Your stats and strength, let have em
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Curious to see what the people who weight train on here are able to move compared to their height and weight, so lets have a few stats....give me something to work towards...
Ill start, but want to add Ive never had that natural strength that a lot of people seem to be born with (b
ds 
), my weight figures arent great but they've been gotten through hard graft and a gradual increase over the past two years Ive been weight training.
Started off weighing 10st exactly, height 5"7.
Current weight is 11.2 stone, arms 14.5 inches, chest 41 inches, height has stayed the same
:
Bench press: Started at 40kg's - currently am able to do 5 reps at 80kg's, goal is to get to 100kg's (that seems impossible right now!!).
Deadlifts: Started at 60kg's, currently do 90kg's and hope to get to 120kg's by end of the year.
Leg press: Started at a mesely 90kg's (legs are my weakest area), currently can do 6 reps at 155kg's, goal is 200kg's!!
E-Z bar barbell bicep curls: 15kg plates each side for 7 reps.
Tricep dips: my weight plus a 20kg dumbell on a belt, want to get to my weight plus 30kg's.
Dumbell press (flat): started on 12 kg's in each hand (!!) - now 32kg's in each hand for 5 reps.
Dumbbell rows: 32kg dumbell for 5 reps
Do a few others but those tend to be the main ones, it's been a slow process but really enjoy it all and it's great looking back at what I satrted at and what I can do now, especially as my power to weight ratio is now what I imagine could be called slightly above average. Goal is to be genuinly strong and get to those goal weights ive set myself, along with gaining another 8 to 10 pounds of quality weight over the next 6 or 7 months.
I am jealous of some of these people who seem to be naturally strong, Ive trained with a couple guys who have platued at least 15kg's higher than me in general, despite being generally the same size etc, but that's the way it goes I guess.
So let have em...
Ill start, but want to add Ive never had that natural strength that a lot of people seem to be born with (b
ds ), my weight figures arent great but they've been gotten through hard graft and a gradual increase over the past two years Ive been weight training.Started off weighing 10st exactly, height 5"7.
Current weight is 11.2 stone, arms 14.5 inches, chest 41 inches, height has stayed the same
:Bench press: Started at 40kg's - currently am able to do 5 reps at 80kg's, goal is to get to 100kg's (that seems impossible right now!!).
Deadlifts: Started at 60kg's, currently do 90kg's and hope to get to 120kg's by end of the year.
Leg press: Started at a mesely 90kg's (legs are my weakest area), currently can do 6 reps at 155kg's, goal is 200kg's!!
E-Z bar barbell bicep curls: 15kg plates each side for 7 reps.
Tricep dips: my weight plus a 20kg dumbell on a belt, want to get to my weight plus 30kg's.
Dumbell press (flat): started on 12 kg's in each hand (!!) - now 32kg's in each hand for 5 reps.
Dumbbell rows: 32kg dumbell for 5 reps
Do a few others but those tend to be the main ones, it's been a slow process but really enjoy it all and it's great looking back at what I satrted at and what I can do now, especially as my power to weight ratio is now what I imagine could be called slightly above average. Goal is to be genuinly strong and get to those goal weights ive set myself, along with gaining another 8 to 10 pounds of quality weight over the next 6 or 7 months.
I am jealous of some of these people who seem to be naturally strong, Ive trained with a couple guys who have platued at least 15kg's higher than me in general, despite being generally the same size etc, but that's the way it goes I guess.
So let have em...
Height 5'9"
Weight 11st 13lbs / 76kg
Bench Press: 105kg x 2 reps
Deadlift: 3 plates x 13 reps (120kg + 20kg bar). 2 rep max at 4 plates (180kg total)
Leg Press: don't know! Machine goes up to (I think) 405 lbs, which is 20-30 reps
E-Z curls: 3 sets of 21s with 10kg each side
Dips: bodyweight + 20kg for 10 reps (multiple sets)
Dumbbell Press: rarely train chest directly, but did 9 reps with 35kg on an incline yesterday
Pullups: bodyweight + 10kg for 5 reps (multiple sets)
Also:
100 burpees in 7min 30 sec
100 pullups @wide grip) in 11min 41 sec
1 mile run (sadly on a treadmill) in 5min 49 sec
Best,
Animal
Weight 11st 13lbs / 76kg
Bench Press: 105kg x 2 reps
Deadlift: 3 plates x 13 reps (120kg + 20kg bar). 2 rep max at 4 plates (180kg total)
Leg Press: don't know! Machine goes up to (I think) 405 lbs, which is 20-30 reps
E-Z curls: 3 sets of 21s with 10kg each side
Dips: bodyweight + 20kg for 10 reps (multiple sets)
Dumbbell Press: rarely train chest directly, but did 9 reps with 35kg on an incline yesterday
Pullups: bodyweight + 10kg for 5 reps (multiple sets)
Also:
100 burpees in 7min 30 sec
100 pullups @wide grip) in 11min 41 sec
1 mile run (sadly on a treadmill) in 5min 49 sec
Best,
Animal
Height 5ft11
Weight:85KG
Body Fat: 8%
Bench(10 reps) 95KG
Squat: 140KG
Dead Lift: 135KG
Bent over row: 80KG
Shoulder press:77.5KG
Chest: not sure, I wear a 42" shirt and It's quite tight.
