Reload: done!
Deadlift: 325# felt pretty heavy. Rested and tried 335#, got it an inch or two off the ground and stalled out. 325 is 15# up from my test 8 weeks ago. So, some improvement, but still a little disappointing, as I've successfully lifted 335 & 345 in years past.
Floor press: got 185#, in what I believe was good form. It was enough of a grind that I called it a night there. Up 10# from my highest in-good-form test 8 weeks back, and tied with my best floor press ever. So not a bad result. I had hoped for a little more given that I hit a new 5RM doing the program.
I have a few thoughts on why my 1RMs weren't huge jumps.
First, I was following the most minimal program possible, just lifting twice a week. I don't have a good setup at my home gym to do squats, and I can imagine adding them in would have beneficial effects on overall strength. From that perspective, to make some progress on such a minimal program is nice.
Second, my strength level on these lifts is obviously not that great, and Reload is clearly aimed at the intermediate or beyond lifter. I've made more significant progress in the past on programs like PTTP, Easy Strength, RoP, and Daily Deadlifts, all of which had me training more often.
Time to change it up now. Planning to do a Dan John-style DeLorme with front squats, floor press, row, press, snatch-grip DL, and curls, probably 2x/week for 6 weeks.