Strength Standards

[Tblock1]

Honestly the video that Extramile posted about powerlifter vs strongman it's perfect for showing the uselessness of this thread...

Those three lifts alone don't say nothing about someones real strength... our body was made for multi directional strength, strength endurance, explosiveness etc etc

To Mr Tblock please reevaluate the quality and quantity of your standards, the way i see it you shouldn't be so shortsighted, open your mind...

Relax I'm not being shortsighted I just wanted to see what different people's ideas on strength were.

 

[needtogetaas]

I don't think these play well.

Think about your deadlift as an example. That would mean a guy like Brian Shaw would need a 1045lb pull to be rated as excellent. But then you get a guy like Ed Coan who squatted 1003 at 242 lbs.

I don't think its right to make a correlation between body weight and lifting capacity. It just isn't that simple. You might be able to come up with some metric that evaluated force or work vs body weight and that might be a bit more accurate.

B-

the little guys do that bro. You know that.

 

[b fold the truth]

I wouldn't fare so great...haa

I think the only way to measure numbers...is to measure NUMBERS!

 

[bblazer]

the little guys do that bro. You know that.

Yup. I wonder how little 242 Ed Coan would measure up?

B-

 

[the_alcatraz]

Like I said, the heavier you weigh, your lifts increase decreasingly.

 

[ExtraMile]

Yup. I wonder how little 242 Ed Coan would measure up?

B-

what about 220 matt kroczaleski with a 1003 squat?

that gives him a 4.6 x BW squat
ed coan at 242 with 1019 squat gives him 4.2 x BW

matt kroc also has:
3.7 x BW deadlift
3.4 x BW bench

he is a beast when it comes to comparing lift numbers with bodyweight

 

[Tblock1]

what about 220 matt kroczaleski with a 1003 squat?

that gives him a 4.6 x BW squat
ed coan at 242 with 1019 squat gives him 4.2 x BW

matt kroc also has:
3.7 x BW deadlift
3.4 x BW bench

he is a beast when it comes to comparing lift numbers with bodyweight

He is a beast any which way you compare it

 

[moya]

what about 220 matt kroczaleski with a 1003 squat?

that gives him a 4.6 x BW squat
ed coan at 242 with 1019 squat gives him 4.2 x BW

matt kroc also has:
3.7 x BW deadlift
3.4 x BW bench

he is a beast when it comes to comparing lift numbers with bodyweight

matt is a beast, but icant agree here... the equipment from coan's era to now gives WAY more advantage to the squat...
the one true lift left wont lie...
coan 901.7@220 dead...

 

[SaiBoT]

what about 220 matt kroczaleski with a 1003 squat?

that gives him a 4.6 x BW squat
ed coan at 242 with 1019 squat gives him 4.2 x BW

matt kroc also has:
3.7 x BW deadlift
3.4 x BW bench

he is a beast when it comes to comparing lift numbers with bodyweight

I agree with good bro moya, the way Ed Coan did it is truly amazing, unmatched to say the least.

 

[Tblock1]

I still think raw is the only true way to measure strength, except for maybe a belt for deads and squats. But I can understand why powerlifters like the gear, it keeps them safer and lets them put up higher numbers.