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Proportionate lifts?

Jayhawk21

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I have been wondering what a general rule is for the ratio of 1RM of the Deadlift, Squat, and Bench. For example, if someone benches x amount, what is a good proportionate weight they should be squatting and deadlifting if they are using a quality training regimen?

My lifts are..
Bench 240x5
Squat 315x4
Deadlift 405x4

Is this somewhat proportionate? I ask this because my bench and dead has been going up but I've been stuck on Squats for the longest time. Nothing I do helps me squat more weight. I've probably been stuck at my PR on squats for about 2 years. It's really frustrating. Yes, I tried 5x5 and my squats actually got a little worse from overtraining.

For compound movements I never do more than 8 reps. For some reason, if I try 10 rep and 12 rep bodybuilding routines I actually lose strength and cannot gain weight. It seems like the more I focus on increasing my PR's of large compound movements, the more my weight goes up. I guess I am just weird like that. I see a ton of huge guys at the gym doing 20 reps of isolation exercises, I just never understood how they are so big by doing that.
 
Your lifts look in proportion to me. A good benchmark bandied around is usually 300 bench, 400 squat, 500 dead.

Saying "I tried this but overtrained" just means you didn't understand how to adjust the program to suit your needs. Which 5x5 did you try? Are you familiar with how fatigue is manipulated in the dual factor 5x5?

Have you tried working triples, doubles or even singles for a while?
 
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