Sensi 03-11-2008, 10:53 PM These are pretty core workouts im posting so i'm trying to get a general idea of how strong I really am for my height/weight.
5'9, 157lbs as of today
Flat bench: 175x7, 195x3
Incline bench: 145x10, 165x5
Dumb bell presses: 75's x 10
Incline dumb bell: 65's x 10
Deadlifts: 225x8-10
Squats: 185x6
Preacher curls: 35's x 10
DropSquad 03-12-2008, 12:20 AM i don't know what you want to hear.
are those numbers huge for your size? not really
are you probably stronger than most people your size? probably
definitely not bad, i see room for lots of improvement however
but how long have you been working out?
lower body numbers out of proportion with chest.
Phantred 03-12-2008, 10:29 AM lower body numbers out of proportion with chest.
have to agree with rayn here, im pretty balanced, you've got me beat in presses by 5 to 15 lbs and I've got 20-40 lbs on your squats and deadlifts.
edit: nevermind, we're even on deadlifts, but your squats are low, work on them and you'll see your bench go up too.
I'm 5'9" and 143...
I do 3x5 of 205 on squat but only 3x5 of 135 on bench... One of us is out of proportion, maybe both.
Sensi 03-12-2008, 01:43 PM have to agree with rayn here, im pretty balanced, you've got me beat in presses by 5 to 15 lbs and I've got 20-40 lbs on your squats and deadlifts.
edit: nevermind, we're even on deadlifts, but your squats are low, work on them and you'll see your bench go up too.
Well, my squats are pretty much down to the bucket as far as I can physically go, so i'm sure if I did some average squats my numbers might be higher. I just started a cycle of Cellucor m5 so i'll see what my numbers are after 2 months
oh fyi these are probably something like you are looking for
Weightlifting Performance Standards (http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/StrengthStandards.htm)
TAA WAR 03-12-2008, 02:04 PM My bench is a lot higher on that list than my other exercises. Really need to start improving my squat/dead lift numbers.
Darkstrand 03-12-2008, 02:15 PM These are pretty core workouts im posting so i'm trying to get a general idea of how strong I really am for my height/weight.
5'9, 157lbs as of today
Flat bench: 175x7, 195x3
Incline bench: 145x10, 165x5
Dumb bell presses: 75's x 10
Incline dumb bell: 65's x 10
Deadlifts: 225x8-10
Squats: 185x6
Preacher curls: 35's x 10
exercises like squats and bench press and curls can be so easy or so hard depending on how you perform them. Someone could be rather strong for weight with those numbers or not very strong depending on how they were executing.
At any rate, Imbalances tend to work themselves out. I didn't squat for a long time so I"m getting back into the swing of things (very very slowly because I consider it a very dangerous exercise) and my bench is about 100 lbs more than my squat ;-).
gRraWr 03-12-2008, 05:51 PM oh fyi these are probably something like you are looking for
Weightlifting Performance Standards (http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/StrengthStandards.htm)
bookmarked
I think I put that link in useful resources thread as well; I find it an adequate benchmark and the numbers seem realistic (took me about 9 months to get to the border of intermediate)
don't think I'll ever hit those advanced numbers though :P
i dont know my other numbers
but according to exrx im advanced-elite for bench 1rm :O
134lbs @ 225
evilpaladine 03-12-2008, 10:01 PM Yeah, keep in mind that those figures on the EXRX standards are for one rep max. They also have a converter between 1 rep max weight and multi rep weight, though I'm sure that's highly variable between the different lifts.
spamtheman 03-13-2008, 01:26 PM Your numbers look fine. Although, the bi's seem a bit low for everything else.
It's very rare to find anyone with absolutely perfect lifting numbers across the board.
I would say only doing 1 or 2 sets at high reps is not the best(or even a good) measure of strength though.
Sensi 03-13-2008, 01:55 PM definitely not bad, i see room for lots of improvement however
but how long have you been working out?
Probably about 8 months by now. I originally weighed 195 and couldn't even bench 105 pounds. So i've definetly had some good gains and overall body transformation. right now im kind of having some problems with my stomach skin being lose from all the extra weight.. my abs are rock solid on the bottom so ive just been running my ass off and doing crunches with heavy weights to get them to come out
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