Your Max Bench, Dead, Squat ?

[spatts]

You may or may not gain better, but it sure helps me.

I didn't go into powerlifting looking at the numbers of the ladies at my gym. I didn't even look at the local meet results or state results. I went straight to the APF and IPA records and said, "OK, so I need at least 1575 to be at a level I find acceptable. I better get to work." I look at Grimwood and Swanson...mostly I look at the men I train with. I think about how close I am to some of them in weight; what if I just worked a little harder?

No limits.

 

[sk*]

You may or may not gain better, but it sure helps me.

I didn't go into powerlifting looking at the numbers of the ladies at my gym. I didn't even look at the local meet results or state results. I went straight to the APF and IPA records and said, "OK, so I need at least 1575 to be at a level I find acceptable. I better get to work." I look at Grimwood and Swanson...mostly I look at the men I train with. I think about how close I am to some of them in weight; what if I just worked a little harder?

No limits.

Working harder is nice, damn I wish I could be in the gym 6hours a day and make 6times the gains. Also, I noticed when I trained with my friend we talked more than lifted ... the breaks between the sets got longer, etc, etc. One good thing about lifting with him was that I always had a spot. I think, for myself, it is better to lift alone and ask for a spot to the guy next to me if I need it.

Just curious, what numbers did you start with when you first started lifting? On the major compound movements I mean.

-sk

 

[TheOak84]

but being 6'3 185lbs and benching 235 will.
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why would that shock you... my sophmore year i was 140 and benched 225 for 3 reps... i must be a fuckin animal...

 

[sk*]

why would that shock you... my sophmore year i was 140 and benched 225 for 3 reps... i must be a fuckin animal...

Bro, I just checked your profile and you are 5'3 ... let's do some math:

Each inch is about 6lbs on a male (although some people say as much as 10lbs).
If you were 6'3 you would be 12inches taller, so 12X6=72
Now let's add the 72lbs to your weight of 140lbs = 212lbs
If you factor in that you are much shorter and don't have to move the weight as long of a distance your lifts were right where they should have been.

-sk

 

[crew9]

Working harder is nice, damn I wish I could be in the gym 6hours a day and make 6times the gains. Also, I noticed when I trained with my friend we talked more than lifted ... the breaks between the sets got longer, etc, etc. One good thing about lifting with him was that I always had a spot. I think, for myself, it is better to lift alone and ask for a spot to the guy next to me if I need it.

Just curious, what numbers did you start with when you first started lifting? On the major compound movements I mean.

-sk

You get big from eating and sleeping NOT training for hours an hours.

 

[sk*]

You get big from eating and sleeping NOT training for hours an hours.

You just missed my point completely.

-sk

 

[sk*]

Anyway, i'm off to bed. Nite everyone.

-sk

 

[crew9]

gnite

 

[spatts]

6 hours a day ---> 6 times the gain? Please tell me you don't really believe that?

I have been powerlifting about 1 year. At the time I had just been to the ER for a deadlift injury, I could barely raise my arms from rotator cuff issues, and my squat form was pathetic.

My maxes, prior to injury, were:

1 shitty squat for 315, usually used 285 for reps (this went way down when I learned proper form).

8-10 bb style bench presses with 135 (in extreme pain).

When I went to ER Jan 2002 on the day of my deadlift incident, I was using 225 for 8-10 WITH STRAPS.

After one year, my lifts under the same conditions are 300 strong and healthy pounds higher...and about 500 pounds higher under meet conditions.

 

[Hannibal]

Working harder is nice, damn I wish I could be in the gym 6hours a day and make 6times the gains. Also, I noticed when I trained with my friend we talked more than lifted ... the breaks between the sets got longer, etc, etc. One good thing about lifting with him was that I always had a spot. I think, for myself, it is better to lift alone and ask for a spot to the guy next to me if I need it.

Just curious, what numbers did you start with when you first started lifting? On the major compound movements I mean.

-sk

Working harder rarely means more time in the gym. And if working out with your friend took away from your progress then you need a new partner. A training partner that isn't as dedicated as you are is in your way. Having said that...if you find a training partner that really pushes you...there is no way training alone can yield the same results.

It is too easy to lie to yourself and say you did all you could when you are alone. However when someone just did a GM that breaks your PR and they are looking back at you saying "your turn" what do you do?? You get off your ass whether you want to or not...and you lift the f/n weight.