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What kind of gains have you made??
- Thread starter Tarheel
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) Been serious for the last 2 years. Started at 180lbs, unsure of BF%. Now, 200lbs at about the same BF%. (Judging by looks.) By the way, 5'9".
rebelflagkisser
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Started lifting 1.5 years ago...
Bench: around 200 to 365 t&g Raw
Squat: around 315 to 405 for 5 reps nothing but belt on, 470 for 1
with belt & wraps, was easy have 500 in me Im sure, with suit on who knows-- 700? however much those triple ply canvasses give you...
DL: 365 to a damn near miss with 500 but close enough to think Ill get it in a month or so.
bwt rather not talk about (IM fuckin' fat.)
let's talk about what I can't do now that I could 1.5 years ago:
I could jog 4 miles without stopping;
I could bend over to tie my shoe laces and not feel like my lungs are being squashed;
hike 8-10 miles to the top of a 4000 ft mountain and back to car without fearing a heart attack and make it home in time to either feast on some Bojangles chicken or go out and drink a vat of beer.
look at what I gave up for strength: oh well.
Bench: around 200 to 365 t&g Raw
Squat: around 315 to 405 for 5 reps nothing but belt on, 470 for 1
with belt & wraps, was easy have 500 in me Im sure, with suit on who knows-- 700? however much those triple ply canvasses give you...
DL: 365 to a damn near miss with 500 but close enough to think Ill get it in a month or so.
bwt rather not talk about (IM fuckin' fat.)
let's talk about what I can't do now that I could 1.5 years ago:
I could jog 4 miles without stopping;
I could bend over to tie my shoe laces and not feel like my lungs are being squashed;
hike 8-10 miles to the top of a 4000 ft mountain and back to car without fearing a heart attack and make it home in time to either feast on some Bojangles chicken or go out and drink a vat of beer.
look at what I gave up for strength: oh well.
Thaibox
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Lifting about ten years.
I've made my best gains in the last few years when I have really made sacrifices and applied knowledge to my training.
Started at 6'1" 140 lbs (weak as hell)
I could wrap my fingers around my upper arms and touch my fingertips
Currrently 6'2" 260 lbs (low bf, but not sure exact)
Dead:545 bench:405 Overhead:275+
I've made my best gains in the last few years when I have really made sacrifices and applied knowledge to my training.
Started at 6'1" 140 lbs (weak as hell)
I could wrap my fingers around my upper arms and touch my fingertips
Currrently 6'2" 260 lbs (low bf, but not sure exact)
Dead:545 bench:405 Overhead:275+
benchmonster
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Well this one is kind of difficult for me to answer but I will do the best I can.
I first started weight training as a freshman in high school standing an imposing five feet seven and one half inches tall and a massive one hundred thirty-five lbs. First time I ever got on a bench I was able to do 5 reps with 135 lbs. for 3 sets.
My best performance on bench in a meet was recently when I did a 500 bench (wearing a shirt) weighing in at 220 lbs. I have grown no taller since I was a freshman in high school.
I don't know what I could squat when I got started, but it was not much. I am in the neighborhood of a 600 squat right now. I am not positive what it is, cause I have not done a full meet yet, but have box squatted over 500 with straps down to a parallel box and have done around 630 or more on a high box.
Deadlift is dreadful but have managed to pull around 430 in the gym when I could not pull 225 in high school. I have always been able to bench more than I could deadlift. Weird, I know.
I have been as heavy as 230+ so I have at times put on in the neighborhood of 100 lbs since I began training 14 years ago. Bear in mind that for my high school years training was very sporadic, mostly between basketball, baseball and football seasons, and was far from scientific. Just hit or miss type training.
I have been trianing consistently, though for the most part not smartly, for the last 10 years. Last year and a half have seen by far the best strength gains I have ever produced, and I was already a seasoned trainer at that time. I switched to the Westside program, and have seen all my lifts vastly improve, with bench in particular going through the roof. I went from a 355 bench at 215 to a 500 at 220 in 14 months. And the only thing that has changed in that time has been my training regimen.
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I first started weight training as a freshman in high school standing an imposing five feet seven and one half inches tall and a massive one hundred thirty-five lbs. First time I ever got on a bench I was able to do 5 reps with 135 lbs. for 3 sets.
My best performance on bench in a meet was recently when I did a 500 bench (wearing a shirt) weighing in at 220 lbs. I have grown no taller since I was a freshman in high school.
I don't know what I could squat when I got started, but it was not much. I am in the neighborhood of a 600 squat right now. I am not positive what it is, cause I have not done a full meet yet, but have box squatted over 500 with straps down to a parallel box and have done around 630 or more on a high box.
Deadlift is dreadful but have managed to pull around 430 in the gym when I could not pull 225 in high school. I have always been able to bench more than I could deadlift. Weird, I know.
I have been as heavy as 230+ so I have at times put on in the neighborhood of 100 lbs since I began training 14 years ago. Bear in mind that for my high school years training was very sporadic, mostly between basketball, baseball and football seasons, and was far from scientific. Just hit or miss type training.
I have been trianing consistently, though for the most part not smartly, for the last 10 years. Last year and a half have seen by far the best strength gains I have ever produced, and I was already a seasoned trainer at that time. I switched to the Westside program, and have seen all my lifts vastly improve, with bench in particular going through the roof. I went from a 355 bench at 215 to a 500 at 220 in 14 months. And the only thing that has changed in that time has been my training regimen.
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been training for 5 years since i was a junior. havent grown any since then, (actually i think i have shrunk hahaha) so im still 5"10.
i went from 140lbs wrestling my senior year to a very large 225lbs May of my freshman year. That summer i dieted down for my first show at 160lbs in august, then back up to 215 by new year, then back down to 170 for my 2nd show during spring break. a year later i weighed 275lbs, got married this past summer and dieted down to 225lbs, going back up now and im at 245lbs.
total, i have went from bench pressing 115 to 305lbs, squatting 185lbs to 435lbs, and deadlifting 135lbs to 425lbs. My bodyfat right now is around 14%.
one of my best lifts ever, i think anyways, was 105lb dumbells on incline bench press for 8.
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i went from 140lbs wrestling my senior year to a very large 225lbs May of my freshman year. That summer i dieted down for my first show at 160lbs in august, then back up to 215 by new year, then back down to 170 for my 2nd show during spring break. a year later i weighed 275lbs, got married this past summer and dieted down to 225lbs, going back up now and im at 245lbs.
total, i have went from bench pressing 115 to 305lbs, squatting 185lbs to 435lbs, and deadlifting 135lbs to 425lbs. My bodyfat right now is around 14%.
one of my best lifts ever, i think anyways, was 105lb dumbells on incline bench press for 8.
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