If you had to pick one exercise...

[the small soldier]

deadlift. the reason that powerlifters who have BIG numbers always have bigger squats than deadlifts is because of the GEAR. The strongest of the strong will ALMOST always have better deadlift than squat if they are injury free and train both exercises equally.

 

[w8lifter747]

I say snatches then clean and jerks. Then squats. My squat and dead lift are around the same 250-270 kilos or 550-600lbs. I also am a Olympic style weightlifter. We squat every workout. So we are a little biased

 

[zipzopzippity]

What do guys think about this?

Some of these huge powerlifter guys who can squat a truck or whatever can't pull themselves up on a pullup bar very well.

I've always imagined that gymnists were the strongest athletes pound for pound. Remember, I'm talking about how strong you are relative to your weight.

 

[zipzopzippity]

I'm thinking the way id base without getting too technical into formulas n shit that some people have done is to pick a handful of foundation movements and multiply a persons body weight by a constant multiplier unique to each movement.

So for example, pull ups would be constant, how many pullups someone can do
Then for squat, deadlift, rows take a persons body weight and multiply it by a constant.

So to compare two doodz, perhaps take their bench max and subtract that number from bodyweight * 1.5
So if a dood benches 315 and weighs 200 lbs, it'd be 315 - 300 = 15.
Other dood benches 400 but weighs 260 lbs, it'd be 400 - 390 = 10.

Then for squat, dead etc, similar math, maybe two times body weight, then add the results to the number of pull ups or something. Highest score = stronger guy based on their weight.

 

[joeblow12345]

What do guys think about this?

Some of these huge powerlifter guys who can squat a truck or whatever can't pull themselves up on a pullup bar very well.

I've always imagined that gymnists were the strongest athletes pound for pound. Remember, I'm talking about how strong you are relative to your weight.

I think the pull up is far easier for lighter individuals. I see 150lb guys do pull ups all day long, but they cant squat or bench for shit. The heavier you are the harder it is to do pull ups. When I weighed 190lbs I could do sets of 20 pull ups. Now at 240 lbs I do about 10 even though I am a hell of alot stronger than I was then.

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[TheSVPdeal]

Quote posted by zipzopzippity
What do guys think about this?

Some of these huge powerlifter guys who can squat a truck or whatever can't pull themselves up on a pullup bar very well.

I've always imagined that gymnists were the strongest athletes pound for pound. Remember, I'm talking about how strong you are relative to your weight.

I think the pull up is far easier for lighter individuals. I see 150lb guys do pull ups all day long, but they cant squat or bench for shit. The heavier you are the harder it is to do pull ups. When I weighed 190lbs I could do sets of 20 pull ups. Now at 240 lbs I do about 10 even though I am a hell of alot stronger than I was then.

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But you are not as strong as you were pound for pound which is the basis of the OP.

 

[joeblow12345]

But you are not as strong as you were pound for pound which is the basis of the OP.[/QU

I am stronger than I was then. At 190 I could dl about 450 lbs which is close to 2.5 xs bw, now at 240 I can dl 735lbs which is a little over 3xs bw. In addition to this example all my other lifts have drastically increased over that 4 year period. Yet pull ups became harder even though the weights for all of the exercises I do for back have significantly increased. This is why I feel that pull ups are easier for lightweights. If you can bench twice your bw, then your a pound for pound beast.

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[shirlene29]

or...you could do a shit ton of weighted pull-ups at a lighter body weight...
which is less about the formula here and more about going back to "pound for pound" strongest

 

[TheSVPdeal]

But you are not as strong as you were pound for pound which is the basis of the OP.[/QU

I am stronger than I was then. At 190 I could dl about 450 lbs which is close to 2.5 xs bw, now at 240 I can dl 735lbs which is a little over 3xs bw. In addition to this example all my other lifts have drastically increased over that 4 year period. Yet pull ups became harder even though the weights for all of the exercises I do for back have significantly increased. This is why I feel that pull ups are easier for lightweights. If you can bench twice your bw, then your a pound for pound beast.

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I guess we're all different. At 180lbs, i could do 12 pull ups. At 195lbs, i can now do 20 or more.

 

[Iron Warrior707]

The best way to guage strength is to do tricep kickback on the stability ball, its very hard.. Not only you have to stabilize your whole body with one knee on the ball, you're also kicking back a heavy dumbell for a 1RM..