s why I’m moving to the Rippler. It an undulating periodization routine.

For GZCLP I set my workout as a quasi-full body scheme, 4 days each week, and saw good gains. So I had my T1 and T2 lifts and four or more T3 lifts. I like a longer workout so I am usually in the gym for about 2 hours, but I know that people run this with three T3 lifts and have it done in an hour.

My results beginning to now :
Bench 1RM 235lbs to 265lbs
OHP 1RM 110lbs to 160lbs
Squat 1RM 250lbs to 340lbs
DL 1RM 275lbs to 320lbs

I didn’t include DL as a T1 during the first run, and I moved OHP out of T1 to T2 in the most recent cycle. Some of these are calculated 1RM and not tested, so everything is approximate, but the improvement is pretty evident.

If you want I can link the spreadsheet that I found I really useful.

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Squat 1RM 340lbs
DL 1RM 320lbs

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How does one squat more than they deadlift? Are these half squats?

I'm not going to derail this thread by getting too far into the details, but I've always been able to squat more than I deadlift. I also have always had an incline bench press that lagged behind my flat bench press by no more than 15lbs.

Both of those things seem to be rare, when I compare myself to other lifters I've been around enough to make a quality comparison. I'll say that it's "not common" but it's how it be some times with some people.