I have been traing for circa 3 years, and I started at 70KG and 4% body fat.
I would like to get to 87KG by Sept with the same body fat. Just had a week off trainingg due to being bloody sick, I would imagine that my weight has dropped 1-2KG as I haven't been able to eat.
Weight:85KG
Body Fat: 8%
Bench(10 reps) 95KG
Squat: 140KG
Dead Lift: 135KG
Bent over row: 80KG
Shoulder press:77.5KG
Chest: not sure, I wear a 42" shirt and It's quite tight.
I have been traing for circa 3 years, and I started at 70KG and 4% body fat.
I would like to get to 87KG by Sept with the same body fat. Just had a week off trainingg due to being bloody sick, I would imagine that my weight has dropped 1-2KG as I haven't been able to eat.
Height 5'11"
Weight 20 stone
Bench Press: 130kg for 4 reps.
Dumbell Press: 55kg for 4-5 reps
Curls EZ curl bar 15kg on each side - really struggle on biceps.
Tricep pushdown: 200 lbs
Lat pulldown: The stack (i think 120-150kg)
Leg Press 160kg - another weak area.
Dont do squats anymore due to fecked knees.
Chest 52"
Arms 18"
My strength is not all round, some stuff i'm pretty strong at other stuff i'm dire i.e. Legs and Biceps.
Only thing i take is protein, L-Glutamine plus cod liver oil that i drink - bleurrghh.
Still need to lose a few stone though then i'll be happy.
Weight 20 stone
Bench Press: 130kg for 4 reps.
Dumbell Press: 55kg for 4-5 reps
Curls EZ curl bar 15kg on each side - really struggle on biceps.
Tricep pushdown: 200 lbs
Lat pulldown: The stack (i think 120-150kg)
Leg Press 160kg - another weak area.
Dont do squats anymore due to fecked knees.
Chest 52"
Arms 18"
My strength is not all round, some stuff i'm pretty strong at other stuff i'm dire i.e. Legs and Biceps.
Only thing i take is protein, L-Glutamine plus cod liver oil that i drink - bleurrghh.
Still need to lose a few stone though then i'll be happy.
With regards to the OP, you have some impressive lifts there mate for your weight. I used to be stronger in some areas a few years back but my joints play up but i try and not let what other people lift get to me now which i used to and yes its pathetic i know. I dont think i'll get any stronger now so if i can maintain it as long as possible then that will do for me.
I don't tend to measure stuff. I just have the plates put in at a particular weight *wanders off to check current bicep curl setting* ~15kg for my dumbells. I use it for bicep curls, shoulder press, rowing, hanging right on the tips of my fingers. I'm a climber/martial artist so I have functional strength, which may not look that great down the gym but I can do pull ups using just two fingers on each hand and could probably rip the bicep muscle off your arm so you would find 1oz hard to lift. 
My stuff is all over the place- too many years of playing rugby and concentraing on certan areas!
Heigth 6ft 1"
Weight 23st 13lbs / 142kg
All single rep figures
Bench Press: 135kg
Deadlift: 380kg
Leg Press: 680kg (i have freaky deaky legs- 30" thighs)
bicep curls: 28kg (pretty low for size)
Tri Curl: 35kg (again odd- used to picking up people!)
Pullups: None- far too lardy and biceps far too small
all my strength is in my legs- aiming to legpress 3/4 of a tonne one day! thats on an incline press with bar weights.
Heigth 6ft 1"
Weight 23st 13lbs / 142kg
All single rep figures
Bench Press: 135kg
Deadlift: 380kg
Leg Press: 680kg (i have freaky deaky legs- 30" thighs)
bicep curls: 28kg (pretty low for size)
Tri Curl: 35kg (again odd- used to picking up people!)
Pullups: None- far too lardy and biceps far too small
all my strength is in my legs- aiming to legpress 3/4 of a tonne one day! thats on an incline press with bar weights.
Some impressive weights here, I can see (as I suspected) that my deadlifts and leg press are the area I need to work on most, everyone has much higher differences between their bench press and deadlifts/leg press figures which you would expect. I havent ever measured legs, I will now though, have to see if I can improve them significantly.
