Guys need advice...... I am 5'9 and currently 71kgs....I started doing stronglifts 5x5 four weeks ago after couple of weeks of cardio. My primary objective at starting was loosing body fat especially pot belly.... I currently am on a fix diet, eating 2 times a day. When i started almost month and a half ago i was 75kgs. I decided to start the stronglifts program as i read that putting on muscle is also a good way of losing fat ... Currently in fourth week, accordingly with the schedule i am doing benchpress 30kg, overhead press 30kg, barbell 40kg and deadlift 55kg. There is no squat rack in my gym so i am stuck at 38kg as i believe anymore and i wont be able to safely lift the barbell over my head and softly onto my shoulders.
The problem is that i believe due to my less eating, i am not strong enough to carry on with the linear progression of the program even at such an early stage. I mean, i have seen couple of guys of my height and maybe 5-6kgs extra in weight easily benchpress around 25kgs on their first day and though i try sticking to the program and started at a low weight of 20kg, it still takes a lot of my effort to benchpress 30kg. I think i have weak arms especially my left and am thinking of putting the program on hold and doing dumbell training...will that help?
Putting on muscle is good but currently my object is flat stomach and fat loss.
So where should i go from here??