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re: What is considered strong for the gym?
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:40 pm to Tigerfan56
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:40 pm to Tigerfan56
It's all relative. Doesn't matter how much you lift, only matters how much it looks like you lift
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Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:40 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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Most i ever take is one or two reps at 90%. Never truly max
Why? Is it considered douchey?
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:41 pm to SabiDojo
Don't need to beat myself up / get hurt. Nor do i want to waste a day figuring it out.
This post was edited on 4/24/15 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:42 pm to Walt OReilly
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I don't know how to deadlift
Put weight on the ground. Bend down and lift off the ground. Put weight back down.
Be sure to lift with a twisting, jerking motion while not using your legs.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:44 pm to Bmath
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Be sure to lift with a twisting, jerking motion while not using your legs.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:51 pm to Tigerfan56
weigh 155
bench 245
don't squat
don't dead lift
bench 245
don't squat
don't dead lift
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:51 pm to Bmath
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This website has a good breakdown for lifting standards based on weight: LINK
According to that, I was ´elite´ through my late 30´s or so.
Much like someone else said earlier, I´m now in to maintaining and keeping healthy. I may get to roughly 90% or so of my maximum in some exercises....
My back is pretty féd up, therefore I now only squat on a machine. Today, did a pyramid and closed the 6th set at 4 reps @ 810 lbs. (legs were burning).
Joints are spent (and have always been small, therefore muscle insertion promotes a ´muscley´ than normal look), therefore I´d imagine my bench press is probably no better than 300-310 (with luck). I did 347 or so in my mid 30´s.
Age 52
Height 6´1 1/2
Weight 215
This post was edited on 4/24/15 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:01 pm to Tigerfan56
Your bench sucks, but the rest are good.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:01 pm to Dandy Lion
35, 5'10", 230
Bench 405
Squat 410
Deads 495
would like to get another 50lbs or so on the squat and deadlift but I'll likely never try to go up on bench. I swore 365 would be my max but then I got obsessed with the 405 number lol.
Bench 405
Squat 410
Deads 495
would like to get another 50lbs or so on the squat and deadlift but I'll likely never try to go up on bench. I swore 365 would be my max but then I got obsessed with the 405 number lol.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:05 pm to Tigerfan56
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For instance, I'm 24 and 5'10 190-200 pounds.
Yea, it doesn't really matter what you lift.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:10 pm to Tigerfan56
Is this like workout weight or max?
I haven't done a max rep since high school. If you can't lift for 6-8 reps then the exercise is pretty much worthless.
I haven't done a max rep since high school. If you can't lift for 6-8 reps then the exercise is pretty much worthless.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:14 pm to pleading the fifth
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If you can't lift for 6-8 reps then the exercise is pretty much worthless.
lol.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:22 pm to pleading the fifth
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If you can't lift for 6-8 reps then the exercise is pretty much worthless
not trying to be a smartass but I don't understand this thought process. 3-5 reps of heavy weight is ideal for gaining strength. How is that considered worthless?
This post was edited on 4/24/15 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:39 pm to bayourougebengal
Ok "worthless" is too strong a word. Similar gains can be had with 6-8 reps and also the building of some degree of endurance. Anecdotally I see the potential for less injuries with a lower-weight, higher-rep workout.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:42 pm to pleading the fifth
quote:I believe the optimum thing to do, is to mix it up.
Ok "worthless" is too strong a word. Similar gains can be had with 6-8 reps and also the building of some degree of endurance. Anecdotally I see the potential for less injuries with a lower-weight, higher-rep workout.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 6:43 pm to Tigerfan56
I'm 5'9'', and strong for me would be benching in the 3's, squat in the 4s, and dead in the 5+s
Posted on 4/24/15 at 7:17 pm to pleading the fifth
You're so pathetically wrong it's funny
Posted on 4/24/15 at 7:29 pm to Tigerfan56
Everyone's strong is different. Some people are naturally strong.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 7:30 pm to lurkr
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naturally strong
Checking in
Posted on 4/24/15 at 7:40 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
If you skrong, then we skrong.
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