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.
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.

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