As per the title i found this really useful website that calculates your strength and ranks you in terms of performance against other people. pretty useful i think for those who are into lifting.
https://strengthlevel.comAnyway, Im just getting back into fitness having had a torrid time when i herniated two discs in my back...... blimey its hard now I'm not 18 years old.
Anyone else into lifting/fitness etc?
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made me laugh that one of my friends world record lift at masters age was classed at 95% as strong as other people of his age though. Sending him the screenshot later
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I'm into fitness, but not really lifting. Seems I have reasonably strong legs but not so great upper body. But when in the gym I dont feel like I have particularly light weights. The figures are probably for people who class themselves as body builders rather than general fitness.
Personally for me getting into too heavy weights is counter productive though, I play football and might go back to boxing and big weights can slow you down. Plus most people I know who love a good deadlift end up with fucked backs as well, so it's something I avoid myself. Trap bar lifts on moderate rate and things like high rep slam ball / kettlebell exercises are great.
Boxing training was good, never heavy weights, but high fast reps, ropes, medicine ball exercises. Some deadlifting but only 90kg, but again usually the trap bar. After a minute on those circuits then a 5k run, then sparring, that's a great high intensity workout.
There are so many benefits to lifting weights and I can see why people get into it but heavy weights shouldn't be all you do.
I say this mainly to justify my weakness of course
According to that website i'm a beginner - which seems fair.
I'm doing 12-15 reps of each weight exercise i do and really enjoying it. The results are also noticable. I've sorted my diet so lost weight and i look a bit more toned already.
I should have joined years ago
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Be careful with back exercises they always seem to end in disc disasters!
I entered some figures and was quite disappointed, but when you put it into perspective like you have it makes it a bit better.
I'm certainly not competitive, only against myself, but it is nice to think that the effort you are putting in is worth it!
Starting, from nowhere really, in my early 40s though is tough and progress is slow.
@ThorpyFX What were your numbers for your 1000lb lifts? That’s pretty impressive.
160kg Bench press
200Kg Deadlift
170Kg Squat.
as an aside my seated leg press is 450Kg which I'm over the moon with tbh, considering where i was back 12 months ago
I want to hit the following within 12months:
170kg Bench press
250Kg Deadlift
220Kg Squat.
550kg leg press.
Blaendulais said: by the end of the year i think..... got to lose some more timber first.
I do more cardio stuff so am clueless re weights and keep reading conflicting stuff. If you are looking to add some muscle mass without going crazy is it generally better to do fewer reps of heavy weights (eg to the point where you just can’t do another after 5 or so) or be able to do 10-15 where the last couple are a struggle?
any tips? Cheers!
The perceived wisdom is low reps and high weight will cause maximum strength gains.... but this doesn’t work for everyone. For me maximal gains come from pyramid training. I.e. start heavy and go to failure, drop a weight and go to failure.... rinse and repeat till the bars empty. For this training you need a partner, smiths machine or use a machine......
do this on unrelated muscle groups in one session. Eg legs and back, chest and abs, arms and shoulders.. do more than one type of exercise per muscle group. And make sure the exercises do different parts of the body part being trained.
Anyway, I’m not an expert but this lot worked for me......