Subtle differences in training that the author never mentioned often bear the blame. Keep track of these details so they are constants in your training. Don t let them become variables that you failed to account for. There are no quick fixes. If you haven t noticed already, I believe that most training techniques are discovered by experimentation, and by listening to your body.
Research is helpful, and so are other people s workouts.
It takes time to figure all that stuff out, and you have to adapt your routines accordingly. There is a reason that the Junior level extends until your 24 th birthday. When I was a freshman in college, Bill Starr gave me this routine to follow. It was designed for off-season football and general strength training. In the first 16 weeks I was on it, I added about 35 pounds of bodyweight, and took my total from a paltry 600 to over 950.