I train legs once a week and do a 5 day split, one day per muscle group, how can I get my legs stronger quicker? My understanding and experience is that muscles need a week between workouts to recover, but does anyone train thir legs more than ocne a week? And would running/cycling build mucles or end up toning them down.
I train legs once a week and do a 5 day split, one day per muscle group, how can I get my legs stronger quicker? My understanding and experience is that muscles need a week between workouts to recover, but does anyone train thir legs more than ocne a week? And would running/cycling build mucles or end up toning them down.
pugwash4x4 said:
My stuff is all over the place- too many years of playing rugby and concentraing on certan areas!
Heigth 6ft 1"
Weight 23st 13lbs / 142kg
All single rep figures
Bench Press: 135kg
Deadlift: 380kg
Leg Press: 680kg (i have freaky deaky legs- 30" thighs)
bicep curls: 28kg (pretty low for size)
Tri Curl: 35kg (again odd- used to picking up people!)
Pullups: None- far too lardy and biceps far too small
all my strength is in my legs- aiming to legpress 3/4 of a tonne one day! thats on an incline press with bar weights.
Jesus, over 23 stone?! You've got some massive figures, but can see what you're saying about them being all over the place, compared to a lot of your other weights your bench press seems low (obviously to me still seems bloody high though!!)Heigth 6ft 1"
Weight 23st 13lbs / 142kg
All single rep figures
Bench Press: 135kg
Deadlift: 380kg
Leg Press: 680kg (i have freaky deaky legs- 30" thighs)
bicep curls: 28kg (pretty low for size)
Tri Curl: 35kg (again odd- used to picking up people!)
Pullups: None- far too lardy and biceps far too small
all my strength is in my legs- aiming to legpress 3/4 of a tonne one day! thats on an incline press with bar weights.
I would bet you could achieve massive bench press figures if you concentrated on them, but for rugby, and Im guessing you're front row and not wing
leg power is all important.My details aren't that accurate as my current gym doesn't have a barbell/bench so any figures on bar are from around 9 months ago using a smith machine.
Height- 5 11"
Weight- 12.5St
Smith Incline Bench- 110KG 5 6 reps
Dumbell Incline Bench- 45 KG 5 reps
Bicep curls (Dumbells)- 32.5KG 2 reps max. About 7-8 reps on 27.5KG
Dumbell Rows- 37.5KG 8-10 reps
Leg Press (Machine)- 195KG 12 reps
Dumbell Chest Flys- Max 37.5KG 8 reps (Can't do more than one set at 8 reps)
Dumbell shoulder press- 37.5KG 8 reps (Currently about 6 reps)
The gym i go isn't very good so i haven't got bars to do deadlifts, haven't even got an ez curl bar after that broke and wasn't replaced.
Height- 5 11"
Weight- 12.5St
Smith Incline Bench- 110KG 5 6 reps
Dumbell Incline Bench- 45 KG 5 reps
Bicep curls (Dumbells)- 32.5KG 2 reps max. About 7-8 reps on 27.5KG
Dumbell Rows- 37.5KG 8-10 reps
Leg Press (Machine)- 195KG 12 reps
Dumbell Chest Flys- Max 37.5KG 8 reps (Can't do more than one set at 8 reps)
Dumbell shoulder press- 37.5KG 8 reps (Currently about 6 reps)
The gym i go isn't very good so i haven't got bars to do deadlifts, haven't even got an ez curl bar after that broke and wasn't replaced.
Edited by RJB_666 on Tuesday 4th August 07:31
I don't train for size or anything like that, just general fitness. I do martial arts so never want to get too big or tense, so I do a lot of stretching and variety of reps and weights, but here is mine for a heavy day:
Weight: 10.5 stone dead on
Height 5'6"
Chest 37"
Waist (umbilical) 27"
Body fat 7.5-8%
Smith Bench: 4 reps @ 80kg
Chest Press: 5 Reps @100kg
Pec Deck: 5 Reps @ 80kg
Shoulder Press: 10 reps @ 45kg
Lat Pull Down: 10 Reps @60kg
Don't do arms as I found they were slowing my punches.
Legs: I cycle but;
Leg Press: 5 Reps @ 170kg
Do quite a lot of abs and core, but amongst some things:
3x35 reps hanging leg raises with 3kg
3x25 reps straight hanging leg raises with 3kg
3x45 Reverse crunches across a weigths bench
3x35 Legraises/crunches across a bench
Hold V-Position for 2.5min
I do a whole bunch of other bits depending on the days, but all around thhoes reps/weigths for a heavy day. I alternate in the low reps to 8-12 rep days. But like I said I'm not going for strength or size. I figure there;s no point in having massive muscles if you can't use them to their full potential or they don't aid you main goal.
