How light did you START as a BEGINNER?

[Needhelp]

In squats, shrugs, deadlifts, bench, militarypress, and some of the other big compound movements.

 

[the People's Champ]

if an exercise is foreign to you, just start with the bar, and add weight accordingly. on some exercises you will need to add some weight to get the true feeling, such as squats, and some olympic lifts like the snatch, power clean, etc.

how much is enough? if you are just starting out, 6-8 reps is good range for you to practice on your form.

 

[Fatty4You]

When i started:

Squats: 95 lbs

shrugs: 45 lb dumbbells

Deadlifts [stiff leg]: 135 lbs

Bench: 95 lbs

Military Press: 15 lb dumbbells [arnold press]

Leg press: 1 plate on either side

-Fatty

 

[Fatty4You]

When i started:

Squats: 95 lbs

shrugs: 45 lb dumbbells

Deadlifts [stiff leg]: 135 lbs

Bench: 95 lbs

Military Press: 15 lb dumbbells [arnold press]

Leg press: 1 plate on either side

-Fatty

 

[louden_swain]

when I first started several years ago:

Bench: 115lbs for 15 reps
Squats: 120lbs for 8 reps
Barbell Rows: 50lbs for 6 reps
Lying French Presses: 70lbs for 6 reps

For some reason, I never did shoulder presses.

 

[Thaibox]

Don't remember the numbers, but I know I was about as strong as a 7 year old disabled girl.

 

[needsize]

I dont remember when I first started, but I know I had already been training for around 5 years at home then college before I joined a real gym, and even then I still had trouble benching a plate per side(135).

 

[Needhelp]

Don't remember the numbers, but I know I was about as strong as a 7 year old disabled girl.

haha

 

[the People's Champ]

I remember when I first started, I was as clueless as can be. I went ot the gym, thinking I would get strong on the machines. then I tried 115 on incline, and I ended up dropping it on myself.

 

[nclifter6feet6]

i started out on the SOLOFLEX. all i did was mainly chest and biceps and abs.

 

[DrBones]

When I first started back in 1998...
I could
Bench Press 115 for 8
Curled like 50 lbs
Never squatted, barely did my back.....
Now, when I first started deadlifting and squatting.. which was about 6 months ago.. my lifts looked like this
Squat 185 for 5
Deadlift 185 for 5

My deadlift especially has gone up a TON since then...

 

[collegiateLifter]

i could only do 95lbs on bench press. of course when i started squatting i could do <ahem> 315lbs easy (all 3 inches or so). i doubt i could have really squatted much more than the bar and a pair of 45s