'Odd' Progression On Lifts

[Johnnyfondue]

Hey coach, thanks for doing these Q&As I am learning a lot.

I've been doing SS for almost 5 months. I'm 6'1" and gained 20 pounds since starting so I'm now at 220. I tested my 1RM on a couple lifts and found it pretty odd. It looked like this

Dead Lift 1RM: 365 (Altnerate grip)

Press 1RM 130. I can barely do 110x3x5

It's in line with my progress. My dead lifts have been just been going up and up since I started, it still feels like I will having good gains on this for months to come. My Press has felt like it can't go up, I was wondering why I am experiencing such nice progress on dead lift and not on press? Could it be genetics?

Anyway, it's probably not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. A big dead lift is quite a bit more satisfying, anyway. I was just wondering if it's common to see the heavier lifts keep going up while the smaller lifts stay small.

[Mark Rippetoe]

You haven't gained much weight in 5 months, and chances are that your programmed your presses incorrectly, without using smaller jumps. This is typically the case. IOW, you haven't done the program correctly.

[JLascek]

This is getting old.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Yeah, kinda.

[Tom Woodward]

Johnny - So you've done about 30 press workouts in the past 5 months right? What weight did you start on and what were your jumps? More importantly, how has your squat progressed and have you stalled and reset?