Weight: 10.5 stone dead on
Height 5'6"
Chest 37"
Waist (umbilical) 27"
Body fat 7.5-8%
Smith Bench: 4 reps @ 80kg
Chest Press: 5 Reps @100kg
Pec Deck: 5 Reps @ 80kg
Shoulder Press: 10 reps @ 45kg
Lat Pull Down: 10 Reps @60kg
Don't do arms as I found they were slowing my punches.
Legs: I cycle but;
Leg Press: 5 Reps @ 170kg
Do quite a lot of abs and core, but amongst some things:
3x35 reps hanging leg raises with 3kg
3x25 reps straight hanging leg raises with 3kg
3x45 Reverse crunches across a weigths bench
3x35 Legraises/crunches across a bench
Hold V-Position for 2.5min
I do a whole bunch of other bits depending on the days, but all around thhoes reps/weigths for a heavy day. I alternate in the low reps to 8-12 rep days. But like I said I'm not going for strength or size. I figure there;s no point in having massive muscles if you can't use them to their full potential or they don't aid you main goal.
I'll throw mine in. I have only been going for about 9 months and about 6 on free weights so I'm pretty pleased where I am from where I started. I want to be able to do more than my body weight in the big compounds as a fairly big target.
height 5'8"
weight 71kg
Deadlift 105kg * 5 (can't grip anymore)
Front squat 70kg * 8
Power clean 52.5kg * 5
Push press 47.5kg * 5
Bench I don't do as I got put off quite early and don't rate the smiths so do 24kg's * 8 dumbell instead
I don't leg press either as I figure thats already done with the other stuff.
I want some more upper body strength and I feel my lower body is a ahead and want to balance up. I'm going to try a few isolation bits like curls and that.
height 5'8"
weight 71kg
Deadlift 105kg * 5 (can't grip anymore)
Front squat 70kg * 8
Power clean 52.5kg * 5
Push press 47.5kg * 5
Bench I don't do as I got put off quite early and don't rate the smiths so do 24kg's * 8 dumbell instead
I don't leg press either as I figure thats already done with the other stuff.
I want some more upper body strength and I feel my lower body is a ahead and want to balance up. I'm going to try a few isolation bits like curls and that.
I haven't been in the gym for a few months now due to different reasons. But I have trained with free weights in the past. This year I mostly did running and cardio with circuits and kettlebell. At one point a few years ago a PT advised me to try for the steroid free amateur strong man events. I never took it up, but it might be something to do if I ever decide to train with heavy free weights again.
Height=around 6'3ish
Weight= 19stones at the time (18st now with the running)
1RM
Bench= 195kg
Deadlight = 305kg
Squat = 260 kg (though I reckon I could have gone more but didn't want to push it).
10km = 55 mins (59 in the MAnc 10k)
Height=around 6'3ish
Weight= 19stones at the time (18st now with the running)
1RM
Bench= 195kg
Deadlight = 305kg
Squat = 260 kg (though I reckon I could have gone more but didn't want to push it).
10km = 55 mins (59 in the MAnc 10k)
Halb said:
I haven't been in the gym for a few months now due to different reasons. But I have trained with free weights in the past. This year I mostly did running and cardio with circuits and kettlebell. At one point a few years ago a PT advised me to try for the steroid free amateur strong man events. I never took it up, but it might be something to do if I ever decide to train with heavy free weights again.
Height=around 6'3ish
Weight= 19stones at the time (18st now with the running)
1RM
Bench= 195kg
Deadlight = 305kg
Squat = 260 kg (though I reckon I could have gone more but didn't want to push it).
10km = 55 mins (59 in the MAnc 10k)
Well thats just about about pee'd on everyone here lol?Height=around 6'3ish
Weight= 19stones at the time (18st now with the running)
1RM
Bench= 195kg
Deadlight = 305kg
Squat = 260 kg (though I reckon I could have gone more but didn't want to push it).
10km = 55 mins (59 in the MAnc 10k)
I dont think i'd ever get up to those stats but seriously thats some good strength you have there mate.
It has to be maintained. Those were gym records I set in 2006. And I haven't trained like that since some time in 2007.
It is also aboot how you train I think. Concentration, good form, and the right exercises will have you exceeding what you thought was previously possible. Though I do have a genetic advantage in that I am a big ole country boy....always wanted my challenger and airhorn
It is also aboot how you train I think. Concentration, good form, and the right exercises will have you exceeding what you thought was previously possible. Though I do have a genetic advantage in that I am a big ole country boy....always wanted my challenger and airhorn
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